Songs from my heart : poems of life and nature / by Daisaku Ikeda.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ikeda, Daisaku, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Life--Poetry.

Life.

Nature--Poetry.

Nature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (125 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

London : I.B. Tauris, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"For many years Daisaku Ikeda has used poetry to express his innermost observations and sensations. He has given poetic voice to feelings that have emerged from real life, and from the activities of an internationally known champion of peace and education and the leader of a worldwide lay Buddhist movement. With a vigour and simplicity that derive from a style rooted in classical rather than colloquial traditions, his poems celebrate the themes of youth and of progress, and the mysteries of the natural world: whether a wind that sighs 'with its melancholy chant to the traveller', or a 'great sky with its transcendent beauty and stillness', or a moon that shines with the light of the 'silver monarch'. These are poignant meditations above all on time, transience and the eternal - rendered visible through a palette of diverse poetic colour, and framed within a universe where all people are called to strive for a better world. Such a world is characterized not by division, but by peace and love. In that sense, these are verses expressive of the author's deepest hopes and sentiments: not merely poems, but keenly felt songs from his heart."--Bloomsbury Publishing.

Contents:

Cover; Copyright; Contents; Preface to the first edition; Translator's note; Song of youth; Looking at nature; Morigasaki beach; Spring breezes; Atsuta village: thinking of my master's childhood home; Blossoms that scatter; The sea in May; Praying to Mount Fuji; Dreams; The traveller; The road to Katano; The heart of the moon; Moonlight; The universe; Autumn wind; Pampas grass; Night; Mount Fuji and the poet; Parting on a clear day; Time; Theme; Songs of the revolution; A believer; Springing from the earth; Weeds; The people; The truth of Melos; In the river of revolution

Burning with ambitionAmbition; Youth; Song of building; Sounds of innovation; Uncrowned friends; Culture and the great earth; To those who guard the dignity of life; Mother; Words of encouragement

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

9780755624331

0755624335

9780857725004

0857725009

OCLC:

904046727