The Sound of Water: Haiku by Basho, Buson, Issa, and Other Poets
by:
Sam Hamill (author)
Kaji Aso (author)
Here are more than two hundred of the best haiku of Japanese literature translated by one of America’s premier poet-translators. The haiku is one of the most popular and widely recognized poetic forms in the world. In just three lines a great haiku presents a crystalline moment of image, emotion,...
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Here are more than two hundred of the best haiku of Japanese literature translated by one of America’s premier poet-translators. The haiku is one of the most popular and widely recognized poetic forms in the world. In just three lines a great haiku presents a crystalline moment of image, emotion, and awareness. This illustrated collection includes haiku by the great masters from the seventeenth to the early twentieth century.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781570620195 (1570620199)
Publish date: November 14th 2006
Publisher: Shambhala
Pages no: 152
Edition language: English
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