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Atlas Poetica 34: A Journal of World Tanka (Volume 34)
Atlas Poetica 34 A Journal of World Tanka - Volume 34 Author:M. Kei Tanka is catharsis, testimony, witness, exaltation, redemption, and most importantly, hope. Humans have never yet been cured of the madness that compels us, like Saturn devouring his son, to devour those who are weaker than ourselves. But carried in our same defective genes is the desire to be better. Whether it is Gericault?s Raft of the Medusa... more » or Ernesto Cortázar?s Beethoven?s Silence, or Michelangelo?s David, art is how we express our humanity. It is why cello players take their instruments to bomb craters and war zones, sit in the middle of danger and devastation, and play. Expression of the human heart has been built into tanka from the beginning. That is why this issue is dedicated to bearing witness to the inhumanity of our time. Within these pages you will find tanka that illuminate and ultimately redeem our broken world.« less