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!

Haiku U.
Haiku U.

Author: David M. Bader

Publisher: Gotham

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781592401284

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Take a hilarious crash course in literature—just three pithy lines—from a bestselling haiku humorist. Why spend weeks slogging through The Iliadwhen you could just read the haiku? From Homer to Faulkner to Lao Tzu, the Great Books are now within the reach of even the shortest attention spans. Show off your literary prowess at cocktail parties with minimal prep time, thanks to the author of the popular Haikus for Jews. In the sixteenth century, Zen monks in Japan developed the haiku, a poem consisting of three unrhymed lines of five, seven, and five syllables. Little did they know that their ancient art form was destined to become a handy tool for today’s time-crunched Western reader! Reducing eyestrain and deforestation, Haiku U.distills dialogue and plot, capturing the essence of our favorite literary classics, seventeen syllables at time: Marcel Proust, Remembrance of Things Past: Tea-soaked madeleine— a childhood recalled. I had brownies like that once. Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre: O woe! His mad wife— in the attic! Had they but lived together first. Just in time for graduation, Haiku U.gives the gift of an entire literary canon, packed into one hilarious gem.

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.

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.

Werewolf Haiku
Werewolf Haiku

Author: Ryan Mecum

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2010-08-10

Total Pages: 113

ISBN-13: 144031120X

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Dear haiku journal, I think I killed some people. That was no dog bite. This journal contains the poetic musings of a mailman who, after being bitten by what he thinks is a dog, discovers that he is actually now a werewolf. Wreaking havoc wherever he goes, he details his new life and transformations in the 5-7-5 syllable structure of haiku—his poetry of choice. Follow along as our werewolf poet slowly turns from a mostly normal man into the hairy beast that he cannot keep trapped inside. And watch out for carnage when he changes and becomes hungry. No toenail, no entrail, no pigtail will be left behind. And talk about wreaking havoc: His newfound claws and teeth have sent his clothing budget through the roof! He is in love with a woman on his route, but he has never had the courage to tell her. As he fights against his urges during each full moon, he discovers that succumbing to his primal instincts will not only bag him a good meal—it just might help him in his quest for love…Or maybe not.

575 Haiku Book
575 Haiku Book

Author: Mara Huberman

Publisher:

Published: 2020-04

Total Pages: 202

ISBN-13: 9780578659640

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575 Haiku Book is an irreverent and comedic poetry book filled with five hundred and seventy-five haikus plus lots of great illustrations. Written by two best friends in their college dorm, Mara and Mackenzie have created a one of a kind read.

My First Book of Haiku Poems
My First Book of Haiku Poems

Author: Esperanza Ramirez-Christensen

Publisher: Tuttle Publishing

Published: 2019-03-26

Total Pages: 55

ISBN-13: 1462920691

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**Chosen for 2020 NCTE Notable Poetry Books and Verse Novels List** **Winner of 2020 Northern Lights Book Award for Poetry** **Winner of 2019 Skipping Stones Honor Awards** 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 that enhance their ability to see an entire universe in the tiniest parts of it. Each of these 20 classic poems by Issa, Shiki, Basho, and other great haiku masters is paired with a stunning original painting that opens a door to the world of a child's imagination. A fully bilingual children's book, My First Book of Haiku Poems includes the original versions of the Japanese poems (in Japanese script and Romanized form) on each page alongside the English translation to form a complete cultural experience. Each haiku poem is accompanied by a "dreamscape" painting by award-winning artist Tracy Gallup that will be admired by children and adults alike. Commentaries offer parents and teachers ready-made "food for thought" to share with young readers and stimulate a conversation about each work.

From the Hinted Deserts
From the Hinted Deserts

Author: Massimo Papini

Publisher:

Published: 2020-06-26

Total Pages: 216

ISBN-13:

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Neon lights at the bus stop and sunsets, frozen shores and fireflies.The haiku poems in this collection are miniatures of the infinite universes of the Author's everyday life. Fitting a very modern imagery into the very strict and sharp structure of traditional haiku poetry, this book is a catalogue of instants and seasons where nature and love exist, or at least they should.One hundred haikus, 5-7-5 syllables that are brushstrokes on a little painting that becomes a persistent image of a young man's life between boredom and stars.Rainy days in the city or fat Shiba Inus, cherry blossoms and fractals, all can be as beautiful as a dream, all can bring back a painful memory, all can be in a short poem.

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.