One Hundred Great Books in Haiku

One Hundred Great Books in Haiku

Author: David M. Bader

Publisher:

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 103

ISBN-13: 9780141399423

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In the sixteenth century, Zen monks in Japan developed the haiku, an unrhymed poetic form consisting of 17 syllables arranged in three lines. Now, in One Hundred Great Books in Haiku, David Bader has applied this ancient poetic form to the classics. From Homer to Milton to Dostyevsky, the great books are finally within reach of even the shortest attention spans!


One Hundred Frogs

One Hundred Frogs

Author: Hiroaki Sato

Publisher: Weatherhill, Incorporated

Published: 1995

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780834803350

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Perhaps the most famous, and certainly the most translated haiku, is Basho's poem Old pond / Frog jumps in / The sound of water. In this book, Sato has collected some 135 translations, versions, parodies, and re-creations of pond-frog-sound, from Lafcadio Hearn, Daisetz Suzuki, Donald Keene, Kenneth Rexroth, Edward Seidensticker, Robert Aitken and Allen Ginsberg. The formats range from the five-seven-five syllables of the original haiku to sonnets, limericks, prose poems, and e.e. cummings-style flights of typographical fancy. Sato's brief introduction provides background, and ink-painting frogs hop across the pages.


One Hundred Poems from the Chinese

One Hundred Poems from the Chinese

Author: Kenneth Rexroth

Publisher: New Directions Publishing

Published: 1956

Total Pages: 164

ISBN-13: 9780811201803

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The lyrical world of Chinese poetry in faithful translations by Kenneth Rexroth.


Book of Haikus

Book of Haikus

Author: Jack Kerouac

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2013-04-01

Total Pages: 243

ISBN-13: 1101664886

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A compact collection of more than 500 poems from Jack Kerouac that reveal a lesser known but important side of his literary legacy “Above all, a haiku must be very simple and free of all poetic trickery and make a little picture and yet be as airy and graceful as a Vivaldi pastorella.”—Jack Kerouac Renowned for his groundbreaking Beat Generation novel On the Road, Jack Kerouac was also a master of the haiku, the three-line, seventeen-syllable Japanese poetic form. Following the tradition of Basho, Buson, Shiki, Issa, and other poets, Kerouac experimented with this centuries-old genre, taking it beyond strict syllable counts into what he believed was the form’s essence. He incorporated his “American” haiku in novels and in his correspondence, notebooks, journals, sketchbooks, and recordings. In Book of Haikus, Kerouac scholar Regina Weinreich has supplemented a core haiku manuscript from Kerouac’s archives with a generous selection of the rest of his haiku, from both published and unpublished sources.


One Hundred Poets, One Poem Each

One Hundred Poets, One Poem Each

Author:

Publisher: Penguin UK

Published: 2018-05-31

Total Pages: 317

ISBN-13: 014139594X

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A new edition of the most widely known and popular collection of Japanese poetry. The best-loved and most widely read of all Japanese poetry collections, the Ogura Hyakunin Isshu contains 100 short poems on nature, the seasons, travel, and, above all, love. Dating back to the seventh century, these elegant, precisely observed waka poems (the precursor of haiku) express deep emotion through visual images based on a penetrating observation of the natural world. Peter MacMillan's new translation of his prize-winning original conveys even more effectively the beauty and subtlety of this magical collection. Translated with an introduction and commentary by Peter MacMillan.


On Love and Barley

On Love and Barley

Author: Matsuo Basho

Publisher: Penguin UK

Published: 1985-08-29

Total Pages: 81

ISBN-13: 0141907770

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Basho, one of the greatest of Japanese poets and the master of haiku, was also a Buddhist monk and a life-long traveller. His poems combine 'karumi', or lightness of touch, with the Zen ideal of oneness with creation. Each poem evokes the natural world - the cherry blossom, the leaping frog, the summer moon or the winter snow - suggesting the smallness of human life in comparison to the vastness and drama of nature. Basho himself enjoyed solitude and a life free from possessions, and his haiku are the work of an observant eye and a meditative mind, uncluttered by materialism and alive to the beauty of the world around him.


Haiku in English

Haiku in English

Author: Jim Kacian

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

Published: 2013-08-26

Total Pages: 463

ISBN-13: 0393239470

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An anthology of more than 800 poems that were originally written in English by over 200 poets from around the world. This collection tells the story for the first time of Anglophone haiku, charting its evolution over the last one hundred years and placing it within its historical and literary context.


One Hundred Leaves [color Edition]

One Hundred Leaves [color Edition]

Author: Blue Flute

Publisher: Createspace Independent Pub

Published: 2012-03-01

Total Pages: 214

ISBN-13: 9781475005639

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The Hyakunin Isshu is a poetry anthology beloved by generations of Japanese since it was compiled in the 13th century. Many Japanese know the poems by heart as a result of playing the popular card game version of the anthology. Collecting one poem each from one hundred poets living from the 7th century to the 13th century, the book covers a wide array of themes and personal styles. One Hundred Leaves is a new translation, complete with extensive notes, the original Japanese in calligraphic font, the pronunciation, and side-by-side art work beautifully illustrating each poem's theme.