{"product_id":"everyday-mind-v-paperback","title":"Everyday Mind V - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTekkan\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe subjects covered in \u003cem\u003eEveryday Mind V\u003c\/em\u003e include -- dragonfly poems -- Lascaux Caves poems -- the Equinox -- Mr. Bean -- Circles of Sober Alcoholics.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 108\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.22 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 28, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42108747579527,"sku":"9781732410749","price":23.94,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/1aca093828a0b9c6e844fd26a689b893.webp?v=1732468173","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/everyday-mind-v-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}