Charlie Rossiter

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I appreciate the contemp-lative, spiritual feeling of their brief, focused poems that appear simple on the surface while addressing issues that are deeply profound.  For the last decade or so, I've been working to develop my ability to write poems in the style of Han Shan, T'ao Ch'ien, Li Po and the rest.  This collection is a result of those ongoing efforts.</div> <div>  </div> <div> Charles Rossiter</div> <div> Oak Park, IL</div> <div> 2015 </div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>6.</B></div> <bR> <div> at the Peace Pagoda</div> <div> the Buddha,</div> <div> covered with snow,</div> <div> looks a little more serene</div> <div> than usual</div> <bR> <div> <B>10.</B></div> <bR> <div> It's cold and snowy,</div> <div> a good day</div> <div> to invite friends over</div> <div> for a brandy</div> <div> by the fire.</div> <bR> <div> <B>23.</B></div> <bR> <div> Some people hate shoveling snow</div> <div> but I don't mind.</div> <div> I go slow, find a rhythm,</div> <div> don't lift too much.</div> <div> After a while</div> <div> it becomes meditative,</div> <div> like raking pebbles</div> <div> in a zen garden.  It helps</div> <div> that the driveway's not too long.</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> Charles Rossiter, NEA Fellowship recipient, has been featured at the Dodge Poetry Festival in NJ, and on NPR.  Recent publications reflecting his ongoing exploration of classical Chinese poetry include <I>Cold Mountain 2000: Han Shan in the City</I> and the anthology, <I>In the Spirit  of T'ao Ch'ien</I>, both from FootHills Publishing.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="4575ee90.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="233" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <B>Winter Poems</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Garamond" ><I> </I></FONT><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Garamond" ><B>is a 40 page hand-sewn chapbook (5 1/4" by 5 1/4") - $7.00. </B></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <B>TO ORDER:</B></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id11.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ordering By Mail"><U><B>To order through mail click here.  </B></U></A><B>   </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>ONLINE          </B><B> </B><B>    </B><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Comic Sans MS" ><B>                          </B></FONT></div> <bR> <div> From the US      <B> <form target="paypal" action="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr" method="post"> <input type="image" src="https://www.paypal.com/en_US/i/btn/sc-but-01.gif" border="0" name="submit" alt="Make payments with PayPal - it's fast, free and secure!"> <input type="hidden" name="add" value="1"> <input type="hidden" name="cmd" value="_cart"> <input type="hidden" name="business" value="fhp@foothillspublishing.com"> <input type="hidden" name="item_name" value="Winter Poems"> <input type="hidden" name="item_number" value="14-26"> <input type="hidden" name="amount" value="7.00"> <input type="hidden" name="currency_code" value="USD"> </form>  </B></div> <bR> <div> From Canada      <B> <form target="paypal" action="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr" method="post"> <input type="image" src="https://www.paypal.com/en_US/i/btn/sc-but-01.gif" border="0" name="submit" alt="Make payments with PayPal - it's fast, free and secure!"> <input type="hidden" name="add" value="1"> <input type="hidden" name="cmd" value="_cart"> <input type="hidden" name="business" value="fhp@foothillspublishing.com"> <input type="hidden" name="item_name" value="Winter Poems"> <input type="hidden" name="item_number" value="14-26"> <input type="hidden" name="amount" value="7.00"> <input type="hidden" name="shipping" value="4.00"> <input type="hidden" name="currency_code" value="USD"> </form>  </B></div> <bR> <div> From Other Countries           <B> <form target="paypal" action="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr" method="post"> <input type="image" src="https://www.paypal.com/en_US/i/btn/sc-but-01.gif" border="0" name="submit" alt="Make payments with PayPal - it's fast, free and secure!"> <input type="hidden" name="add" value="1"> <input type="hidden" name="cmd" value="_cart"> <input type="hidden" name="business" value="fhp@foothillspublishing.com"> <input type="hidden" name="item_name" value="Winter Poems"> <input type="hidden" name="item_number" value="14-26"> <input type="hidden" name="amount" value="7.00"> <input type="hidden" name="shipping" value="7.00"> <input type="hidden" name="currency_code" value="USD"> </form>  </B></div> <bR> <div> ***********************************************</div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div>  <A NAME="cold_mountain_2000"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A>Cold Mountain 2000:</div> <div> Han Shan in the City</div> <div> Charles Rossiter</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="3122cd00.jpg" border=0 width="300" height="464" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> Charlie Rossiter has contemporized Han Shan's Cold Mountain Poems in this amazingly accurate, knowing reworking of the original poems. This is most definitely a contemporary rewriting of these ancient poems, to wit: "let the Dow Jones go about its changes."