Author: Meng Hao-Jan
Publisher: Archipelago
ISBN: 1935744097
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 97
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The first full flowering of Chinese poetry occurred in the illustrious T’ang Dynasty, and at the beginning of this renaissance stands Meng Hao-jan (689-740 c.e.), esteemed elder to a long line of China’s greatest poets. Deeply influenced by Ch’an (Zen) Buddhism, Meng was the first to make poetry from the Ch’an insight that deep understanding lies beyond words. The result was a strikingly distilled language that opened new inner depths, non-verbal insights, and outright enigma. This made Meng Hao-jan China’s first master of the short imagistic landscape poem that came to typify ancient Chinese poetry. And as a lifelong intimacy with mountains dominates Meng’s work, such innovative poetics made him a preeminent figure in the wilderness (literally rivers-and-mountains) tradition, and that tradition is the very heart of Chinese poetry. This is the first English translation devoted to the work of Meng Hao-jan. Meng’s poetic descendents revered the wisdom he cultivated as a mountain recluse, and now we too can witness the sagacity they considered almost indistinguishable from that of rivers and mountains themselves.
Author: Jonathan C. Creasy
Publisher: New Directions Publishing
ISBN: 0811228983
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 118
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An essential selection of one of the most important twentieth-century creative movements Black Mountain College had an explosive influence on American poetry, music, art, craft, dance, and thought; it’s hard to imagine any other institution that was so utopian, rebellious, and experimental. Founded with the mission of creating rounded, complete people by balancing the arts and manual labor within a democratic, nonhierarchical structure, Black Mountain was a crucible of revolutionary literature. Although this artistic haven only existed from 1933 to 1956, Black Mountain helped inspire some of the most radical and significant midcentury American poets. This anthology begins with the well-known Black Mountain Poets—Charles Olson, Robert Creeley, Robert Duncan, and Denise Levertov—but also includes the artist Josef Albers and the musician John Cage, as well as the often overlooked women associated with the college, M. C. Richards and Hilda Morley.
Author: Stonehouse
Publisher: Copper Canyon Press
ISBN: 1619321181
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 230
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"The Mountain Poems of Stonehouse [is] a tough-spirited book of enlightened free verse."—Kyoto Journal The Zen master and mountain hermit Stonehouse—considered one of the greatest Chinese Buddhist poets—used poetry as his medium of instruction. Near the end of his life, monks asked him to record what he found of interest on his mountain; Stonehouse delivered to them hundreds of poems and an admonition: "Do not to try singing these poems. Only if you sit on them will they do you any good." Newly revised, with the Chinese originals and Red Pine's abundant commentary and notes, The Mountain Poems of Stonehouse is an essential volume for Zen students, readers of Asian literature, and all who love the outdoors. After eating I dust off a boulder and sleep and after sleeping I go for a walk on a cloudy late summer day an oriole sings from a sapling briefly enjoying the season joyfully singing out its heart true happiness is right here why chase an empty name Stonehouse was born in 1272 in Changshu, China, and took his name from a cave at the edge of town. He became a highly respected dharma master in the Zen Buddhist tradition. Red Pine is one of the world's leading translators of Chinese poetry. "Every time I translate a book of poems," he writes, "I learn a new way of dancing. And the music has to be Chinese." He lives near Seattle, Washington.
Author: 維·王
Publisher: UPNE
ISBN: 9780874515640
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 250
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Fine contemporary translations of one of the great poets of the T'ang dynasty.
Author: Gary Snyder
Publisher: Catapult
ISBN: 1582436967
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 48
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By any measure, Gary Snyder is one of the greatest poets in America in the last century. From his first book of poems to his latest collection of essays, his work and his example, standing between Tu Fu and Thoreau, have been influential all over the world. Riprap, his first book of poems, was published in Japan in 1959 by Origin Press, and it is the fiftieth anniversary of that groundbreaking book we celebrate with this edition. A small press reprint of that book included Snyder's translations of Han Shan's Cold Mountain Poems, perhaps the finest translations of that remarkable poet ever made into English. Reintroducing one of the twentieth century's foremost collections of poetry, this edition will please those already familiar with this work and excite a new generation of readers with its profound simplicity and spare elegance.
Author: Oriah Mountain Dreamer
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
ISBN: 0722540450
Category : Self-actualization (Psychology)
Languages : en
Pages : 147
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Cult bestseller The Invitation is more than just a poem. It is a profound invitation to a life that is more fulfilling and passionate, with greater integrity. This book is a word-of-mouth sensation, whose truths have resonated with people all over the world, and is now reissued with a beautiful new cover design.
Author: Laura Ding-Edwards
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781912779901
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 106
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Tackling mental health, relationships, bullying, body image, hate, love and everything in between; this first collection of poetry and prose from Laura Ding-Edwards focusses on the importance of being human.
Author: Annie Proulx
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 0743275306
Category : Cowboys
Languages : en
Pages : 72
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"Ennis del Mar and Jack Twist, two ranch hands, come together when they're working a sheepherder and camp tender one summer on a range above the tree line. At first, sharing an isolated tent, the attraction is casual, inevitable, but something deeper catches them that summer." "Both men work hard, marry, and have kids because that's what cowboys do. But over the course of many years and frequent separations this relationship becomes the most important thing in their lives, and they do anything they can to preserve it."--BOOK JACKET.
Author: Ursula K. Le Guin
Publisher: Roger Dorband
ISBN: 9780972860949
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 118
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"Limited edition chromogenic prints inside"--T.p. verso.
Author: Jeffrey Zygmont
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780983813187
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 64
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White Mountain Poems concentrates the beauty, mystery and allure of New England's high peaks in an art book. The 41 new poems presented in the book create a lasting literary tribute to the mountains. The accompanying photographs evoke the same awe and admiration that the poems express. White Mountain Poems is written in the tradition of the great American poet Robert Frost, who ambled in the New Hampshire woods collecting insights and impressions that he turned into powerful poetry about the region's rustic and rural experience. Distinguished by lavish photographs and artful design, White Mountain Poems is a keepsake for New Hampshire residents, visitors and admirers. Together, the poems and captivating photographs sing of the solemn, majestic nature of the landscape while they celebrate the mountains' many attributes, from their recreational pleasures, stunning scenery and storied history, to their winter desolation and occasional fierce storm. The poetry is written for popular appeal, depicting scenes, images, activities and experiences that resonate with readers.
