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Far Beyond the Field
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Makoto Ueda
Please read the Haiku Book Review of this book on our website!
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Global Haiku: Twenty-Five Poets Worldwide
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George Swede, and
Randy Brooks
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Haiku World: An International Poetry Almanac
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William J. Higginson
Haiku poets in Japan have used saijiki for hundreds of years. These lists of kigo, or "season words", are each accompanied with a haiku providing an inspirational example to other poets of
the season word used properly. Season words have changed as haiku has spread around the world, and in this book, Higginson collects hundreds of poems to create the first International Saijiki. For an excellent treatment of this subject, please see the article The Importance of Season Words by Charles Trumbull on this website.
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The Haiku Seasons: Poetry of the Natural World
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William J. Higginson
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Haiku: This Other World
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Richard Wright
When you think of Richard Wright, you probably don't think of haiku. More famous for books like
Black Boy and
Native Son, Richard Wright came to haiku late in life. His poems may not be as influenced by the modern haiku movement as most of the poets you will find listed here, but they are beautiful for the raw awareness of the world they display. Trapped by the 5/7/5 definition of haiku, Wright still manages to deliver "true haiku" over and over in this collection of 817 haiku, selected from the 4,000 haiku Wright composed during the last eighteen months of his life.
A couple excerpts to whet your appetite:
Keep straight down this block,
Then turn right where you will find
A peach tree blooming.
A blue butterfly
Dips over a prison wall,
Then slowly returns
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Writing and Enjoying Haiku: A Hands-On Guide
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Jane Reichold
I'm not sure if I will ever finish this book! Divided into four sections -- "Four Things to Do Before Writing Haiku", "The Guide to Haiku Writing", "Enjoying Haiku with Others", and "Using Your Haiku Skills in Related Poetry Forms" -- the book can be read straight through, but proves itself far more valuable as a homework assignment. I'm currently experimenting in a chapter called "Twenty-Four Valuable Techniques". I hope each of you is able to enjoy this book as much as I am!
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Haiku Landscapes: In Sun, Wind, Rain, and Snow
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Stephen Addiss
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The Master Haiku Poet: Matsuo Basho
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Makoto Ueda
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The Haiku Anthology
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Cor Van Den Heuvel
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Haiku Handbook: How to Write, Share, and Teach Haiku
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William J. Higginson
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Chiyo-Ni: Woman Haiku Master
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Patricia Donegan (Translator), Yoshie Ishibashi (Translator)
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Traces of Dreams: Landscape, Cultural Memory, and the Poetry of Basho
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Haruo Shirane
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The Essential Haiku: Versions of Basho, Buson, and Issa (Essential Poets, Vol 20)
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Robert Hass (Editor)
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