</div> <bR> <div> In a perfect rendering of an ancient Han Shan poem, Rossiter says: "A big-time scholar told me/my poems are too plain/and lack flights of fancy./I just laughed and told him/he should know better,/if he's looking for word games/he should have stayed on campus."</div> <bR> <div> The poet in these poems has nothing to his name and he's happy about that, just as Han Shan was. Yet the poet here still has a ways to go. "These braless beauties/sashaying through the park/in tight shorts/must be Buddha-sent./They remind me/how far I still have to go/to transcend desire<I>." </I></div> <bR> <div> Blues festivals, book fairs, rock concerts, visits from other poets all provide occasions for poems. This is a wonderful book. Get it. Read it.</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> David Budbill</div> <div> Author of "Happy Life" <I>Copper Canyon Press</I> 2011</div> <bR> <div> From the book:</div> <bR> <div> <B>4</B></div> <bR> <div> I settled here long ago</div> <div> already it seems like centuries.</div> <div> Drifting I prowl the city's back streets</div> <div> and linger watching the straight world.</div> <div> Few people want to come this far down</div> <div> where it's smelly and unclean.</div> <div> Me, I'm happy to be alive</div> <div> let the Dow Jones go about its changes.</div> <bR> <div> <B>19</B></div> <bR> <div> I love the mountains</div> <div> but the city's not all bad.</div> <div> On free days I go to the museum</div> <div> for my weekly shot of art.</div> <div> It's good for me</div> <div> and that's not all.</div> <div> The guards feel useful</div> <div> when a guy like me</div> <div> comes around.</div> <bR> <bR> <div> Cold Mountain 2000:</div> <div> Han Shan in the City</div> <div> <B>is a 40 page hand-sewn chapbook - $10.00. </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>TO ORDER:</B></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id11.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ordering By Mail"><U><B>To order through mail click here.  </B></U></A><B>   </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>ON-LINE          </B><B> </B><B>                              </B></div> <bR> <div> From the US      <B> <form target="paypal" action="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr" method="post"> <input type="image" src="https://www.paypal.com/en_US/i/btn/sc-but-01.gif" border="0" name="submit" alt="Make payments with PayPal - it's fast, free and secure!"> <input type="hidden" name="add" value="1"> <input type="hidden" name="cmd" value="_cart"> <input type="hidden" name="business" value="fhp@foothillspublishing.com"> <input type="hidden" name="item_name" value="Cold Mountain 2000"> <input type="hidden" name="item_number" value="14-4"> <input type="hidden" name="amount" value="10.00"> <input type="hidden" name="currency_code" value="USD"> </form>  </B></div> <bR> <div> From Canada      <B> <form target="paypal" action="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr" method="post"> <input type="image" src="https://www.paypal.com/en_US/i/btn/sc-but-01.gif" border="0" name="submit" alt="Make payments with PayPal - it's fast, free and secure!"> <input type="hidden" name="add" value="1"> <input type="hidden" name="cmd" value="_cart"> <input type="hidden" name="business" value="fhp@foothillspublishing.com"> <input type="hidden" name="item_name" value="Cold Mountain 2000"> <input type="hidden" name="item_number" value="14-4"> <input type="hidden" name="amount" value="10.00"> <input type="hidden" name="shipping" value="4.00"> <input type="hidden" name="currency_code" value="USD"> </form>  </B></div> <bR> <div> From Other Countries           <B> <form target="paypal" action="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr" method="post"> <input type="image" src="https://www.paypal.com/en_US/i/btn/sc-but-01.gif" border="0" name="submit" alt="Make payments with PayPal - it's fast, free and secure!"> <input type="hidden" name="add" value="1"> <input type="hidden" name="cmd" value="_cart"> <input type="hidden" name="business" value="fhp@foothillspublishing.com"> <input type="hidden" name="item_name" value="Cold Mountain 2000"> <input type="hidden" name="item_number" value="14-4"> <input type="hidden" name="amount" value="10.00"> <input type="hidden" name="shipping" value="7.00"> <input type="hidden" name="currency_code" value="USD"> </form>  </B></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> ***********************************************</div> <div>  <A NAME="in_the_spirit_of_t_ao_ch_ien"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A>In the Spirit of T'ao Ch'ien</div> <div> Charles Rossiter, Editor</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="3132cec0.jpg" border=0 width="300" height="492" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <I>One of the poets in this book speaks of “First Breath” and “Last Breath.” Here are American poets who have “breathed in” the breath of such Chinese poets as T'ao Ch'ien, Han Shan, and Wang Wei. And here they breathe it back out again where it mingles with the breath of America.