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Koan

17 June, 2009 от · 1 comment

Barry George Photo: kennymatic This morning he stretches out, yawning and wagging his tail for no reason; for every reason— for the One reason. If I could put it into words I’d be a cat.

Three “Sketches from Life” in Ueda’s Modern Japanese Tanka

5 October, 2008 от · 1 comment

Barry George Photo: OiMax Japanese tanka is often regarded as poetry of strong emotion and self-revelation. From the earliest poems of courtly love to the impassioned verse the early 20th Century reformer Tekkan Yosano heralded as jiga no shi (the poetry of self), tanka poets have exhibited a wide range of feelings: joy, sadness, longing, […]