Essential Haiku Volume 20

from tombrinck

Robert Hass has put together an excellent collection of traditional Japanese haiku. He has translated most of them quite well, and does an excellent job of describing their context and of selecting and ordering the poems. Buson is my favorite of the three Japanese poets presented -- he does an am...

from mykl-s

There are few Japanese Haiku I don't enjoy, whether I grasp them or feel them or not.

from antiquary

Useful for reminding western readers that there are other great Japanese haiku writers beyond Basho

from co_coyote

Robert Hass's translations of these three great Haiku masters is wonderful. I just picked up my book again, and I found about 40 yellow stickies in it, pointing to my favorite poems. Here is my absolute all-time favorite: Children imitating cormorants are even more wonderful than cormorants.

from ValerieAndBooks

Matsuo Basho (1644-1694), Yosa Buson (1716-1783), and Kobayashi Issa (1763-1837) were and are considered masters of the haiku. This book introduces the reader to each master, and includes several (about a hundred each) haikus by each one. Additionally, writings (letters, essays) by each are inclu...