An anthology of haikus--brief poems--by three Japanese masters. They are Kobayashi Issa (1763-1827), Matsuo Basho (1644-1694) and Yosa Buson (1716-1783). A sample from the latter: "You go / I stay / two autumns."

Included in the Common Core standards, poetry was one of the earliest genres of literature and remains one of the most important today. Rhythm, word stress, and the other central elements of poetry are explained, as well as themes that are common in this sensory-based form of writing. Many examples of short poems are featured, including samples of the haiku form that originated in Japan or the Irish limerick known for incorporating humor, among others....

In Japan, as a provincial governor, his wife, and daughter Yuki, followed by 1,000 attendants, travel the historic Tokaido Road to the Shogun's palace in Edo, Yuki keeps up with her lessons by writing poems describing the journey.

A biography and introduction to the work of the Japanese haiku poet whose love for nature finds expression in the more than thirty poems included in this book.

A simple retelling of the travels of seventeenth-century Japanese poet, Basho, across his island homeland. Includes examples of the haiku verses he composed.

A brief guide to the Japanese poetic form focuses on the history of haiku and the problems of translation and on writing original haiku in English. Discussions of the variations which haiku may take, of the development of poetic techniques, and of the understanding of the haiku moment are interspersed with characteristic poems translated from the Japanese and with original haiku in English. "The Haiku is a brief poetic form expressing a moment of...

"Mindful haiku poems to help us rediscover our natural surroundings, without travelling too far from home. Some flowers are the subject of nursery rhymes and childhood games while others help us celebrate love, remember our homelands or mark the passing seasons. These mindful haiku poems invite us to explore twenty-four flower species growing close to home, from wildflower meadows to urban window boxes. The nature-themed follow up to My Mindful A...

"With illustrations depicting scenes from all over the globe, this haiku collection will enchant buth nature lovers and budding poets."--Back cover.

An anthology of more than 800 poems that were originally written in English by over 200 poets from around the world.This collection tells the story for the first time of Anglophone haiku, charting its evolution over the last one hundred years and placing it within its historical and literary context.

Presents 850 haiku and senryu written in English by over eighty poets, arranged alphabetically by author's last name, with biographical notes and the introductions to the first three editions of the anthology.