Step into a series of dazzling, funny, melancholy, and joyous moments with this collection of haiku masterworks. Beloved translator Peter Beilenson's goal was twofold: to craft a book of haiku accessible to anyone, and to render his best guess at what the poets would have written in English. His translations preserve the sublime spirit of each verse, conjuring vivid visual and emotional impressions in spare words.Haiku icon Basho is represented amply here, as are imagery-virtuoso Buson and wry, warm, painfully human Issa. The verses of Shiki, Joso, Kyorai, Kikaku, Chora, Gyodai, Kakei, Izen, and others also appear, all illuminated by lovely woodblock prints. Ranging from exquisite (In the sea surf edge/Mingling with the bright small shells.../Bush-clover petals -Basho) to bittersweet (Dead my fine hopes/And dry my dreaming, but still.../Iris, blue each spring -Shushiki) to silly (Dim the grey cow comes/Mooing, mooing, and mooing/Out of the morning mist -Issa), this collection will stir your senses and your heart.
Except Perhaps in Spring, in Love Poems
"Presents twelve months of haiku by twelve writers, illustrated by twelve artists"--Back cover.
"This anthology celebrates the fifth of the biannual Haiku North America conferences.
Thirty Haiku reflect a scene or thought about nature.
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Hog Wild: Haiku
"A collection from the New Zealand International Haiku Competition, this book contains the most exciting work from Australia, Japan, USA and Canada as well as New Zealand.
Thirty Haiku reflect a scene or thought about nature.
Nearly 5000 haiku by Jane Reichhold, written in English between 1993 - 2013 have been arranged according to the five seasons and seven traditional saijiki categories of Japan.
Presents a haiku for each of the eight days of Hanukkah.