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Everyday Mind VI
Tekkan
Everyday Mind VI
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.
Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
Released | June 27, 2018 |
ISBN13 | 9781732410756 |
Publishers | Barry MacDonald |
Pages | 112 |
Dimensions | 140 × 216 × 6 mm · 140 g |
Language | English |