Best Haiku & Japanese Poetry

This definite collection brings together in fresh translations by an American poet the essential poems of the three greatest masters: Matsuo Basho in the seventeenth century; Yosa Buson in the eighteenth century; and Kobayashi Issa in the early nineteenth century. Here he presents three masters of the haiku form: Basho (1644-1694), the haiku poet most familiar to English readers; Buson (1716-1783), a visually oriented writer renowned in his time as a painter; and Issa (1763-1827), whose work is most poignant when he utilizes his ironic wit. Richly annotated, with illuminating essays on the poets and Japanese poetics, this anthology significantly broadens the pleasure of haiku for anyone unable to read them in the original.

In seventeenth-century Japan, the wandering poet Basho developed haiku, a seventeen-syllable poetic form now perhaps the most widely written type of poetry in the world. Absolutely no prior interest in poetry is necessary to take from Hirshfield's essay the inspiration to drop everything, walk out in to the wide world, open your eyes, and find out for yourself that "even the briefest form of poetry can have a wing-span of immeasurable breadth."

— Tricycle: The Buddhist Review Although the consciousness of death is, in most cultures, very much a part of life, this is perhaps nowhere more true than in Japan, where the approach of death has given rise to a centuries-old tradition of writing jisei , or the "death poem." by Bokusui A Swollen Bottle Gourd by Botange Shohaku Yesterday, It Was Hibiscus by Botange Shohaku Oh, I Don't Care by Bufu I Crossed From Last by Bunzan The Running Stream by Chiboku Butterflies In Flight: by Chikuro It Lights Up by Chine Feast Of The Dead- by Chiri First Crops: by Chiri In Earth And Sky by Chirin A Fawn Frolics by Chiyo Ni I Saw The Moon As Well by Chiyoni I Long For People- by Chogo A Raging Sea by Choha This Final Scene I'l Not See by Choko Paradise, by Chora Leaves Never Fall by Chori On The Way West by Choshi I Wait, White Clouds by Chosui This Is One Poem by Chowa My Seventy Years-a Withered by Daibai You Cannot Tell by Daibai A Tune Of Non-being by Daido Ichi'i Needles Pierce My Ailing Body, And Pain Grows by Daigu Sochiku My Whole Life Long I've Sharpened My Sword by Dairin Soto Cargoless, by Dohaku Here In The Shadow Of Death It Is Hard by Dokyo Etan Lotus Seed In Ten by Donsui In All My Six And Fifty Years by Doyu All My Life I Taught Zen To The People- by Enni Ben'en Autumn Waters by Enryo A Parting Gift To My Body: by Ensei Autumn Gust: by Ensetsu Many Things Befell Me A S I Followed Buddha by Ensetsu All Moving Things by Enshi My Companion In The Skies by Fufu Rise, Let Us Go- by Fujo Empty Cicada Shell: by Fukaku A Bright And Pleasant by Fukyu Today, Then, Is The Day by Fusen Upon The Lotus Flower by Fuso The Earth Is Fragrant by Fuwa One Spot, Alone by Gaki Blow If You Will, by Gansan I Lean Against by Gazen Morning Glory by Gengen'ichi A Graveyard: by Gensho Inhale, Exhale by Gesshu Soko Stumble, by Getsurei Illness Lingers On And On by Gimei I Leap From Depths by Ginka See- by Ginko Clear Sky- by Gitoku All Doctrines Split Asunder by Giun I Was Born Into This World by Gizan Zenrai This Is What I Think: by Gochu Chrysanthemums Were Yellow by Godo I Have Not Yet Grown Weary by Gofu A Lone Paulownia Leaf by Gohei The Second Month: by Gohei Fields Dying Off: by Gokei The Truth Embodied In The Buddhas by Goku Kyonen Spring Will Meet This Year by Gosen Returning Thanks by Goshi Disgusted With by Goshu A Cuckoo Cries by Goshuku Blossoms Scent The Air by Gozan The Snow Of Yesterday by Gozan I Wonder Where by Hakuen What Is It But A Dream? by Koho Kennichi And If I Do by Koju For Over Sixty Years by Kokei Sochin Farewell, Sire- by Konishi Raizan Raizan Had Died by Konishi Raizan This Stone Made Ready For My Tomb by Konkan When I Leave The World by Konkan The Joy Of Dewdrops by Koraku Autumn Ends: by Kosai Poor Kosai- by Kosai Three Years: by Kosai Swear To Me, Pine, by Koseki I Die by Koson If I Must Die by Koyo How Sublime- by Kozan Empty-handed I Entered The World by Kozan Ichikyo My Morning Porridge, by Kusamaru A Last Fart: by Kyo'on I Am Not Worthy by Kyohaku When You Contemplate The Waters by Kyokusai A Journey Of No Return: by Kyoshu In Heavy Snow by Kyutaro Tender Winds Above The Snow by Kyutaro Moon In A Barrel: by Mabutsu The Snowman's Eyes by Mabutsu Now That My Storehouse by Masahide While I Walk On by Masahide I Draw The Willow by Masumi Kato The Path To Paradise by Masumi Kato The