Matsu Kaze

By Karen Mireau

Matsu Kaze : The WInd in the Pines is a symphonic poem cycle rooted in the specific eco-scape of the longleaf pine forest of the North Carolina Sandhills. The ancient pines are both witness and healer in this journey through the realms of the human spirit. Here is a provocative memoir of damage—of flawed dreams and despair, loss and grieving, suffering and salvation, and, ultimately, the hope and renewal that emerges from our deep attention and connection to the natural world. Illustrated with original Japanese brush paintings by international artist Carol Van Zandt.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Azalea Art Press
• Release date: Dec 14, 2016
• ISBN: 9781943471171

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Matsu Kaze

Matsu.Kaze

Copyright:

© Text, Karen Mireau, 2016.

All Rights Reserved.

© Art, Carol Van Zandt, 2016.

Cover and Interior Art

by Carol Van Zandt

Azalea Art Press

Southern Pines . North Carolina

Other Titles by Karen Mireau:

The Conscientious Visitor

with Marla Lay

Marienau: A Daughter's Reflections

with Dr. Annemarie Roeper

Sweet Land of Liberty: 50 Years Later

with John A. Wedda

Dedication:

for

all the lost children

Contents:

Introduction by Cynthia Leslie-Bole

1.  shirataki

2.  hekishoku

3.  seika

4.  shousui

5.  komorebi

6.  kagetsu

7.  shoshun

8.  matsukafun

9.  mikkoku

10.  seishi

11.  shinzui

12.  matsukasa

13.  koboku

14.  marasame

15.  setunai

16.  kitsutsuki

17.  meiro

18.  matsubayashi

19.  utaguri

20.  hangetsu

21.  inabikari

22.  keika

Author's Note

Artist's Note

Acknowledgments

About the Longleaf Pine

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Introduction:

The poetic work contained in this volume is so fresh and astonishing that it defies easy categorization. More like a symphony with twenty-two move-ments than a collection of separate poems, matsu•kaze is a work that impacts us on many levels, especially when read in its entirety, and Carol Van Zandt’s original sumi ink brush paintings amplify the emotional power of the poetry. Through the spontaneity and subtle interplay of light and dark in each painting, we sense the movement of emotion and nature even before we experience the poems themselves.

In matsu•kaze, Karen Mireau has created a masterful poem cycle held together by lyrical language, themes of suffering and redemption, vivid imagery of very specific birds and trees and landscapes, and deep insights into