{"product_id":"everyday-mind-iv-9781732410732","title":"Everyday Mind IV","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Tekkan\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Barry MacDonald\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Barry MacDonald\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: American - General\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\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","brand":"Barry MacDonald","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45412808491159,"sku":"9781732410732","price":1101.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781732410732.webp?v=1767106501","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/everyday-mind-iv-9781732410732","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}