</I></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> Jonathan Chaves</div> <div> Translator and Professor of Chinese</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Contributors</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Sam Hamill</B></div> <div> <B>Michael Czarnecki     </B></div> <div> <B>David Budbill </B></div> <div> <B>Charles Rossiter</B></div> <div> <B>Antler</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>From the Introduction:</B></div> <bR> <div> T'ao Ch'ien (365-427 C.E.) is a major figure in the Chinese poetic tradition whose influence on subsequent generations cannot be overstated.  After holding several official posts he abandoned a traditional government career for the life of a reclusive gentleman farmer.  His poems, expressed in natural language, reflect on ordinary daily occurrences and express a deep connection with nature.  Despite their accessibility and seeming simplicity, they are deeply philosophical.</div> <bR> <div> The poems in this collection share characteristics with T'ao Ch'ien and other poets of ancient China.  They are plain spoken, clear, generally short, and readily understandable.  These poems explore the poets' states of consciousness and relationship with the natural world as they seek a self-understanding, as well as a connectedness with all that surrounds them.  These poems document human relationships, and the comings and goings of other people in the poets' lives.  When these poets address issues in the wider world, they see through the smoke and mirrors of officialdom and are critical of social injustice.</div> <bR> <div> Like T'ao Ch'ien's poems, those collected here reflect a viewpoint on life and society from outside the mainstream.  Poetry is at the center of each of these poets lives, yet, unlike many contemporary American poets, none holds an academic position.  Although the poets live in varied circumstances, all five share the lifestyle of the Chinese mountain recluse when one considers what that lifestyle entails.  As David Hinton, poet and translator of T'ao Ch'ien and other major Chinese poets describes it, the “mountain recluse” lifestyle generally included “a relatively comfortable house, a substantial library, family, friends,” as well as a political dimension, “for the wisdom cultivated in such a life was considered essential to sage governing.” </div> <bR> <bR> <div> From the book:</div> <bR> <div> <B>Sam Hamill</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Mountains and Rivers Without End </B></div> <bR> <div> After making love, we are like </div> <div> rivers come down from mountain summits. </div> <bR> <div> We are still, we are moving, </div> <div> calm in the depths of danger-</div> <bR> <div> two rivers entering the sea </div> <div> slowly, as if nothing matters:</div> <bR> <div> quietly, but with great power </div> <div> merging in deepening waters. </div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Michael Czarnecki</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>In The Spirit of T'ao Ch'ien: </B></div> <div> <B>a Sequence of 15 Poems</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>2</B></div> <bR> <div> Hilltop covered in thick fog</div> <div> nearby trees barely in view.</div> <bR> <div> No sunrise over eastern ridge</div> <div> only slow lightening of sky.</div> <bR> <div> Cat meows, wanting food in his dish</div> <div> homemade bread toasting on wood stove.</div> <bR> <div> Would you understand if I said</div> <div> right here, the center of the world.</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>David Budbill</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>An Old Dog Headed for the Park</B></div> <div> <B>or</B></div> <div> <B>Glad to Have Another Day</B></div> <div> <B>(Montreal, 3/18/07)</B></div> <bR> <div> Two mornings now we've watched</div> <div>                   an old dog</div> <div> walk past the windows of our B&B,</div> <div>                  out in the cold air,</div> <div> out in the new snow, headed for</div> <div>                  the park,</div> <div> yesterday with the man,      </div> <div>                  this morning with the woman.</div> <bR> <div> He's old,</div> <div>                  he's overweight, </div> <div> he moves real slow,</div> <div>                  he waddles along </div> <div>      </div> <div> wagging his tail</div> <div>                  the whole way.</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Charlie Rossiter</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Cold Mountain 2000: </B></div> <div> <B>Han Shan In the City</B></div> <div> <B>                    (4 poems from a series of 51)</B></div> <bR> <div> I'm here in the city</div> <div> but there's something wild and unknowable</div> <div> about where I live.</div> <div> Crooked alleys and dark shadows</div> <div> make the way uncertain.</div> <div> If I choose to go inside</div> <div> there's no way you'll ever find me.</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Antler</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>First Breath Last Breath</B></div> <bR> <div> When a baby boy is born</div> <div>      and the midwife</div> <div>             holds him up</div> <div>      as he takes</div> <div>             his first breath,</div> <div> Place 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