{"product_id":"everyday-mind-xxvii-9780578387017","title":"Everyday Mind XXVII","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Tekkan\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Barry MacDonald\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Barry MacDonald\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI am Tekkan. I have married the poetic forms of the sonnet and a following short poem. A story is told in the sonnet. The short poem 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 and haiku 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\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Tekkan\" is the \u003cem\u003edharma\u003c\/em\u003e name I was given. I use Zen mediation to make poetry of ordinary events. \u003cem\u003eTekkan\u003c\/em\u003e means, Iron Man, a settled practitioner of great determination.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Barry MacDonald","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45409116029079,"sku":"9780578387017","price":1112.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780578387017.webp?v=1767917109","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/everyday-mind-xxvii-9780578387017","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}