{"product_id":"everyday-mind-xxii-9781736353752","title":"Everyday Mind XXII","description":"\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\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\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Barry MacDonald","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50383056666898,"sku":"9781736353752","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_b613eff4-89eb-4914-8f61-e42b287f03ae.jpg?v=1728777138","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/everyday-mind-xxii-9781736353752","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}