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The Way of Tanka

Author : Naomi Beth Wakan
Publisher : Shanti Arts Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1941830617
Total Pages : 111 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (418 download)

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Download or read book The Way of Tanka written by Naomi Beth Wakan and published by Shanti Arts Publishing. This book was released on 2017-03-01 with total page 111 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Way of Tanka is an approachable yet comprehensive examination of the Japanese form of poetry known as tanka. The author, Naomi Beth Wakan, discusses its roots in early Japanese courts where it was considered the poetry of lovers, as well as its adaptation to western culture and the characteristics that separate it from the more popular form of Japanese poetry: haiku. Throughout, Wakan weaves her story of personal self-transformation as she moved from the more disciplined writing of haiku to the more metaphorical and philosophical writing of tanka. Numerous examples of tanka are provided, and the rich explanation of the experience of writing tanka encourages readers to write their own tanka while remaining open to the possibilities it provides for personal growth.

Modern Japanese Tanka

Author : Makoto Ueda
Publisher : Columbia University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780231104333
Total Pages : 316 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (43 download)

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Download or read book Modern Japanese Tanka written by Makoto Ueda and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 1996 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: His introduction gives an excellent overview of the development of tanka in the last one hundred years.

Urban Tumbleweed

Author : Harryette Mullen
Publisher : Graywolf Press
ISBN 13 : 9781555976569
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (765 download)

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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?"

Forest of Eyes

Author : Chimako Tada
Publisher : University of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520260511
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (22 download)

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Download or read book Forest of Eyes written by Chimako Tada and published by University of California Press. This book was released on 2010-08-17 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of Japan’s most important modern poets, Tada Chimako (1930–2003) gained prominence in her native country for her sensual, frequently surreal poetry and fantastic imagery. Although Tada’s writing is an essential part of postwar Japanese poetry, her use of themes and motifs from European, Near Eastern, and Mediterranean history, mythology, and literature, as well as her sensitive explorations of women’s inner lives make her very much a poet of the world. Forest of Eyes offers English-language readers their first opportunity to read a wide selection from Tada’s extraordinary oeuvre, including nontraditional free verse, poems in the traditional forms of tanka and haiku, and prose poems. Translator Jeffrey Angles introduces this collection with an incisive essay that situates Tada as a poet, explores her unique style, and analyzes her contribution to the representation of women in postwar Japanese literature.

みだれ髪

Author : 晶子·与謝野
Publisher : Cheng & Tsui
ISBN 13 : 9780887273735
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (737 download)

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Download or read book みだれ髪 written by 晶子·与謝野 and published by Cheng & Tsui. This book was released on 2002 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Akiko Yosano's Tangled Hair, published in 1901, had a sensational impact on Japanese literature, and we are pleased to make this highly praised translation (originally published 30 years a

On Haiku

Author : Hiroaki Sato
Publisher : New Directions Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0811227421
Total Pages : 152 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (112 download)

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Download or read book On Haiku written by Hiroaki Sato and published by New Directions Publishing. This book was released on 2018-10-30 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Everything you want to know about haiku written by one of the foremost experts in the field and the “finest translator of contemporary Japanese poetry into American English” (Gary Snyder) Who doesn’t love haiku? It is not only America’s most popular cultural import from Japan but also our most popular poetic form: instantly recognizable, more mobile than a sonnet, loved for its simplicity and compression, as well as its ease of composition. Haiku is an ancient literary form seemingly made for the Twittersphere—Jack Kerouac and Langston Hughes wrote them, Ezra Pound and the Imagists were inspired by them, Hallmark’s made millions off them, first-grade students across the country still learn to write them. But what really is a haiku? Where does the form originate? Who were the original Japanese poets who wrote them? And how has their work been translated into English over the years? The haiku form comes down to us today as a cliché: a three-line poem of 5-7-5 syllables. And yet its story is actually much more colorful and multifaceted. And of course to write a good one can be as difficult as writing a Homeric epic—or it can materialize in an instant of epic inspiration. In On Haiku, Hiroaki Sato explores the many styles and genres of haiku on both sides of the Pacific, from the classical haiku of Basho, Issa, and Zen monks, to modern haiku about swimsuits and atomic bombs, to the haiku of famous American writers such as J. D. Salinger and Allen Ginsburg. As if conversing over beers in your favorite pub, Sato explains everything you wanted to know about the haiku in this endearing and pleasurable book, destined to be a classic in the field.

