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Thomas Hitoshi Pruiksma

author, poet, teacher, and performer

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    • THE KURAL: Tiruvalluvar’s Tirukkural
    • The Safety of Edges
    • Give, Eat, and Live: Poems of Avvaiyar
    • Body and Earth
    • A Feast for the Tongue
    • Juan Rulfo’s Pedro Páramo
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The Safety of Edges

Kural 78: The Tirukkural on Living with Love

December 21, 2021

Like a withered tree in the desert sprouting leaves—living / With no love in one’s heart

A verse on love, life, and new growth. From chapter 8, “Having Love.” Translated from the Tamil by Thomas Hitoshi PruiksmaTHE KURAL: Tiruvalluvar’s TirukkuralBeacon Press, Boston

THE KURAL at InkAloud

December 19, 2021

On December 11, 2021, THE KURAL was featured in the Bushwick Bookclub Seattle‘s inaugural InkAloud event at Town Hall Seattle. Three marvelous musical groups created original compositions inspired by the […]

Kural 95: The Tirukkural on Beauty

December 14, 2021

Humility and sweet speech adorn one in beauty— / All else does not

A verse on what makes a person beautiful. From chapter 10, “Sweet Speech.” Translated from the Tamil by Thomas Hitoshi PruiksmaTHE KURAL: Tiruvalluvar’s TirukkuralBeacon Press, Boston

Kural 540: The Tirukkural on Mind and Mindfulness

December 7, 2021

One easily enacts one’s thoughts / If one keeps thinking

A verse on mindfulness, intention, and ease. From chapter 54, “Absence of Mind.” Translated from the Tamil by Thomas Hitoshi PruiksmaTHE KURAL: Tiruvalluvar’s TirukkuralBeacon Press, Boston

Kural 672: Tiruvalluvar on Action, Timing, and Delay

November 30, 2021

Delay what is meant for delay—delay nothing / Not meant for delay

A verse on when—and when not—to take action. From chapter 68, “Ways of Action.” Translated from the Tamil by Thomas Hitoshi PruiksmaTHE KURAL: Tiruvalluvar’s TirukkuralBeacon Press, Boston

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