Overview
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 X include -- Galveston -- Waiting and Loving -- Vietnam -- Google and Facebook -- Aslan -- Transitions -- Snap Shots.
"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.
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Details
- ISBN-13: 9781734351026
- ISBN-10: 1734351020
- Publisher: Barry MacDonald
- Publish Date: January 2020
- Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 1.43 inches
- Shipping Weight: 2.07 pounds
- Page Count: 526
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