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Title: A Drifting Boat: An Anthology of Chinese Zen Poetry by Jerome P. Seaton, Dennis Maloney ISBN: 1-877727-37-7 Publisher: White Pine Press (NY) Pub. Date: 01 June, 1994 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.67 (3 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Great poetry anthology !
Comment: Quite by accident I discovered the book "Mountain Home; the Wilderness Poetry of Ancient China" translated by David Hinton. That got me started on a search of nature and Zen poetry of China and Japan. So far I have read at least a few dozen books and this is my favorite! The anthology covers from 4th century to modern and has quite a few authors represented. The sensitive translations are what, I am sure, attracts me to re-read and highlight this book. This book is a keeper!
Rating: 5
Summary: Drifting..
Comment: A Drifting Boat includes Chinese Zen poems that have been gathered over 1500 years. The book has been divided into six sections, each one covering the poets of a different dynasty.
The poems themselves are beautiful, simple yet complex, elegant. The words just seem to flow from the pages. A delightful reading experience.
"as I wonder aimlessly under a frozen moon a flute poors its beauty from a nearby tower. then morning breezes begin to rise and gust - the river already a carpet of scattered white blossoms." --Kuan Hsiu
Rating: 4
Summary: Excellent broad anthology of Chinese Chan (Zen) poetry
Comment: Yes, I'm picky and had a quarrel with the introduction's reference to religious institutions without a recognition of the interplay between Nestorian Christianity and Chan Buddhism but such a point is of no interest to the general reader. The book is a wonderfully broad selection of poets and styles including poets with a strong Taoist bent - a happy addition illustrating the coexistence of multiple religious traditions within single individuals. There are differing styles of translation - from the more literal to the more poetic - but only two poems in the entire book that leave me wanting to read the original Chinese because the translation seems too free. The book as a whole is a marvelous example of the force of poetry that is rooted in experience rather than metaphor; as such it should be read by those without a specific interest in Buddhism.
My criticism? Too many poets are represented by only one or two poems.
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Title: Zen Poems of China & Japan: The Crane's Bill (An Evergreen Book) by Lucien Stryk, Takashi Ikemoto, Taigan Takayama ISBN: 0802130194 Publisher: Grove Press Pub. Date: 01 February, 1988 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
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Title: The Collected Songs of Cold Mountain by Hanshan, Red Pine ISBN: 1556591403 Publisher: Copper Canyon Press Pub. Date: 01 October, 2000 List Price(USD): $17.00 |
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Title: From the Country of Eight Islands by Hiroaki Sato, Burton Watson ISBN: 0231063954 Publisher: Columbia University Press Pub. Date: 15 April, 1986 List Price(USD): $25.00 |
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Title: One Hundred Poems from the Chinese (New Directions Book) by Kenneth Rexroth ISBN: 0811201805 Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation Pub. Date: 01 June, 1971 List Price(USD): $10.95 |
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Title: Mountain Home: The Wilderness Poetry of Ancient China by David Hinton ISBN: 1582431493 Publisher: Counterpoint Press Pub. Date: 12 November, 2002 List Price(USD): $28.00 |
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