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@kevin-eleven saidThere once was a lady from Nantucket…
If one were to write contemporary Zen poems in the style of traditional Zen poems but using current everyday elements, what characteristics would carry over and connect the two?
08 Feb 22
@pb1022 saidThere once was a lady from Nantucket
There once was a lady from Nantucket…
(actually she was just a woman of 45 -- we don't
have ladies here, at least not in the British sense)
who had been cutting her own hair in isolation
because of Covid and was also greatly upset
by recent interactions with her eldest daughter.
All right, okay, sure: it's unlikely that she would
suddenly notice the birds chirping despite the rain
(although she might eventually do that -- who knows?)
or remember a time when the Formica-topped table
and Melmac dinnerware that she had inherited
were more than enough to go along with whatever
contentment she had somehow misplaced. At this point,
of course it would be great if a whistling tea kettle
came to a boil, but she usually uses the microwave
for her tea water; although of course, yes, in general,
things do often come to a boil and then cool off.
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08 Feb 22
@kevin-eleven saidHaikus tend to focus on nature, so those at least would draw on similar elements and provide continuity to traditional poems.
If one were to write contemporary Zen poems in the style of traditional Zen poems but using current everyday elements, what characteristics would carry over and connect the two?
08 Feb 22
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@ghost-of-a-duke saidThat makes sense, but I think there might be other characteristics that could carry over if one were to write using urban or (heaven forbid!) suburban elements, maybe involving appreciation or at least non-rejection of one's surrounds, and maybe something like an implied turning away from some kinds of mentation.
Haikus tend to focus on nature, so those at least would draw on similar elements and provide continuity to traditional poems.
Not sure, therefore asking. Hoping not to be that kind of guy who asks a question he already "knows" the answer to.
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08 Feb 22
@kevin-eleven saidThat is so Zen.
Not sure, therefore asking. Hoping not to be that kind of guy who asks a question he already "knows" the answer to.
08 Feb 22
@kevin-eleven saidThe local dialect of the time and region
If one were to write contemporary Zen poems in the style of traditional Zen poems but using current everyday elements, what characteristics would carry over and connect the two?