Surface by Masumi Kato An Ailing Mallard by Matsuo Munefusa Airing Out The Robe by Matsuo Munefusa On A Journey, Ill: by Matsuo Munefusa My Only Hope Against by Meisetsu Today I Put On Summer by Michikaze Fall, Plum Petals, by Minteisengan The Foam On The Last Water by Mitoku I Constantly Aspire by Mokudo Clouds Breaking Up, by Momen Today by Moritake The Drone Of The Mosquitoes by Motojo Sadly I See by Mukai Kyorai Life Is An Ever-rolling Wheel by Mumon Gensen When It Comes-just So! by Rochu On The Ground by Rogan The Times Are Torn Asunder- by Rogen Evening Shadows Steal by Roka I Wake Up by Rokushi Sweep Away by Rosen Time To Go... by Roshu Now It Reveals Its Hidden Side by Ryokan Is Man A by Ryosa I Understand: by Ryoto Till Now by Ryoto A Plover Rises by Ryou The New Year by Ryu'u Now I Understand How by Ryuho Brittle Pampas Grass- by Ryusai Man Is Buddha- by Ryushi I Shift My Pillow by Saiba I Borrow Moonlight by Saikaku In This Delusive World by Saikaku I'll Cross The Ridge by Saimaro Dawn Breaks by Saimu How Sad... by Sakyoku Cherry Blossoms Fall by Saruo Joy Of Living, by Seigan Soi Not Even For A Moment by Seiju Water Veins by Seiju Boarding The Boat by Seira My Body, Useless by Seisa My Hour Draws Near And I Am Sill Alive, by Seisetsu Shucho Rain Clouds Clear Away: by Seishu Deep In The Underbrush by Sempo I Cup My Ears by Senchojo He Who Comes Knows Only His Coming by Sengai Gibbon Somehow Or Other by Senkei Bitter Winds Of Winter- by Senryu Like Dewdrops by Senryu A Willow Tree In Fall: by Senryu At Long Last I Am Leaving: by Senseki Like Ice In Storage by Sentoku Now Then, by Setsudo Reality Is Flowerlike: by Shagai I Have Gone Through by Sharyu Hold On!- by Shayo Returning As It Came, by Shidoken Of Such A Time As This by Shiei Farewell To Blessed Be by Shigan A Willow Branch by Shigenobu To Grass It Comes by Shikaku A Barrelful Of Phlegm- by Shiki The Loofah Blooms And by Shiki Loofah Water by Shiki A Cricket, Crying, by Shiko I Vanish- by Shiko Feast Of The Dead: by Shinga Fickle Winter Shower: by Shinseki And Won't There Be by Shiyo Snow On The Pines by Shiyo Surely There's A Teahouse by Shiyo Willingly by Shizan One Moon- by Shofu Autumn Ends: by Shogetsu Today The Sky Above Mount Hiei, Too, by Shogo O Morning Glory- by Shohi My Shame In This World by Shokei Chilling Cold: by Shoku'u Pampas Grass, Now Dry, by Shoro Flowers Bloomed Yesterday, by Shoshun The Fall Of Leaves by Shozan Cicada Shell: by Shuho Is It Me The Raven Calls by Shukabo Above The Fence by Shukyo The Winter Fowl by Shumpan My Sword Leans Against The Sky. by Shumpo Soki No Single Bone In My Body Is Holy- by Shumpo Soki Adrift Between The Earth And Sky by Shun'oku Soen I Wake And Find by Shushiki Frost On S Summer Day: by Shutei Walking Westward, by So'oku Whether Or Not A Paradise by Soa Full Autumn Moon: by Sodo Festival Of Souls: by Sofu Empty Are by Sohoku This Winter by Sohoku The Road I Take by Sokin Like Full, Plump by Soko Shadows From A Lingering Sun by Soko A Green Gourd by Somaru Skies At Dawn- by Sonome Autumn Winds: by Soryu Lotus Seeds by Sosen The Years Have Piled Up by Sugetsu By The Fifth Month by Suikoku Spitting Blood by Sunao This Frosty Month by Tadatomo I Raise The Mirror Of My Life by Taigen Sofu The Deutzia Has Bloomed- by Taikyo Flowers Bloom A Score Of Days- by Tairyu Brittle Autumn Leaves by Takao When Summoned, by Takuchi Soon I Shall Hear by Takuro Cool- by Tamanari A Lone Monk by Tamashichi Such Is The World's Way: by Tanehiko The First Snow by Tanko For Eight And Fifty Years by Tanko Life-cutting Axe: by Tanko The Moon Leaks Out by Tanko Today Too, by Tanko With My Cane by Tantan Open The Shutters by Teikitsu A Plover Wades Through by Teisa A Morning Glory- by Teishi New Year- by Teishitsu I Wish This Body by Tembo Among The Barley Stalks by Tesshi When I Leave by Tesshu Full Of Great Changes by Tetsugen Doko I Look Now At The Very Moment by Tetto Giko The Truth Is Never Taken by Tetto Giko When Autumn Winds Blow by Togyu Food Is Steaming by Toho Within Your Life And Mine by Toho I Go Back by Tojaku Even Dew Distilled by Tojun Death Poems by Toko My Life Was by Tokugen Sound Of A Melody: by Tomoemon Seventy Years And More by Tosui Unkei Though My Dwelling Be Small by Tosui Unkei Today Is The End Of Religion's Work- by Tosui Unkei All Four Pillars Of Enlightenment by Toyo Eicho Is It Like by Toyokuni From The Day Of My Coming Hither by Tsugen Jakurei Give My Dream Back, by Uejima Onitsura Cuckoo, by Uko The Voice Of The Nightingale by Uko I Came Into The World After Buddha.

