Glasgow Zen

Spence Alan

Description

A superb new collection of haiku and other short poetic forms on the theme of Glasgow - its people, landscape, culture. As always, Spence is uniquely illuminating, witty and delightful. Incorporating some of the poems which appeared decades ago in the much sought-after collection of the same title, Glasgow Zen includes mostly new material from this highly popular and exquisite poet.

Informations

• Publié par: Canongate Books
• Date de parution: 15 novembre 2012
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781847677372
• Langue: English

Extrait

GLASGOW ZEN
Alan Spence
To Edwin Morgan
CONTENTS

Glasgow Zen
Jingle
Joshu’s Mu
Japanese Boxes
Today
Motorway Red
Rag
Paddy’s
Sing
Lorry

Song
Prayer Flag
Silver
Tarnish
Eye of the Storm
Loop
Touching the Void
Same Old
As Light
Seeing Mount Fuji
EM
Football Haiku

The Pundits
Glasgow’s Full of Poets
After the Japanese (1)
After the Japanese (2)
Issa
Ryokan
Santoka
Oracle
Glasgow Zen (2)
Coda
GLASGOW ZEN

On the oneness of self and universe

IT’S AW WAN
TAE ME


On the ultimate identity of matter and spirit, form and void

WHIT’S THE MATTER?
NUTHIN!


On the suchness of things


AYE, THIS IS IT
THIS IS THE THING



On identity in difference

SIX AN
HAUF A DOZEN



On the implicit dualism of value-judgements

IT’S AWFUL
GOOD
JINGLE


Jingle on Glasgow city arms
This is the bell that never rang
This is the fish that never swam
This is the tree that never grew
This is the bird that never flew




This is the bell that never rang

This
RANG
This is
RANG RANG
This is the bell
RANG
This is the bell that
RANG




This is never
RANG
This is never the bell that
RANG
This is the rang bell
RANG RANG RANG
This is the bell that
RANG RANG RANG RANG
never




This is the tree that never grew

This tree never grew green
This green tree never grew
Neverever green grew this tree
This tree grew never evergreen




This is the bird that never flew

this is the
bird