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A fascinating experiment and interesting poetry
This volume contains "occidental ideograms", Claudel's fusion of haiku and Western sensibilities, printed in three columns - ideogram, "title" and short poem/phrase. Claudel has utilized unusual placement of words and splitting of words in ways that emphasis particular letters/sounds. There are two poems to a page, French and English pages facing each other. The poems are not haiku nor are they Zen Buddhist. However, they are generally grounded in concrete observation with a contemplative bent. The result is much more exquisite than most Western haiku.

Some focus on mental activity, for example: "The peony / and this flush/ in us/ that precedes / thought" Note that a significant portion of the poem is lost when separated from the ideogram and spacing of the original.

Some focus on nature with human reminents: "In the forest / on an abandoned / grave / a white / lantern".

This is an excellent cross-cultural literary work well worth the readers' time.