Tanpura's Strum : A Collection of Haiku and Tanka Poems.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kanani, Jesal.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

American poetry.

American poetry--21st century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (225 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Tanpura's Strum

Place of Publication:

Havertown : Global Collective Publishers, 2021.

Summary:

Motherhood, heartbreak, loss, love -- even the tangible: vegetables, beaches, forests and salons, oh, I wanted to write about it all! The brevity of form made it possible to cover a stunning range of landscapes -- emotional and physical. Like a jigsaw puzzle, I kept arranging, rearranging lines in poems, addicted to that dose of serotonin that washed over me when a haiku or tanka set well.Guavas pop-up here as do sunflowers, nieces and lovers. Playful and brooding, heart-breaking and exultant, these poems strobed in watercolor art, revel as much in the lushness of nature as the depth of feelings found within a human heart.Jesal has always been drawn to making beautiful connections with seemingly disparate ideas. When a haiku juxtaposes two disparate images, out of the synergy jumps a new, nuanced meaning.If we look at urban existence, it is fraught with dissonance: the push and pull of expectations, the contradictions within roles, and also -- unexpected, raw beauty. So, haiku and tanka seem to Jesal as perfect forms for expressing this fractured, beautiful ordinary life.Written from the perspective of a young woman, the poems in Tanpura's Strum draw from the themes of love, heartbreak, loss, motherhood, the progression of time and nature. Set on a wide-ranging canvas of the natural world -- beaches, forests and urban flora -- as well as the domestic -- cafés, homes and street life, the poems rest on nectar-like moments that make us feel most alive, impassioned and at other times soul-crushingly human.

Contents:

Intro

Table of Contents

Preface

Acknowledgements

I. Tanpura's Strum

II. Of Kadipatta Leaves and Everything in Between

III. Tell the Hairstylist, Keep It Long

IV. First Day of Spring

V. Moon Face

VI. Corn Cobs at Kisama

VII. His Body Is My Home

VIII. Grow Wild Like Kelp

IX. Small Talk in Office

X. Moons of Different Planets

XI. Embers of a Diwali Sparkler

XII. Of What We Used To Be

XIII. Words Become Play

Credit to the Illustrators

About the Cover Artist.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9781954021334

195402133X

OCLC:

1281982254