
Always Filling, Always Full
Margaret Chula(Author)
White Pine Press
Published on 1. April 2001
Book
Paperback/Softback
96 pages
978-1-893996-11-3 (ISBN)
Description
"This book is welcome proof of the universality and the particularity of the human heart."-Jane Hirshfield The ancient Japanese form of tanka has been used since literature was first recorded in the Kojiki in 712. By the 1600s, however, tanka had fallen out of favor. The form was revived in the early 1900s, and has grown steadily since. "I do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the men of old; I seek the things they sought," said Basho, and the same could be said by Chula. This collection blends Japanese tradition with an American sensibility to produce poems concise, moving, and filled with vivid perception of the range of human feeling. Maggie Chula spent twelve years living and studying in Kyoto, Japan, and has published three collections of haiku. She lives in Portland, Oregon.
Reviews / Votes
"Working within the sinuous tradition of the Japanese tanka form, Chula has found a voice that bows both in the direction of earlier works and towards the unknown -- the next poem, whose perception is always ungraspable until the words fall into place." -- Jane Hirshfield.More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Buffalo
United States
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 153 mm
Weight
185 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-893996-11-3 (9781893996113)
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Persons
Margaret Chula