Author: Stephen Addiss
Publisher: Shambhala Publications
ISBN: 1645471217
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 353
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In the past hundred years, haiku has gone far beyond its Japanese origins to become a worldwide phenomenon—with the classic poetic form growing and evolving as it has adapted to the needs of the whole range of languages and cultures that have embraced it. This proliferation of the joy of haiku is cause for celebration—but it can also compel us to go back to the beginning: to look at haiku’s development during the centuries before it was known outside Japan. This in-depth study of haiku history begins with the great early masters of the form—like Basho, Buson, and Issa—and goes all the way to twentieth-century greats, like Santoka. It also focuses on an important aspect of traditional haiku that is less known in the West: haiku art. All the great haiku masters created paintings (called haiga) or calligraphy in connection with their poems, and the words and images were intended to be enjoyed together, enhancing each other, and each adding its own dimension to the reader’s and viewer’s understanding. Here one of the leading haiku scholars of the West takes us on a tour of haiku poetry’s evolution, providing along the way a wealth of examples of the poetry and the art inspired by it.
Author: Esperanza Ramirez-Christensen
Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
ISBN: 1462920691
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 55
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**Chosen for 2020 NCTE Notable Poetry Books and Verse Novels List** **Winner of 2020 Northern Lights Book Award for Poetry** **Winner of 2019 Skipping Stones Honor Awards** My First Book of Haiku Poems introduces children to inspirational works of poetry and art that speak of our connection to the natural world, and that enhance their ability to see an entire universe in the tiniest parts of it. Each of these 20 classic poems by Issa, Shiki, Basho, and other great haiku masters is paired with a stunning original painting that opens a door to the world of a child's imagination. A fully bilingual children's book, My First Book of Haiku Poems includes the original versions of the Japanese poems (in Japanese script and Romanized form) on each page alongside the English translation to form a complete cultural experience. Each haiku poem is accompanied by a "dreamscape" painting by award-winning artist Tracy Gallup that will be admired by children and adults alike. Commentaries offer parents and teachers ready-made "food for thought" to share with young readers and stimulate a conversation about each work.
Author: Diane Di Prima
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780998861654
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 72
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Haiku originated in New York City in 1964, when Beat Generation poet Diane di Prima gave West Coast assemblage artist George Herms a series of seasonal poems that would lead him to create a suite of woodcuts illustrating them.
Author: Judith Patt
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780764956102
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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The strictest and purest of poetic forms, the Japanese haiku contains in its seventeen sound characters (on) a reference to a season as well as a distinct pause or interruption. Cherry blossoms and swallows might refer to spring; red maple leaves and deer usually imply autumn. These seasonal allusions emphasize the essence of haiku: nature and its ephemeral beauty. 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 calligraphies and transliterationsare paired with exquisite eighteenth- or nineteenth-century paintings and ukiyo-e prints and twentieth-century shin hanga woodcuts from the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Canada. With their depth and delicacy, wide range of subtle hues, and time-honored focus on landscapes, birds, and flowers, these artworkslike their haiku counterpartsquietly capture a moment in time. Haiku: Japanese Art and Poetry presents thirty-five pairs of poems and images, organized seasonally. The Introduction details the origin and development of haiku, the lives of the most famous poets, and the obstacles faced when translating the concise yet complex lines.
Author: Robert Henry Poulin
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780984506828
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 46
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FOR TWENTY YEARS, Robert Henry Poulin's poetry has electrified readers with its power, imagery and emotion. Now comes Poulin's first collection of haiku for kids, presented as a drawing book to help your children learn haiku through the dual channels of verbal comprehension and visual interpretation. Presented with each poem on its own 8.5" x 11" page, Haiku Art will enhance the connection between what something states and what it represents by providing a broad canvas for your child's vision. All 31 poems in Haiku Art contain bold yet familiar images as a starting point for your child. Where their imagination goes from there in interpreting the poem is unlimited. Haiku Art is designed for children ages 4 to 12. It can be used in the classroom, or at home. Either way, Haiku Art is a must-have book for those children who enjoy exploring art through words and pictures.
Author: Harold Stewart
Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
ISBN: 1462901212
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 177
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A Net of Fireflies is a superb collection of classic haiku composed by the leading writers of this delicate but intricate art form. With over three Japanese hundred haiku poems written over five centuries, the book is a thorough introduction to the unique world of Japanese haiku. Thirty-three full color haiku paintings complement the poems, providing a new and delightful dimension for understanding and appreciating this often illusive but always evocative poetic form.
Author: Margaret D. McGee
Publisher: SkyLight Paths Publishing
ISBN: 1594732698
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 194
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In this encouraging guide for both beginning and experienced haiku writers, Margaret D. McGee shows how writing haiku can be a consciously spiritual practice for seekers of any faith tradition or no tradition.
Author: Hiag Akmakjian
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 120
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Author: Leon M. Zolbrod
Publisher: Kodansha
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 56
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1. Haiku poetry: basic principles -- 2. Haiku poetry: dimensions of the Art -- 3. The visual aspect of haiku -- 4. Development and characteristics of haiku painting -- 5. A cross section of styles and schools -- 6. The rise of the independent schools -- 7. Nanga and its influence -- 8. Haiku poetry and painting in Tokugawa popular culture.
Author: Jack Kerouac
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101664886
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 243
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A compact collection of more than 500 poems from Jack Kerouac that reveal a lesser known but important side of his literary legacy “Above all, a haiku must be very simple and free of all poetic trickery and make a little picture and yet be as airy and graceful as a Vivaldi pastorella.”—Jack Kerouac Renowned for his groundbreaking Beat Generation novel On the Road, Jack Kerouac was also a master of the haiku, the three-line, seventeen-syllable Japanese poetic form. Following the tradition of Basho, Buson, Shiki, Issa, and other poets, Kerouac experimented with this centuries-old genre, taking it beyond strict syllable counts into what he believed was the form’s essence. He incorporated his “American” haiku in novels and in his correspondence, notebooks, journals, sketchbooks, and recordings. In Book of Haikus, Kerouac scholar Regina Weinreich has supplemented a core haiku manuscript from Kerouac’s archives with a generous selection of the rest of his haiku, from both published and unpublished sources.
