With word play and the koan tradition, these poems trace intersections of body, mind, and objects.

Rights Contact

Irena Praitis <ipraitis@fullerton.edu>

Book Website

https://www.spdbooks.org/AdvancedSearch/DefaultWFilter.aspx?SearchTerm=rods+and+koans

Contributor(s)

Irena Praitis

Publisher

Red Mountain Press

ISBN-13

978-0-9985140-9-3

Publication Date

Oct 15, 2018

Pages

118

Price

$19.95

Tags

#poetry

#bodymindandspirit

Our Review (5 out of 5 stars)

In "Rods and Koans", all matter becomes something that matters—the confluence exacting and broad. Irena Praitis’s "Rods and Koans" begins with the enigmatic inscription, “This is about saving the cat … or not.” Borrowing the koan’s dialogic narrative and bending it into a new form,... Read More