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Book Synopsis Morning Light : Collected Tanka by : Thomas Martin
Download or read book Morning Light : Collected Tanka written by Thomas Martin and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2018-07-13 with total page 63 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A tanka consists of 5-unrhymed lines of Japanese origin, Perhaps, this example illustrates the power, beauty, and insightful nature of the form: ""a walk through the woods of my youth a crow calls lonely then now gracefully alone""
Book Synopsis Embracing the Firebird by : Janine Beichman
Download or read book Embracing the Firebird written by Janine Beichman and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 2002-07-31 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How did a girl from the provinces, meant to do nothing more than run the family store, become a bold and daring poet whose life and work helped change the idea of love in modern Japan? Embracing the Firebird is the first book-length study in English of the early life and work of Yosano Akiko (1879-1942), the most famous post-classical woman poet of Japan. It follows Akiko, who was born into a merchant family in the port city of Sakai near Osaka, from earliest childhood to her twenties, charting the slow process of development before the seemingly sudden metamorphosis. Akiko's later poetry has now begun to win long-overdue recognition, but in terms of literary history the impact of Midaregami (Tangled Hair, 1901), her first book, still overshadows everything else she wrote, for it brought individualism to traditional tanka poetry with a tempestuous force and passion found in no other work of the period. Embracing the Firebird traces Akiko's emotional and artistic development up to the publication of this seminal work, which became a classic of modern Japanese poetry and marked the starting point of Akiko's forty-year-long career as a writer. It then examines Tangled Hair itself, the characteristics that make it a unified work of art, and its originality. The study throughout includes Janine Beichman's elegant translations of poems by Yosano Akiko (both those included in Tangled Hair and those not), as well as poems by contemporaries such as Yosano Tekkan, Yamakawa Tomiko, and others.
Book Synopsis Urban Tumbleweed by : Harryette Mullen
Download or read book Urban Tumbleweed written by Harryette Mullen and published by Graywolf Press. This book was released on 2013-11-05 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Harryette Mullen is a magician of words, phrases, and songs . . . No voice in contemporary poetry is quite as original, cosmopolitan, witty, and tragic." —Susan Stewart, citation for the Academy of American Poets Fellowship Urban tumbleweed, some people call it, discarded plastic bag we see in every city blown down the street with vagrant wind. —from Urban Tumbleweed Urban Tumbleweed is the poet Harryette Mullen's exploration of spaces where the city and the natural world collide. Written out of a daily practice of walking, Mullen's stanzas adapt the traditional Japanese tanka, a poetic form suited for recording fleeting impressions, describing environmental transitions, and contemplating the human being's place in the natural world. But, as she writes in her preface, "What is natural about being human? What to make of a city dweller taking a ‘nature walk' in a public park while listening to a podcast with ear-bud headphones?"
Download or read book Wakan Tanka written by John Bennett and published by FriesenPress. This book was released on 2021-02-25 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Where did we come from? Why are we here? Is there a god? In our modern world, many people yearn for answers to these most fundamental of life's questions, having become disillusioned with trite explanations and troubled by narratives that deny their intuitive spirituality. Beginning with some of our most ancient ancestors, Wakan Tanka traces the evolution of humanity through the ages. Citing paleontological and archaeological discoveries, along with recent genetic evidence, it recounts how mankind evolved from the earliest mammals into anatomically and behaviourally modern humans. Wakan Tanka describes how human culture and spirituality evolved in concert with anatomy. Showing how humankind has, since very ancient times, had an instinctual, moral sense, it discusses how our spirituality has given us an appreciation for both the aesthetic and divine aspects of life as reflected in our cultures and artistic endeavours. By comparing philosophical and religious views of creation with modern scientific theory, Wakan Tanka reaches the conclusion that, rather than conflicting, these views are remarkably similar and equally valid ways of describing the same reality. Indeed, our scientific knowledge and spiritual beliefs can be harmonized, providing us with a deeper understanding of ourselves, of creation and of life's purpose.
