Journey of Life Selected Poems of Daisaku Ikeda 1st Edition by Daisaku Ikeda 0857735624 9780857735621
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ISBN 10: 0857735624
ISBN 13: 9780857735621
Author: Daisaku Ikeda
Whether through lyrical celebrations of the wonders of nature; paeans to the steadfastness of women; or salutations to the world leaders who have in their various ways provided inspiration to his lifelong devotion to the causes of peace, justice and education, Daisaku Ikeda in his poems expresses unwavering commitment to the development of a humanistic global culture. These translations, the first of a three-volume collection and based on the Japanese Complete Works of Daisaku Ikeda (Ikeda Daisaku zenshu), cover the years 1945-2007, and explore the many subjects to which the leader of the Soka Gakkai International has devoted his ‘poetic heart and mind.’ The translators have sought to reproduce the rhythms and timbres of a voice, which- though influenced by the likes of Whitman, Defoe, Dumas, Ibsen, Emerson and Shelley- is yet distinctive and unique. Sometimes the poet adopts a simple vernacular note; at other times the compression associated with Japanese poeic forms haiku and waka. But at all times the poetry maintains a stately rhythm that reflects the dignity of ordinary language and expression. This collection will delight readers familiar with the prose writings of the author as well as those coming to his work for the first time. The poems within it speak, with freedom and feeling, of a world where genuine poetry reigns supreme- and of a world where poetic perception becomes a perception of interconnectedness; between friends. between humanity and nature, or between humanity and the cosmos.
Table of contents:
Translator’s note
Poems
Blossoms that scatter
Fuji and the poet
Morigasaki Beach
Offering prayers at Mount Fuji
I offer this to you
Travelers
Spring breezes
Autumn wind
Daybreak
The crisp day we parted
To my young friends
Pampas grass
The people
Weeds
Mother
Song of the crimson dawn
Youth, scale the mountain of kosen-rufu of the twenty-first century
Days of value
My mentor, Josei Toda
Arise, the sun of the century
Toll the bell of the new renaissance
Dunhuang
Like Mount Fuji
The lion’s land, Mother India
Youthful country with a shining future
Be an eternal bastion of peace
Embracing the skies of Kirghiz
Banner of humanism, path of justice
Mother of art, the sunlight of happiness
Shine brilliantly! Crown of the Mother of the Philippines
May the laurels of kings adorn your lives
Like the sun rising
Cosmic traveler, our century’s premier violinist
The sun of jiyu over a new land
Salute to mothers
Unfurl the banner of youth
The poet—warrior of the spirit
May the fragrant laurels of happiness adorn your life
The noble voyage of life
Standing among the ruins of Takiyama Castle
The path to a peaceful world, a garden for humankind
Together holding aloft laurels of the people’s poetry
Eternally radiant champion of humanity
August 15—The dawn of a new day
Salute to the smiling faces of the twenty-first century
The promise of a majestic peace
The triumph of the human spirit
Pampas grass, the poet’s friend
In praise of morning glories—a f lower loved by all
Salute to poets
Glossary
Bibliography
Appendix
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