A collection of journeys written in the haibun form, Water Shining Beyond the Fields focuses on Southeast Asia: Cambodia, Southern China and Thailand. The book takes the reader on a lively and picaresque journey of vagabonding in the timeless tradition of the mendicant, the threadbare wanderer who sets out on raw paths, unhurried in stride, reflective amid unexpected encounters which provide him with both poetic sources and personal renewal. Brandi's adventure is full of long walks, misty temples, wild bus rides, solitary river excursions, culinary escapades and off-the-wall humor. It is also a cultural and political journey, one that eventually throws light on our survival options in a troubled world.
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John Brandi, poet, painter, essayist and haiku writer, has resided in New Mexico for 35 years. Over the decades his poems and essays have celebrated his rambles into the unexpected crannies of the high desert, as well as presenting his conversations with bizarre loners, spunky elders, and eccentric renegades. Two of his most notable books, Reflections in the Lizard's Eye and That Back Road In, gave us the mystery of the New Mexican landscape, the hidden beauty in familiar places, and the wit and wisdom of iconoclasts, elders and culture-keepers. Brandi has made far-off places his home as well: the Himilayas, the deserts of India, the backwaters of Viet Nam, the islands of Indonesia, the vibrant society of Cuba.
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Since boyhood I've been obsessed with writing down incidents of travel, the notations gathering speed in the Sixties when I lived in the Andes as a Peace Corps volunteer. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Khmer Rouge, Liao Jing, Angkor Wat, Peace Corps, Siem Reap, Phnom Penh, Bangkok Post, Southeast Asia, Wang Wei, Wat Phumin, Banteay Srei, Chao Phraya, Tonle Sap, Kbal Spean, New Mexico, Wat Pho New!
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Since boyhood I've been obsessed with writing down incidents of travel, the notations gathering speed in the Sixties when I lived in the Andes as a Peace Corps volunteer. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Khmer Rouge, Liao Jing, Angkor Wat, Peace Corps, Siem Reap, Phnom Penh, Bangkok Post, Southeast Asia, Wang Wei, Wat Phumin, Banteay Srei, Chao Phraya, Tonle Sap, Kbal Spean, New Mexico, Wat Pho New!
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- Stone Garland by John Brandi in Front Matter
- Off to the Side: A Memoir by Jim Harrison on page 104
- The Scripture of the Golden Eternity (City Lights Pocket Poets Series) by Jack Kerouac on page 43
- In What Disappears by John Brandi in Front Matter
- Pictures of the Gone World (City Lights Pocket Poets Series) by Lawrence Ferlinghetti on page 61
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