Book Synopsis Elementary School Library Collection by : Linda L. Homa
Download or read book Elementary School Library Collection written by Linda L. Homa and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 1156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Becoming Modern Women by : Michiko Suzuki
Download or read book Becoming Modern Women written by Michiko Suzuki and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 2009-11-10 with total page 365 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presenting a fresh examination of women writers and prewar ideology, this book breaks new ground in its investigation of love as a critical aspect of Japanese culture during the early to mid-twentieth century. As a literary and cultural history of love and female identity, Becoming Modern Women focuses on same-sex love, love marriage, and maternal love—new terms at that time; in doing so, it shows how the idea of "woman," within the context of a vibrant print culture, was constructed through the modern experience of love. Author Michiko Suzuki's work complements current scholarship on female identities such as "Modern Girl" and "New Woman," and interprets women's fiction in conjunction with nonfiction from a range of media—early feminist writing, sexology books, newspapers, bestselling love treatises, native ethnology, and historiography. While illuminating the ways in which women used and challenged ideas about love, Suzuki explores the historical and ideological shifts of the period, underscoring the broader connections between gender, modernity, and nationhood.
Download or read book Salad Anniversary written by Machi Tawara and published by Pushkin Press. This book was released on 2015-06-09 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Machi Tawara's first book of poems, The Anniversary of the Salad combines the classical 'tanka' form with the subject of a modern love affair. It became a sensation, selling over 2 million copies - and the 'salad phenomenon' in Japanese culture was comparable to the 'bananamania' that followed publication of the first novel by Tawara's contemporary Banana Yoshimoto. Contains 15 poems: 'August Morning' 'Baseball Game' 'Morning Necktie' 'I Am the Wind' 'Summertime Ship' 'Wake-up Call' 'Hashimoto High School' 'Pretending to Wait for Someone' 'Salad Anniversary' 'Twilight Alley' 'My Bisymmetrical Self' 'So, Good Luck' 'Jazz Concert' 'Backstreet Cat' 'Always American'
Book Synopsis Seeing it Now by : Marjorie Buettner
Download or read book Seeing it Now written by Marjorie Buettner and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Poetry. "Marjorie Buettner may be the sole poet today who is consistently poetic and yet does not fail to uphold the spirit of 'ordinariness' of the old Japanese masters. Her haiku are consistently a reflection of her inner nature's response to outer nature. And her tanka are either love poems (as ardent as those of Lady Murasaki) or deeply reflective"--H.F. Noyes.
Download or read book A Flowering Word written by Noriko Takeda and published by New York : P. Lang. This book was released on 2000 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In an attempt to elucidate the significance of modernism in poetry, Takeda (comparative literature, Hiroshima University) applies Peirce's semiotic theory to the principal works of three contemporary writers. Mallarme's late sonnets, Eliot's Four Quartets, and Akiko's Tangled Hair are examined and understood as attempts to unify language and art. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR.
Download or read book How to Haiku written by Bruce Ross and published by Tuttle Publishing. This book was released on 2002-03-15 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This haiku book provides an invaluable guide to developing your own haiku-writing skills, with clear explanations, brilliant examples, and innovative writing exercises. It also offers an introduction to related Japanese poetic forms including: Senryu—commentaries on human nature that are often humorous or ironic Haibun—short, autobiographical narratives accompanied by a haiku Tanka—imaginative poems full of highly personal, emotional expressions Haiga—drawings accompanied by commentary in haiku form Renga—a collaborative form featuring linked sequences of poetry How to Haiku is a wonderful resource for anyone who wants to try their hand at this precise and poetic form of expression.
Download or read book Social Poetics written by Mark Nowak and published by Coffee House Press. This book was released on 2020-03-10 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Social Poetics documents the imaginative militancy and emergent solidarities of a new, insurgent working class poetry community rising up across the globe. Part autobiography, part literary criticism, part Marxist theory, Social Poetics presents a people’s history of the poetry workshop from the founding director of the Worker Writers School. Nowak illustrates not just what poetry means, but what it does to and for people outside traditional literary spaces, from taxi drivers to street vendors, and other workers of the world.
Book Synopsis The Tanka Anthology by : Michael McClintock
Download or read book The Tanka Anthology written by Michael McClintock and published by Weatherhill. This book was released on 2003 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The tanka anthology is a compendium of more than 800 poems by nearly 70 poets from around the world, the foremost practitioners of the ancient and modern genre of tanka. While poets continue to experiment, the contemporary tanka in English may be described as typically an untitled free-verse short poem having anywhere from about twelve to thirty-one syllables arranged in words and phrases over five lines, crafted to stand alone as a unitary, aesthetic whole - a complete poem. Excepting those written in a minimalist style, a tanka is about two breaths in length when read aloud. During the last thirty years, it has emerged as a robust short form that is identifiable as a distinct verse type while being extremely variable in its details."--BOOK JACKET.