Egg Woman's Daughter

Author : Mary Chan Ma-Lai
Publisher : Asia 2000
ISBN 13 : 9789627160533
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (65 download)

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Download or read book Egg Woman's Daughter written by Mary Chan Ma-Lai and published by Asia 2000. This book was released on 2001 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Mary was two years old when her eyes clouded over. Her grandmother's traditional cure of incense ash and mud rubbed into Mary's eyes failed. She was left blind in one eye and partially sighted in another. As a young Tanka child growing up on a fishing boat, she learned to cope with her blindness, as with poverty, hunger and casual cruelty from her family and peers. Plagued with a barrage of ailments, including a spinal infection that stole the use of her legs as a young adult, she persevered and was an indomitable spirit until the end. Full of life, laughter, compassion and determination, she had a magnetic charm that overcame an opaque gaze and shrivelled body to enchant all who knew her." "With brutal honestly and wry humour, Mary Chan Ma-lai tells the story of herself and her family against the backdrop of a brash and rising Hong Kong. A testament to her victory over her disabilities to become a teacher, writer, world traveller and vital member of society, this is an important book about Hong Kong as it seldom reveals itself by an articulate and inspiring author whose blind eyes saw deeply."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

If Not for the Cat

Author : Jack Prelutsky
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0060596775
Total Pages : 46 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (65 download)

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Download or read book If Not for the Cat written by Jack Prelutsky and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2004-09-21 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A creature whispers: If not for the cat, And the scarcity of cheese, I could be content. Who is this creature? What does it like to eat? Can you solve the riddle? Seventeen haiku composed by master poet Jack Prelutsky and illustrated by renowned artist Ted Rand ask you to think about seventeen favorite residents of the animal kingdom in a new way. On these glorious and colorful pages you will meet a mouse, a skunk, a beaver, a hummingbird, ants, bald eagles, jellyfish, and many others. Who is who? The answer is right in front of you. But how can you tell? Think and wonder and look and puzzle it out!

Writing Haiku

Author : Bruce Ross
Publisher : Tuttle Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1462923054
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (629 download)

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Download or read book Writing Haiku written by Bruce Ross and published by Tuttle Publishing. This book was released on 2022-03-15 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A world of dew And within every dewdrop A world of struggle The iconic three-line haiku form is increasingly popular today as people embrace its simplicity and grace--and its connections to the Japanese ethos of mindfulness and minimalism. Say more with fewer words. This practical guide by poet and teacher Bruce Ross shows you how to capture a fleeting moment, like painting a picture with words, and how to give voice to your innermost thoughts, feelings, and observations. You don't have to be a practiced poet or writer to write your own haiku, and this book shows you how. In this book, aspiring poets will find: Accessible, easy-to-replicate examples and writing prompts A foreword that looks at the state of haiku today as the form continues to expand worldwide An introduction to related Japanese haiku forms such as tanka, haiga, renga, haibun, and senryu A listing of international journals and online resources Do you want to tell a story? Give haibun a try. Maybe you want to express a fleeting feeling? A tanka is the perfect vehicle. Are you more visual than verbal? Then a haiga, or illustrated haiku, is the ideal match. Finally, a renga is perfect as a group project or to create with friends, passing a poem around, adding line after line, and seeing what your group effort amounts to. Ross walks readers through the history and form of haiku, before laying out what sets each Japanese poetic form apart. Then it's time to turn to your notebook and start drafting some verse of your own!

In the Company of Crows

Author : Carole MacRury
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780976640776
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (47 download)

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Download or read book In the Company of Crows written by Carole MacRury and published by . This book was released on 2008-11-01 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

A Poet's Glossary

Author : Edward Hirsch
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 0547737467
Total Pages : 683 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (477 download)

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Download or read book A Poet's Glossary written by Edward Hirsch and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2014-04-08 with total page 683 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A major addition to the literature of poetry, Edward Hirsch’s sparkling new work is a compilation of forms, devices, groups, movements, isms, aesthetics, rhetorical terms, and folklore—a book that all readers, writers, teachers, and students of poetry will return to over and over. Hirsch has delved deeply into the poetic traditions of the world, returning with an inclusive, international compendium. Moving gracefully from the bards of ancient Greece to the revolutionaries of Latin America, from small formal elements to large mysteries, he provides thoughtful definitions for the most important poetic vocabulary, imbuing his work with a lifetime of scholarship and the warmth of a man devoted to his art. Knowing how a poem works is essential to unlocking its meaning. Hirsch’s entries will deepen readers’ relationships with their favorite poems and open greater levels of understanding in each new poem they encounter. Shot through with the enthusiasm, authority, and sheer delight that made How to Read a Poem so beloved, A Poet’s Glossary is a new classic.

