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The Narrow Road to the Deep North and Other Travel Sketches by Basho About the Author Basho, the Japanese poet and diarist, was born in Iga-ueno near Kyoto in 1644. He spent his youth as companion to the son of the local lord, and with him he studied the writing of seventeen-syllable verse. In 1667 he moved to Edo (now Tokyo) where he... (read more) List Price $14.00 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper 
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The Classic Tradition of Haiku: An Anthology (Dover Thrift Editions) by Dover Thrift Editions Publisher Comments Unique collection spans over 400 years (1488-1902) of haiku history by the greatest masters: Basho, Issa, Shiki and many more, in translations by top-flight scholars in the field. Editor Faubion Bowers provides Foreword and many informative notes to the... (read more) Your price: $3.00 New - Trade Paper
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Classic Haiku: A Master's Selection by Yuzuru Miura Publisher Comments Westerners have long been fascinated by haiku, the traditional Japanese verse form composed of seventeen syllables. These miniature masterpieces can express a dramatic scene or philosophical idea in a single line of verse.... (read more) List Price $12.95 Your price: $5.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The River of Heaven: The Haiku of Basho, Buson, Issa, and Shiki by Robert Aitken Synopsis Known to many as the study of quiet stillness and introspection, Zen Buddhism distinguishes itself through brilliant flashes of insight and its terseness of expression. In River of Heaven these concepts and pillars lend themselves to an exploration of... (read more) Your price: $15.95 New - Trade Paper
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The Sound of Water: Haiku by Basho, Buson, Issa, and Other Poets (Shambhala Centaur Editions) by Sam (trn) Hamill Publisher Comments <p > 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... (read more) Your price: $10.95 New - Trade Paper
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Japanese Haiku Its Essential Nature Hist by Kenneth Yasuda Synopsis The best book on Japanese haiku available for the Westerner.... (read more) List Price $12.95 Your price: $6.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Essential Haiku: Versions of Basho, Buson, and Issa by Robert Hass Publisher Comments American readers have been fascinated, since their exposure to Japanese culture late in the nineteenth century, with the brief Japanese poem called the hokku or haiku. The seventeen-syllable form is rooted in a Japanese tradition of close observation of... (read more) List Price $16.99 Your price: $6.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Light Verse from the Floating World: An Anthology of Premodern Japanese Senryu by Makoto Ueda Publisher Comments Previously neglected by scholars as "popular literature," the study of senryu--a 17-syllable verse form--provides valuable insight into the thoughts and feelings of ordinary Japanese townspeople. This collection of 400 humorous and often satirical poems... (read more) List Price $22.00 Your price: $4.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Circle of the Way by Ken Arnold Publisher Comments Following a diagnosis of prostate cancer in 2004, Ken Arnold chronicles his recovery in a Japanese literary form known as haibun, compact personal narratives containing haiku. Through journeys into his past, to Kyoto, Japan, and out of an emotional... (read more) List Price $18.00 Your price: $8.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Haiku in English by Harold G Henderson Synopsis Haiku in English is for anyone who wishes to write, teach, or deepen their appreciation of haiku.... (read more) List Price $9.95 Your price: $4.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Haiku Apprentice: Memoirs of Writing Poetry in Japan by Abigail Friedman Publisher Comments The problem came to a head one day as I was driving through Tokyo. While waiting for the light to change, I saw the following public service announcement on the side of a bus:Omoiyari hitonikurumani konomachini (Sympathy / toward people, toward cars... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $7.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Haiku Inspirations: Poems and Meditations on Nature and Beauty by Tom Lowenstein Publisher Comments Brimming with insights, and featuring sparkling new translations of 50 of the most superb haikus ever written, this opulent collection captures the spirit of the form and opens up its beauty to a whole new audience. Haiku emerged within a great flowering... (read more) List Price $12.95 Your price: $4.95 Used - Hardcover
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A Haiku Garden by Stephen (edt) Addiss Publisher Comments Some 120 haiku by such masters as Basho, Issa, and Buson--all written on themes of the beauty of nature--are combined with the woodblock prints and paintings of the great artists of classical Japan. The poems appear both in skillful English translation... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $9.95 Used - Hardcover
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Classic Haiku: The Greatest Japanese Poetry from Basho, Buson, Issa, Shiki, and Their Followers (Eternal Moments) by Tom (edt) Lowenstein Publisher Comments Poetry aficionados will appreciate this beautifully designed and illustrated collection of 200 haiku by the four most celebrated Japanese poets of the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries: Basho, Buson, Issa, and Shiki, who modernized the form and coined the... (read more) Your price: $12.95 New - Hardcover
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Within Three Lines by Kimberly A Eddleman Publisher Comments A collection of haiku, senryu, and other short forms of verse written by members of the PoetryPages.com community.... (read more) List Price $13.50 Your price: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Five-Hole Flute by Denis M Garrison Publisher Comments THE FIVE-HOLE FLUTE affords the reader an impressively compact and rich overview of modern tanka, cinquain, and haiku, and of the changing shape and power of these forms when arranged in sets and sequences. The works in this exemplary collection offer a... (read more) List Price $16.25 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Zen Haiku by Art Institute Of Chicago Synopsis In a few words, haiku goes beneath surface appearance to grasps the heart of an experience. Each word is chosen to unlock a world of memories and associations in the reader. Haiku, like Zen, is an intensely personal experience. Jonathan Clements has... (read more) Your price: $14.95 New - Trade Paper
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Love Song for W: An Appreciation in Haiku by David Simons Publisher Comments Are you worried that America might be headed in the wrong direction? Are you concerned that the war on terror might really be a war without end? Are you afraid that John Ashcroft might be watching you from behind that bookshelf? If you answered Yes to... (read more) List Price $10.95 Your price: $3.48 Used - Trade Paper
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Haiku: Japanese Art and Poetry by Judith Patt Synopsis The graceful, evocative haiku featured here were composed by the renowned Japanese haiku masters of the past four hundred years, including Matsuo Bash, Taniguchi Buson, and Kobayashi Issa. The deceptively simple poemsrendered in English with Japanese... (read more) Your price: $24.95 New - Hardcover
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Haiku-The Sacred Art: A Spiritual Practice in Three Lines by Margaret D. Mcgee Publisher Comments Introduces haiku as a simple and effective way of tapping into the sacred moments that permeate everyday living. Starting with examples and practices that lead to writing a first haiku, and then on to an overview of haiku conventions, the author invites... (read more) Your price: $16.99 New - Trade Paper
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