Legends of the Crane

by Pamela J. Jensen

• ISBN13: 9780967687902
• ISBN10: 096768790X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-11-01
• Publisher: Sandstones Press

Summary

In the centuries since sandhill cranes and other large wading birds have been present on this earth, someone has finally compiled a book about the folklore of these birds. Legends of the Crane by author Pamela J. Jensen is a delightful, extensively researched, hardcover book with over 120 poems and stories about cranes, herons, egrets, and storks, and includes 47 original color pieces of artwork. The original cover artwork was especially painted for this book from noted Washington State artist Doug Miller.

Cranes are worldwide globally, existing on five of the seven continents, and Legends of the Crane reflects this by including poems and stories from North America, Asia, Africa and Australia. Readers can ponder on poetry from early century China and Japan, a classical story about whooping cranes from Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings' The Yearling, fables from Hans Christian Andersen, or features from modern day poets and writers. Each poem and story not only uniquely describes the birds' flight, dance, or cry but also their habitat.

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Author Biography

Pamela J. Jensen earned her Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Nebraska at Lincoln

Table of Contents

Preface	p. xiii
The Sandhill Cranes	p. 3
Ch'ang-ku	p. 5
The Gifts of the Cranes	p. 5
Clear Evening after Rain	p. 10
Poem by Kasa Kanamura	p. 10
The Cranes	p. 11
Cranes Crying in the Marshes	p. 11
Brolga, the Dancing Girl	p. 12
Poem by Yamabe Akahito	p. 13
The Python and the Heron	p. 13
#4 of the Seven Poems by Saigyo Hoshi	p. 14
The Storks	p. 14
Poem by Claudius Claudianus	p. 19
The Great Summons	p. 20
The Peacock and the Crane	p. 21
Short Poems on Various Subjects, Two Selections - #2	p. 21
Thoughts in Early Autumn: Thirty Rhymes	p. 22
Arap Sang and the Cranes	p. 22
The Parliament of Fowls and The Parlement of Foules	p. 27
Hidden in the Blind	p. 29
Untitled tanka by Cheryl J. Wilkinson	p. 29
The Marsh King's Daughter	p. 30
Water Song, First Part (A Pact with the Gulls)	p. 68
Jeremiah 8:7	p. 68
Migration	p. 69
The Fowls of Heaven or A History of Birdes	p. 70
The Wolf and the Crane	p. 70
Hymn	p. 71
St. Columba and the Crane	p. 72
The Crane's Feather	p. 73
Four Untitled Poems - #1	p. 86
The Man Who Dreamed of Fairies	p. 87
Season of Cranes	p. 87
Crane dancing in the sky	p. 88
Thoughts in Early Autumn; Thirty Rhymes Sent to Lu-wang	p. 89
Poem by Osakabe Otomaro	p. 89
The Fox and the Crane	p. 89
Poem by Lodovico Ariosto	p. 90
The Toad	p. 90
Poem by Basho	p. 92
Seeing Meng Haoran off to Yangzhou from Yellow Crane Tower	p. 93
Poem by Yamabe Akahito	p. 94
Wonder of Cranes will Perpetuate through the Centuries	p. 94
Going Alone to Spend a Night at the Hsien-yu Temple	p. 100
The Enchanted Bluff	p. 100
Crane Watching	p. 101
On the Lake near the Western Mountains	p. 101
Wisconsin--Marshland Elegy	p. 102
The Long Gray Line	p. 108
Rowe Sanctuary	p. 109
Psalm 104, Verse 16 and 17	p. 109
A Slight Error	p. 110
Perfect Crane	p. 111
The Word Crane in Other Languages	p. 115
Peiter, Peter, and Peer	p. 117
The Farmer and the Cranes	p. 122
Poem by Monk Mantuan	p. 122
Bittersweet is the Crane	p. 123
Writing by Aldo Leopold	p. 124
The Heron	p. 124
Writing from The Seagull	p. 125
Poem by Tajihi	p. 125
The Race Between the Crane and the Hummingbird	p. 126
In Search of Solitude	p. 128
The Cry of a Crane	p. 129
Three parts of Ling-hsu-yin	p. 129
The Crane	p. 130
Flying Crane Pavilion	p. 130
Poem by Otomo Yakamochi	p. 131
The Dance of the Whooping Cranes	p. 134
The Advengers of Ibycus	p. 139
Platte River Sunset	p. 140
Why Crane's Feathers are Brown and Otter Doesn't Feel the Cold	p. 142
The Crane Maiden Story	p. 143
Remembering the Crane I Released	p. 148
The Trap	p. 149
A Pair of Cranes bathing in a Brook	p. 149
The Cranes at Minden Bridge: All and Spring	p. 150
Sandhill Cranes Visit This Area on Their Way North	p. 151
The crane cries in the marshes, its sound is heard in the skies	p. 153
Overlooking the Desert	p. 154
A Second Home	p. 154
The Crane Wife	p. 155
The Gratitude of the Crane	p. 160
Far Up the River	p. 165
Brimming Water	p. 166
A Crossing South of Li-chou	p. 167
Isaiah 38:14	p. 167
Spending the Night at a Mountain Temple	p. 167
How Crane Got His Long Legs	p. 168
Origami Crane Instructions	p. 170
The Crane Girl	p. 173
Onsongo and the Masai Cattle	p. 176
Living in the Hills	p. 182
Writing by George Archibald	p. 182
Tower of the Yellow Crane	p. 182
Storks and Frogs	p. 184
Poem by Otomo Yakamoshi	p. 184
The Story of the Wind	p. 185
Tune: 'As in a Dream: A Song' Two Lyrics - #1	p. 190
Autumn Evening Beside the Lake	p. 190
A Parable	p. 191
Chirr-bookie, the Blue Crane	p. 194
Nurunderi's Wives	p. 203
Lieh Mountain	p. 204
Crane	p. 204
The Luan Family Rapids	p. 207
Climbing the Hill of Kami	p. 208
Tsun-sheng-pa-chien	p. 208
Crane Morning	p. 209
(Chung-lu) Tune: Joy All Under Heaven (P'u-t'ien lo) Sunset on the Western Hill	p. 210
The Turtle and the Storks and the Jackal	p. 210
Of Cranes and God	p. 212
The Girl from Flower Mountain	p. 214
Tune: 'Greeting the Immortal Guest' Eight Songs - #7	p. 214
One Hundred and One Cranes	p. 215
Writing by Aldo Leopold	p. 215
Tune: Joy of Eternal Union (Yung-yu lo) Passing the Seven-league Shallows	p. 216
Egrets	p. 216
Lament of Hsi-Chun	p. 217
The Geese and the Cranes	p. 218
Brokenleg Crane	p. 218
Biographies of Writers and Artists	p. 227
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