Everyday Mind X

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Tekkan

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Paperback / softback

Series:

Everyday Mind

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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.

Author Biography:

Barry MacDonald lived in Japan for 9 years. He took Buddhist vows and was given the name "Tekkan" which means "Iron Man" in 12 century Japanese. He lives in Stillwater Minnesota with two cats.

Release date Australia

January 13th, 2020

Author

Tekkan

Audience

General (US: Trade)

Edition

Oridinary Magic ed.

Illustrations

18 illustrations

Pages

112

Series

Everyday Mind

Dimensions

152x229x8

ISBN-13

9781734351002

Product ID

33291768

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