赤光

Author : Mokichi Saitō
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 408 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book 赤光 written by Mokichi Saitō and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Red Lights by Mokichi Saito (1882-1953), who was a major Japanese tankaist, continued the trend in bringing new life to tanka. Sbakko, translated as Red Lights, appeared in 1913. This collection of tanka created an immediate sensation in Japan as it introduced into this venerable art form the modern note of a rich variety of subject matter, including sordid sexuality and chaste love, psychiatric scrutiny, and the complicated mental processes of a mind reaching into those layers of nature and human nature that hardly seemed possible in thirty-one syllables.

The Ink Dark Moon

Author :
Publisher : Macmillan Reference USA
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 136 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The Ink Dark Moon written by and published by Macmillan Reference USA. This book was released on 1988 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Tanka Anthology

Author : Michael McClintock
Publisher : Weatherhill
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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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.

Tanpura's Strum: A Collection of Haiku and Tanka Poems

Author : Jesal Kanani
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781954021327
Total Pages : 104 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (213 download)

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Download or read book Tanpura's Strum: A Collection of Haiku and Tanka Poems written by Jesal Kanani and published by . This book was released on 2021-07-19 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jesal has always been drawn to making beautiful connections with seemingly disparate ideas. She's been able to draw out the juxtaposition of two unrelated images in a haiku, giving birth to a new meaning, which combines two distinct thoughts into one. If we look at urban existence - its natural state of being is fraught with dissonance: the push and pull of expectations, the contradictions within roles, but Jesal sees connections and synergy with this seeming contradiction thru the haiku and tanka which reach out as perfect forms to Jesal, to express this state of modern living.Both--arising out of and also nestled within, this constant churn and thrum of life are nectar-like moments that make us feel most alive, impassioned, at other times crushingly human. This poetry is an attempt to catch those pearls of consciousness, those moments that float up to the surface above the rough raw tumble of the day. Maybe it is the ordinary, that when looked at with repose, reflection transmutes into something extraordinary? The tanka's brevity: a click, ka--snick! is a snapshot in words. A wide ranging collage, from motherhood, heartbreak, loss, love, to the tangible: vegetables, beaches, forests and salons, is put together in this collection through these textual snapshots. Read together, they aim to paint a dense picture of urban life of women, as they grapple with successfully navigating the world.By saying little, sharing just the silhouettes of an image, Jesal's haiku and tanka, invite the readers to color in the rest with their own experiences and imagination, thereby making these poetic forms unusually relatable. I hope the grace and beauty of these ancient forms of poetry find resonance with you and readers through this modern, relatable and excellent rendition, by Jesal.

The Way of Deliverance

Author : Shinsho Hanayama
Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing
ISBN 13 : 178720331X
Total Pages : 408 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (872 download)

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Download or read book The Way of Deliverance written by Shinsho Hanayama and published by Pickle Partners Publishing. This book was released on 2016-11-11 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in 1950, this is the English translation of the book written by the Buddhist chaplain in Sugamo Prison who attended the Japanese war criminals before their execution. It is a collection of the records of the condemned that Shinsho Hanayama collected during his spiritual guidance in order to show “an ardent hope for peace” as well as an “awakening to religious ecstasy.” Hanayama tells of the services held, the preparation of the men for death, the traditional rites, and the prisoners’ deepening reverence as the days passed. He also recorded in details the last words, wills and letters of 27 condemned prisoners, and later those of the seven A class war criminals sentenced to death by hanging for war crimes, crimes against humanity, and crimes against peace—including General Hideki Tōjō (later Prime Minister of Japan), who was responsible for ordering the attack on Pearl Harbor. A fascinating, historically significant read.

Poems are Teachers

Author : Amy Ludwig VanDerwater
Publisher : Heinemann Educational Books
ISBN 13 : 9780325096537
Total Pages : 246 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (965 download)

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Download or read book Poems are Teachers written by Amy Ludwig VanDerwater and published by Heinemann Educational Books. This book was released on 2017-10-06 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Children's writer and poet Amy Ludwig VanDerwater leads us on an adventure through poetry, pointing out craft elements along the way that students can use to improve all their writing, from idea finding to language play. "Poems wake us up, keep us company, and remind us that our world is big and small," Amy explains. "And, too, poems teach us how to write. Anything." This is a practical book designed for every classroom teacher. Each lesson exploration includes three poems, one by a contemporary adult poet and two by students in grades 2 through 8, which serve as models to illustrate how poetry teaches writers to: find ideas, choose perspective and point of view, structure texts, play with language, craft beginnings and endings, choose titles. Students will learn how to replicate the craft techniques found in poetry to strengthen all writing, from fiction to opinion, from personal narrative to information. "Poets arrange words and phrases just as prose writers do, simply in tighter spaces," Amy argues. "In the tight space of poetry, readers can identify writing techniques after reading one page, not thirty pages."