{"product_id":"cuckoos-blood-stephen-berg-9781556592683","title":"Cuckoo's Blood: Versions of Zen Masters","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"We need poets like this. Mr. Berg relentlessly describes what we would often prefer to forget but can't allow ourselves to forget.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCertain poems of Zen masters, including work by Ikkyu, Basho, and Dogen, have haunted and nourished readers from around the world for centuries--and Steven Berg for fifty years. Driven to know \"what these people thought, believed, felt,\" Berg rewrote existing translations to create provocative, energized, and multilayered versions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese are not new poems, nor are they old poems. These are explorations into the deeper resonances of Zen masters, expounding on the simple themes of the minute and overpowering. This is Zen poetry to the core, nodding to the poets who came before while breathing new life into the forms and meanings.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Deathsong, by Hakuin\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePunch your fist mind of a fist through this black wall al-\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eways in front of you always the next step you can't\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003etake as you walk into it through it but can't\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ebecause it's who you are but can't be do not want\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eto be nothing but the place where you were are won't\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ebe slam this fist of a fist into the wall that\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eisn't even here built of the billion nows yous\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ewhich when it finally is you finally face it you\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003epass through like a raw black breath\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eStephen Berg\u003c\/b\u003e is the founder and co-editor of \u003ci\u003eThe American Poetry Review\u003c\/i\u003e and author of numerous collections of poetry and translations. He lives in Philadelphia.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Stephen Berg\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 155659268X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781556592683\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Copper Canyon Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/01\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 136\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.52lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.97h x 6.30w x 0.44d","brand":"Stephen Berg","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43985129472255,"sku":"9781556592683","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_63ccf031-1f23-4598-97e1-a659d4998f25.jpg?v=1683275719","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/cuckoos-blood-stephen-berg-9781556592683","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}