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Fire Pearls 2 : Short Masterpieces of Love and Passion
Fire Pearls 2 : Short Masterpieces of Love and Passion is a worthy successor to the classic of contemporary tanka poetry. Covering all aspects of love and passion from the delights of first love to the agony of abortion, over 90 poets featured in 750 poems present every aspect of the human heart from the romantic to the desperate. Edited and with an introduction by the well-known poet and editor, M. Kei, Fire Pearls 2 is an essential acquisition for lovers of fine literature.
284 pages, Kindle Edition
First published June 18, 2013
About the author
M. Kei
65 books63 followersM. Kei is a tall ship sailor and award-winning poet. He lives on the Eastern Shore of the Chesapeake Bay and apprenticed aboard a skipjack, a sail-powered oyster dredge. He now serves with a fully rigged ship. His publications include over 1200 tanka poems in six languages and ten countries. He is the editor-in-chief of the anthology series, Take Five : Best Contemporary Tanka, and the author of Slow Motion : The Log of a Chesapeake Bay Skipjack, a log he kept in verse form of several extended trips aboard a skipjack. He has edited and authored several other books of poetry and a major journal, Atlas Poetica : A Journal of Poetry of Place in Contemporary Tanka. He is also the author of the award-winning Pirates of the Narrow Seas series of gay naval adventure novels.
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June 21, 2013
Spirited and profound, “Fire Pearls 2 : Short Masterpieces of Love and Passion” is a powerful collection of contemporary tanka, which covers the breadth and depth of the human heart.
Talented poets from five continents united to paint a kaleidoscope of emotional experiences; always multicolored, revealing dreams and thoughts in every shade of light and dark.
Their work was skillfully and creatively sequenced into seasons of life by editor, M. Kei. Each chapter possesses a structure of its own; yet all the chapters coordinate into the larger structure of the anthology.
“Tanka are not solely the work of the poet,” Kei writes in his introduction. “Readers bring their own imaginations and experiences to the poem.”
Sequel to the classic anthology of tanka poetry in English, Fire Pearls 2 promises an endearing and insightful journey.
It is a remarkable collection of contemporary tanka, a volume I revere, which I look forward to revisiting again and again.
Talented poets from five continents united to paint a kaleidoscope of emotional experiences; always multicolored, revealing dreams and thoughts in every shade of light and dark.
Their work was skillfully and creatively sequenced into seasons of life by editor, M. Kei. Each chapter possesses a structure of its own; yet all the chapters coordinate into the larger structure of the anthology.
“Tanka are not solely the work of the poet,” Kei writes in his introduction. “Readers bring their own imaginations and experiences to the poem.”
Sequel to the classic anthology of tanka poetry in English, Fire Pearls 2 promises an endearing and insightful journey.
It is a remarkable collection of contemporary tanka, a volume I revere, which I look forward to revisiting again and again.
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