Book Synopsis Songs Before Dawn by : Adonna Marie Gipe
Download or read book Songs Before Dawn written by Adonna Marie Gipe and published by Abbott Press. This book was released on 2017-11-09 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is a place where love walks hand in hand with poetry and melodies of song. It is a sunlit stretch of golden sand where only gentle hearts in love belong ... Adonna Marie Gipe Adonna Marie Gipe is a passionate poet whose writings reflect her love of God, nature, family and friends, the creative life, and the electrifying joy of loving others. In this varied collection of love poems, Gipe employs traditional styles, such as sonnets, blank and free verse, rondeaus, villanelles, and other forms, to share poetry that marries love and heartache with nature and faith. Rich in metaphor and simile, her words beam like sunlight through the trees, the crackling fire of laughter warms a soul, a heart wounded by lifes pain overflows with loves warm touch, and a precious gift from God is wrapped up and sent from heaven.. Hopefully, this collection will inspire others to both accept and give love in a world that needs it more now than ever. *Songs Before Dawn, by Adonna Gipe, is perhaps one of the most aesthetically pleasing poetry books I have read in decades. The poetry within this book blends a unique tapestry of poems of faith, love, contemplation, natural beauty and more. The poet skillfully blends deeply meaningful and beautiful phrasing to convey her thoughts. By this I once again refer to aesthetically pleasing poetry. Importantly, her poetry allows the reader to insert him-herself into the read, thus becoming part of the poem itself. Whether its an English sonnet, quatrains, blank verse, etc., each poem within this book is stellar and leaves the reader sated, yet yearning for more of her verse. Without a doubt, Ms. Gipes ability to create word art in the form of poetry is second to none. Ray Griffin, teacher, poet, writer. Reflecting the heart of a true poet, Adonna Gipe has a masterful ability to weave words and phrases into beautiful, emotionally connected fabrics Garrett Cooper, former CEO of Ambassador Enterprises and Taylor University faculty member
Book Synopsis This Sacred Earth by : Roger S. Gottlieb
Download or read book This Sacred Earth written by Roger S. Gottlieb and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 1996 with total page 690 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first comprehensive survey of the critical connections between religion, nature and the environment. It includes writings from sacred texts and a broad spectrum of new eco-theological selections. Historical and contemporary selections from key authors and a multicultural range of sources make This Sacred Earth an invaluable teaching resource and a unique introduction to the theory and practice of religious environmentalism.
Book Synopsis First Person Singular by : Haruki Murakami
Download or read book First Person Singular written by Haruki Murakami and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2021-04-06 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NATIONAL BEST SELLER • A mind-bending new collection of short stories from the internationally acclaimed, best-selling author. • “Some novelists hold a mirror up to the world and some, like Haruki Murakami, use the mirror as a portal to a universe hidden beyond it.” —The Wall Street Journal The eight stories in this new book are all told in the first person by a classic Murakami narrator. From memories of youth, meditations on music, and an ardent love of baseball, to dreamlike scenarios and invented jazz albums, together these stories challenge the boundaries between our minds and the exterior world. Occasionally, a narrator may or may not be Murakami himself. Is it memoir or fiction? The reader decides. Philosophical and mysterious, the stories in First Person Singular all touch beautifully on love and solitude, childhood and memory. . . all with a signature Murakami twist.
Download or read book Austrina written by Albert Richard Davis and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 614 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Universe Classic: My Light Novel Collection ( 宇宙神作:一本轻小说集 ) by : Wiki
Download or read book Universe Classic: My Light Novel Collection ( 宇宙神作:一本轻小说集 ) written by Wiki and published by Partridge Publishing Singapore. This book was released on 2021-01-25 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 马来西亚也有轻小说了!这是少数关于英雄传奇的轻小说,14个故事从1200年前写到2020年,世界各国的奇人纷纷登场,写作途中还意外原创了“蒙古式奇幻”这种分支。 There are light novels in Malaysia too! This is one of the few light novels about heroes and legends. 14 stories are written from 1200 years ago to 2020.Hero from all over the world appeared in succession, and the branch of "Mongolian fantasy" was accidentally created during the writing process.
