{ "item_title" : "An Exploration of Consciousness VI", "item_author" : [" Tekkan "], "item_description" : "The Exploration of Consciousness VI is a compilation of rhymed sonnets that are drawn from: Everyday Mind XVIII to Everyday Mind XXV. There are 500 rhymed sonnets paired with 500 tanka, haiku, lymerics, or loosely formed short poems.The Exploration of Consciousness VI is a compilation of rhymed sonnets that are drawn from: Everyday Mind XVIII to Everyday Mind XXV. There are 500 rhymed sonnets paired with 500 tanka, haiku, lymerics, or loosely formed short poems.I am Tekkan. I have married the poetic forms of the sonnet and a following short poem. A story is told in the sonnet. The short poem 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 and haiku 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.Topics included are: John Henry - Tyrannosaurus in Requiem - of - Thic Nhat Hanh - Edward Scissorhands.", "item_img_path" : "https://covers3.booksamillion.com/covers/bam/1/73/635/379/1736353799_b.jpg", "price_data" : { "retail_price" : "30.00", "online_price" : "30.00", "our_price" : "30.00", "club_price" : "30.00", "savings_pct" : "0", "savings_amt" : "0.00", "club_savings_pct" : "0", "club_savings_amt" : "0.00", "discount_pct" : "10", "store_price" : "" } }

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