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Everyday Mind XXII
Tekkan
Everyday Mind XXII
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.
"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.
108 pages
Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
Released | August 2, 2021 |
ISBN13 | 9781736353752 |
Publishers | Barry MacDonald |
Pages | 108 |
Dimensions | 152 × 229 × 7 mm · 204 g |
Language | English |