The Haiku Apprentice

Author : Abigail Friedman
Publisher : Stone Bridge Press
ISBN 13 : 193333004X
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Haiku Apprentice written by Abigail Friedman and published by Stone Bridge Press. This book was released on 2006-05-01 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Abigail Friedman was an American diplomat in Tokyo, not a writer. A chance encounter leads her to a haiku group, where she discovers poetry that anyone can enjoy writing. Her teacher and fellow haiku group members instruct her in seasonal flora and fauna, and gradually she learns to describe the world in plain words, becoming one of the millions in Japan who lead a haiku life. This is the author's story of her literary and cultural voyage, and more: it is an invitation to readers to form their own neighborhood haiku groups and, like her, learn to see the world anew.

Author : Dorothy Blake
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 0595350216
Total Pages : 20 pages
Book Rating : 4.16/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Shower of All My Days written by Dorothy Blake and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2005-04 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dorothy Blake, M.A., M.D., author and self-styled haiku apprentice, captures the immediacy of the form while expressing enduring themes of nature: continuity within the change and flow of the seasons. A Shower of All My Days continues some of the themes of her earlier work, Seanotes, where, with the sea as metaphor, she describes the circularity of the life voyage. But, Blake admits, "even if I ran/Time's faster feet outrun mine" and the adventure continues. These poems are a dialogue with all those who would like to use or have mastered the haiku form as a way of expressing Truth. Cover sumi-e painting: James Malone, Santa Fe, NM, USA

Author : Debra Weinstein
Publisher : Random House (NY)
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 262 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Apprentice to the Flower Poet Z written by Debra Weinstein and published by Random House (NY). This book was released on 2004 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a wickedly funny first novel, Weinstein writes about an aspiring young poet and the celebrated mentor who tries to hold her back.

Author : Momoko Kuroda
Publisher : Stone Bridge Press
ISBN 13 : 1611729084
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book I Wait for the Moon written by Momoko Kuroda and published by Stone Bridge Press. This book was released on 2014-09-22 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first work in English devoted to this modern haiku master, with 100 poems plus commentary on form and technique

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Publisher : Peter Pauper Press, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 9781441312976
Total Pages : 74 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Japanese Haiku written by and published by Peter Pauper Press, Inc.. This book was released on 2013 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Step into a series of dazzling, funny, melancholy, and joyous moments with this collection of haiku masterworks. Beloved translator Peter Beilenson's goal was twofold: to craft a book of haiku accessible to anyone, and to render his best guess at what the poets would have written in English. His translations preserve the sublime spirit of each verse, conjuring vivid visual and emotional impressions in spare words.Haiku icon Basho is represented amply here, as are imagery-virtuoso Buson and wry, warm, painfully human Issa. The verses of Shiki, Joso, Kyorai, Kikaku, Chora, Gyodai, Kakei, Izen, and others also appear, all illuminated by lovely woodblock prints. Ranging from exquisite (In the sea surf edge/Mingling with the bright small shells.../Bush-clover petals -Basho) to bittersweet (Dead my fine hopes/And dry my dreaming, but still.../Iris, blue each spring -Shushiki) to silly (Dim the grey cow comes/Mooing, mooing, and mooing/Out of the morning mist -Issa), this collection will stir your senses and your heart.

Author : Jack Kerouac
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101664886
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Book of Haikus written by Jack Kerouac and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2013-04-01 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Highlighting a lesser-known aspect of one of America's most influential authors, this new collection displays Jack Kerouac's interest in and mastery of haiku. Experimenting with this compact poetic genre throughout his career, Kerouac often included haiku in novels, correspondence, notebooks, journals, sketchbooks, and recordings. In this collection, Kerouac scholar Regina Weinreich supplements an incomplete draft of a haiku manuscript found in Kerouac's archives with a generous selection of Kerouac's other haiku, from both published and unpublished sources. With more than 500 poems, this is a must-have volume for Kerouac enthusiasts everywhere.

Author : Clark Strand
Publisher : Hyperion Books
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Seeds From a Birch Tree written by Clark Strand and published by Hyperion Books. This book was released on 1997-07 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A respected Zen Buddhist presents haiku--a seventeen-line poem arranged in three lines of five, seven, and five syllables--as a writing meditation and spiritual path which opens the reader to the experience of nature. Divided into three parts, the book follows the author's passage from haiku novice to a place of understanding haiku and himself.

Author : Naomi Beth Wakan
Publisher : Shanti Arts Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1947067680
Total Pages : 110 pages
Book Rating : 4.84/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Way of Haiku written by Naomi Beth Wakan and published by Shanti Arts Publishing. This book was released on 2019-01-08 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Way of Haiku is a guide for learning to write the most popular form of Japanese poetry: haiku. But true to the inviting and personal style of its author, Naomi Beth Wakan, it is also a comprehensive examination of the form and an eye-opening view into the way that reading and writing haiku can change the way one looks at life. “Writing haiku helps you appreciate the wonder of ordinary things and ordinary days.” Wakan discusses the history of haiku’s development, its important literary elements, and the differences between haiku written in Japanese and those written in English. Numerous examples of haiku are provided, some written by Japanese haijin (haiku writers) and presented in translation, and some written by English-speaking writers. The rich explanation of the experience of writing haiku and the encouraging words of the author encourage readers to write their own haiku while remaining open to the possibilities it provides for personal growth.

Author : Michael J. Rosen
Publisher : Candlewick Press
ISBN 13 : 0763644994
Total Pages : 53 pages
Book Rating : 4.94/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Hound Dog's Haiku written by Michael J. Rosen and published by Candlewick Press. This book was released on 2011 with total page 53 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents a collection of haiku about the behaviors and characteristics of twenty North American dog breeds.

Author : Kit Pancoast Nagamura
Publisher : Vertical Inc
ISBN 13 : 1568365977
Total Pages : 174 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Grit, Grace, and Gold written by Kit Pancoast Nagamura and published by Vertical Inc. This book was released on 2020-04-07 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Original, contemporary haiku celebrating the sports and athletes of the Olympics - from an acclaimed poet and an international gallery of guests. Award-winning haiku poet Kit Pancoast Nagamura offers a collection of original poems that explore the beauty, physical effort, and essence of all the sports of the summer Olympics. At first glance, haiku and sports may seem like an odd pairing. But actually, there's a strong similarity between the two. The grace, balance, and focus that are required of an athlete are exactly what the haiku poet seeks in order to capture an emotion, a mood, an action in just a few, carefully chosen words. Anticipation of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics is building -- and what better way to share in the experience of the games than through Japan's beloved poetic form, haiku, which has been rediscovered and embraced in recent years by a new generation. From the elegance of a gymnast's leap and the fluid motion of a runner's body, to the thwump of the soccer ball hitting the net, poetry lovers and sports fans alike will feel the thrill and intensity as the world's best go for the gold. In this volume, the first to cover such a wide range of athletics, each Olympic sport is represented by three haiku written by Nagamura, plus one or two by a guest poet. Each poem is presented in both English and Japanese. Evocative photographs and illustrations complement the text.