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Everyday Mind XXVIII

Tekkan

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English
Barry MacDonald
10 August 2022
Series: Everyday Mind
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.

Everyday Mind XXVIII also features villanelles, sestinas, terza rima sonnets, and two one-word/one-syllable poems.

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.

By:  
Imprint:   Barry MacDonald
Volume:   XXVIII
Dimensions:   Height: 229mm,  Width: 152mm,  Spine: 7mm
Weight:   200g
ISBN:   9798986726205
Series:   Everyday Mind
Pages:   106
Publication Date:  
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

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