When men see Han-shan They all say he's crazy And not much to look at - Dressed in rags and hides. They don't get what I say And I don't talk their language. All I can say to those I meet: "Try and make it to Cold Mountain.

His work in his various roles reflects an immersion in both Buddhist spirituality and nature. For many years Snyder served as a faculty member at the University of California Davis and he also served for a time on the California Arts Council. Snyder is a winner of a Pulitzer Prize for Poetry.