Author: Jean Vengua Publisher: ISBN: Category : Poetry Languages : en Pages : 108
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"It began when Eileen R. Tabios in 2000 read Richard Brautigan's novel, The Hawkline Monster, and was inspired by one of its characters: "Cameron was a counter. He vomited nineteen times to San Francisco. He liked to count everything." From that moment on, Tabios began a Counting Journal in which she kept track of anything she could count as her days unfolded. The journal would come to reference, in 2001, the Selected Letters of Jack Kerouac where Kerouac is quoted as saying, "I think American haikus should never have more than 3 words in a line." Tabios recalled both moments on her first poetic blog, WINEPOETICS, as background to her decision to invent a "Pinoy Haiku" form that would come to be known as the "hay(na)ku." This new poetic form's name is a pun off of the Filipino exclamation "Hay naku!" which is used in a variety of situations in the same way the English "Oh!" is interjected. Inaugurated on June 12, 2003, the hay(na)ku is deceptively simple with its form of a tercet comprised of one-, two-, and three-word lines. The form swiftly became popular and since has been used by poets from all over the world."--BOOK JACKET.
Author: Felix Fojas Publisher: ISBN: 9781976865015 Category : Languages : en Pages : 217
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In ancient times, Japanese samurai were arguably the greatest warriors in modern history. In fact, samurai warriors lived their entire lives rigorously abiding by the Bushido--the Japanese code of chivalry and honor. The Emperor or Shogun wielded centralized powers all over the war-torn country. Directly under the Shogun were the Daimyo, regional and local warlords. Subordinate to the Daimyo were the samurai, a class of highly skilled warriors, which gradually developed in Japan after the Taika reforms of A.D. 641. Feudal Japan rigorously followed Bushido. The samurai code emphasized loyalty to one's master over and above loyalty to one's family. Hence the Shogun oftentimes replaced a weak emperor who merely acted as an imperial figurehead. The Shogun, the likes of Minamoto no Yoritomo, Ashigaka Takauji and Hideyoshi, carried with them the power of life and death over their daimyo and samurai underlings. During peace time many samurai warriors took up the arts by writing and teaching in their leisure hours. Their love of beautiful surroundings was of equal importance to these men who dedicated their lives as full-time soldiers. In the Haiku poems written by the old masters, many of whom lived and died as staunch practitioners of the samurai code. One of the greatest Haiku poets was the renowned samurai, Matsuo Basho (1644-94), who traveled throughout Japan writing and further developing the Haiku style. He died in Osaka, Japan in 1694, but continued to write haiku furiously, up until his death. TODAY, five men and women who dub themselves as Bards from the Far East invite you to promenade in the literary park and bask in the overflowing openness, depth, simplicity and lightness of Haiku poems. Their poems will empower your soul to resonate and appreciate the sad, the beautiful, the tragic and even the lighter side of life... Meet the Bards from the Far East: Carolyn, author ~ Fairy Godmother of Bards and mother to four kids; Danny Gallardo ~ the Bard of the Beautiful Pride of Zambales; Felix Fojas, the Meowing Bard ~ Exorcist Par Excellence and Dean of Poets; Aine Losauro ~ Singer of Overseas Blues, family woman; and last but not least, Sonnet Grandmaster ~ Jose Rizal M. Reyes, The Haiku Shogun.
Author: Eileen R Tabios Publisher: ISBN: 9781939901194 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 0
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"Meet Elena, poet, rapscallion, nimble art gourmand, and colorful sleuth. Her reason for being in time is Ernst, a painter, lord of hues and ripples, and a container of the fragrance of memory. Not since the meeting of the poet Rainier Maria Rilke and the artist Auguste Rodin has there been a melding of true artistic minds." - Nick Carbo
Author: Eileen Tabios Publisher: ISBN: Category : Poetry Languages : en Pages : 508
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Poetry. Memoir. Asian American Studies. With I TAKE THEE, ENGLISH, FOR MY BELOVED, Eileen R. Tabios melds the forms of poem, memoir, art monograph, play, novel and questionnaire to affirm that the poet not only speaks English, but she loves English. From her love, she crafts poems denoting a unique vision, as well as other writings that transcend inherited literary forms. This collection ends with a close reading by Ron Silliman of one of Tabios' poems through which he concludes, "Tabios tries for more in one page than many other poets would attempt in 20. And she pulls it off."
Author: Eileen Tabios Publisher: DOS Madres Press ISBN: 9781939929365 Category : Poetry Languages : en Pages : 0
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Poetry. Asian & Asian American Studies. "There are so many paths thru the enchanted forest that is Eileen Tabios' oeuvre that no one can possibly take them all in one lifetime. So it is with something approaching glee that I find here a completely unexpected one: a mid- career 'selected' constructed around her recurring use of the list / catalogue-form. Did I say the list-form? No, pluralize that, and prepare to encounter an entire ecosystem of catalogues and lists. And don't for a minute let this lead you to think that this is a book of 'weak conceptualism', not that there's anything wrong with weakness (in the sense of an antifoundationalism), nor with conceptualism, because there's not. Think rather that you are encountering poetry, sans qualifiers; prepare to read; and (quoting Perec quoting Verne) 'Look with all your eyes, look'. This is the real stuff." John Bloomberg- Rissman"
Author: Eileen Tabios Publisher: Blazevox Books ISBN: 9781934289921 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 194
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The Blind Chatelaine's Keys takes its impetus from three impossibilities: (i) biography (and autobiography) - something is always left out, (ii) artistic criticism - the critic,s subjectivity inevitably comes to play, and (iii) pure persona in poems -the poet's self remains a presence no matter how much a poet may wish to disrupt the 'I'. Eileen R. Tabios, known as 'Chatelaine' in poetry blogland, uses others' criticisms and engagements of her writings to create a narrative arc that serves as a biography. Since the biography is based (mostly) on her poems, it conceptually pushes the idea summed up by Ted Berrigan: 'there is a self inside almost all of the poems'. The Blind Chatelaine's Keys is also a poetics, but laid out by others based on Tabios' poems. Not only is this ideal as one doesn't want to apply proscriptive paradigms on art, but, according to Tabios, it reflects the way of 'Kapwa' - a Filipino cultural concept of interconnectedness whereby other people are not 'others' but part of what one is. The featured critical engagements were also chosen for what the reviews say about their authors. The results address the Chatelaine's core poetics: while Rimbaud says, 'I is Another,' the Chatelaine cheerfully notes, 'Moi is all about Toi.' When Tabios finally speaks for herself - it is to inaugurate a new poetic form: the 'haybun.' While this form is inspired by the 'haibun' associated with Basho, the 'haybun' relies on the 'hay(na)ku'. The ?hay(na)ku' is an earlier invention by Tabios which has become a popular 21st century form, undertaken by numerous poets worldwide. Through the haybun, Tabios offers a memoir of a failed adoption attempt, 'Looking for M.', which has been praised by adoption professionals.
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