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Author
Publisher
Stone Bridge Press
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"Momoko Kuroda (b. 1938) is a remarkable haiku spirit and a powerfully independent Japanese woman. The one hundred poems here--her first collection in English--show her evolution as a poet, her acute lyricism, and her engagement as a writer in issues central to modern Japan: postwar identity, nuclear politics, and Fukushima. Abigail Friedman's introduction and textual commentaries provide important background and superb insight into poetic themes...
Publisher
Tuttle Publishing
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
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Description
20 classic poems by Issa, Shiki, Basho, and other great Japanese haiku masters presented in English, Japanese characters, and Romaji with interpretations.
"My First Book of Haiku Poems introduces children to inspirational works of poetry and art that speak of our connection to the natural world, and of their own ability to see an entire universe in the tiniest parts of it. It pairs fresh interpretations of 20 classic poems by Issa, Shiki, Basho,...
Author
Publisher
Tuttle Publishing
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Containing works by the well-known Basho, Shiki, Buson and Issa as well as many other haiku poets whose works are rarely found in English translations -- including the female poets Chiyo-ni and Hisajo, and the novelist Natsume Soseki -- this enchanting collection is the perfect introduction to Japanese Haiku." --
"This comprehensive introduction to Japan's best-loved haiku poets is the perfect book for anyone wanting to learn about haiku. Compiled...
6) On haiku
Author
Series
New Directions paperbook volume NDP1426
Publisher
New Directions Publishing Corporation
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"Who doesn't love haiku? It is not only America's most popular cultural import from Japan but also our most popular poetic form: instantly recognizable, more mobile than a sonnet, and loved for its simplicity and compression, as well as for its ease of composition. Haiku is an ancient literary form seemingly made for the Twittersphere--Jack Kerouac and Langston Hughes wrote them, Ezra Pound and the Imagists were inspired by them, first-grade students...
Series
Essential poets volume 20
Publisher
Ecco Press
Pub. Date
1994.
Language
English
Description
An anthology of haikus--brief poems--by three Japanese masters. They are Kobayashi Issa (1763-1827), Matsuo Basho (1644-1694) and Yosa Buson (1716-1783). A sample from the latter: "You go / I stay / two autumns."
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