After Christmas is the best time to buy a lot of things. If you're looking for some inexpensive haiku, check out these offers:
- Breath Marks by Gary Hotham, $4 online from Barnes & Noble ($8 list price)
- The Haiku Handbook, 25th Anniversary Edition, by William J. Higginson & Penny Harter, $12.24 from Amazon ($18 list price)
- The Essential Haiku: Versions of Basho, Buson, & Issa, translated by Robert Hass, $11.55 from Amazon ($16.99 list price)
- The Sound of Water: Haiku by Basho, Buson, Issa, and Other Poets, translated by Sam Hamill, $8.69 from Amazon ($10.95 list price)
I have all of these books except for the last one, and (unfortunately) I paid much more than they're selling for now. I can definitely recommend each of the first three -- Breath Marks is a great collection of haiku from an American master, The Haiku Handbook is an invaluable resource for anyone who wants to learn more about the form (either appreciating it or writing it), and Essential Haiku includes a large selection of well-translated poems from the Japanese masters. The Sound of Water looks like a good collection as well (I like Sam Hamill's translations that I've read in another collection) and I'll probably have to get that one.
Anything with Issa in it I'm likely to get.
ReplyDeleteEssential Haiku had some good Issa translations. It's been a while since I've read it, hopefully I'll read it again soon.
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A Clown's Smile
Ground Hog Day
I Cut My Finger
On A Band Aid Tin
Zen
Soap Bubbles
Float
Soap Bubbles
Burst
Silver Anniversary
Our Lustreless
Arguement
Kangaroos
There I Am
In My Mother's Womb
Octopus
The Tentacles On
Our Family Tree
Methadone Clinic
Ants Swarm & Stick to
A Popsicle Wrapper
Bums Buddhas Too
ed markowski
nice ones, Ed! thanks for stopping by.
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