'Zen Poetry, The Penguin Book of (Penguin Poets)' by Various (Books)


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Books : Zen Poetry, The Penguin Book of (Penguin Poets)

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by: Various See Larger Image Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 895.61008 EAN: 9780140585995 ISBN: 0140585990 Label: Puffin Manufacturer: Puffin Number Of Pages: 160 Publication Date: April 01, 1988 Publisher: Puffin Sales Rank: 1547065 Studio: Puffin Related Items: Zen Poems of China and Japan: The Crane's Bill (An Evergreen Book) The Poetry of Zen Zen Poetry: Let the Spring Breeze Enter Wild Ways: Zen Poems of Ikkyu (Companions for the Journey) Essential Haiku (Essential Poets) see more Customer Reviews Average Rating: Rating: - One bath/after another/how stupid. (Isso) This is a nice collection of Chinese and Japanese poetry in English translation--not only haiku, but all the works are haiku-esque in their brevity and style. After an excellent introduction explaining the Zen aesthetic of suggestion rather than depiction come four sections of poetry in English translation: Chinese Poems of Enlightenment and Death; Poems of the Japanese Zen Masters; Japanese Haiku; and Shikichi Takahashi, Contemporary Japanese Master. The poems are complemented by 14 black and white ... Read More

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