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Everyday Mind V
Tekkan
Everyday Mind V
Tekkan
I am Tekkan. I have married the poetic forms of the sonnet and the tanka. A story is told in the sonnet -- using three quatrains, and a final couplet. The story reaches a conclusion in the couplet. The tanka offers a commentary or counterpoint to the sonnet -- the combined poems have two endings. The meaning is direct -- I want people to understand clearly. Metaphors are inspired by Shakespeare, the (aimed-for) precision imitates the Japanese. Mixing the sonnet with the tanka combines the sensibility of the Occident and the Orient -- as I have done by living in America, England, and Japan.
The subjects covered in Everyday Mind V include -- dragonfly poems -- Lascaux Caves poems -- the Equinox -- Mr. Bean -- Circles of Sober Alcoholics.
"Tekkan" is the dharma name I was given. I use Zen mediation to make poetry of ordinary events. Tekkan means, Iron Man, a settled practitioner of great determination.
Médias | Livres Paperback Book (Livre avec couverture souple et dos collé) |
Validé | 28 mai 2018 |
ISBN13 | 9781732410749 |
Éditeurs | Barry MacDonald |
Pages | 108 |
Dimensions | 140 × 216 × 6 mm · 136 g |
Langue et grammaire | English |
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