Gary Snyder in his backyard hut, Berkeley, I’d met him that month referred by Kenneth Rexroth - he was studying Chinese, preparing for residence in Kyoto Zen monastery a year later, rode bicycle, prepared tea, showed me poems in springboard binder, I recognized W.C. Williams’ influence, like on mine. [Photo & Caption: Allen Ginsberg Courtesy Allen Ginsberg Estate / Stanford University Libraries/Getty Images] #garysnyder #japhyryder #dharmabums #desolationangels #allenginsberg #beatgeneration #jackkerouac #beatliterature #poetry #poets #instapoets #instapoetry #poetrycommunity #poetsofinstagram #photography #americanphotographer #zen #zenbuddhist #buddhist #kennethrexroth #literature #california #berkeley #1950s (at Berkeley, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/B_KfsVxhfbe/?igshid=1gic1hbwr8ix3