The Pocket Haiku

The Pocket Haiku

Quintessential classical Japanese haiku--selected and translated by one of America's premier poet-translators--now available in a pocket edition.

In this collection of haiku, translator Sam Hamill has compiled the best from the tradition, spanning the sixteenth through nineteenth centuries, with particular focus on the three great masters: BashÅ, Buson, and Issa. Based on images from nature, the poems address the themes of joy, temporality, beauty, wonder, loneliness, and loss.

Haiku may be the most popular and widely recognizable poetic form in the world. In just three lines a great haiku presents a crystalline moment of image, emotion, and awareness. Elements of compassion, silence, and a sense of temporality often combine to reveal a quality of mystery. Just as often, haiku may bring a startling insight into the ordinary, or a flash of humor. Collected here are over two hundred of the best haiku of Japanese literature--written by the great masters of the genre.

The featured poets are BashÅ, Buson, Issa, Moritake, SÅin, SanpÅ«, Kikaku, Ransetsu, Kyorai, Raizan, Kakei, Onitsura, Taigi, Chiyo, Sogetsuni, Sogi, Fuhaku, Teiga, Kikusha-ni, Tayo-jo, SÅchÅ, ShÅha, and Shiki.

Â Â Â Â This is a pocket-size reissue of The Sound of Water (Shambhala, 1995).
Country USA
Brand Shambhala Publications
Manufacturer Shambhala
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 13 ink paintings
Color Tan
ReleaseDate 2014-05-13
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781611801538

Country	USA
Brand	Shambhala Publications
Manufacturer	Shambhala
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	13 ink paintings
Color	Tan
ReleaseDate	2014-05-13
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781611801538

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