Everyday Mind XIV

by Tekkan
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ISBN: 9781734351057
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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.


  • Format: Trade Paperback
  • Author: Tekkan
  • ISBN: 9781734351057
  • Condition: Used
  • Dimensions: 9.00 x 0.29
  • Number Of Pages: 106
  • Publication Year: 2020

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