Lady Shonagon was an erstwhile rival of Lady Murasaki, whose novel, The Tale of Genji , fictionalized the elite world Lady Shonagon so eloquently relates. The Pillow Book is one of the three most important works of its kind in Japanese literature, and Professor Morris has given it handsome treatment. The liveliest and most endearing of Heian writers, and the one who gives the most intimate and vivid picture of life at court.... Its denizens emerge as real and never-to-be-forgotten people.... Morris belongs to the literary rather than the literal school of translators, and his talents are shown here at their best. Shonagon comes through vividly.... [Morris] has given us for the first time in full a delightful and fascinating book which is also a work of notable scholarship.

A perfect gift for new parents, birthday celebrations, and happy occasions of all kinds, this collection of five beloved Beginner Books by Dr. Seuss— The Cat in the Hat, One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish, Green Eggs and Ham, Hop on Pop, and Fox in Socks —will be cherished by young and old alike. Dr. Seuss’s long list of awards includes Caldecott Honors for McElligot’s Pool , If I Ran the Zoo , and Bartholomew and the Oobleck , the Pulitzer Prize, and eight honorary doctorates.

A lean, fleet-footed translation that recaptures Homer’s “nimble gallop” and brings an ancient epic to new life. “A staggeringly superior translation―true, poetic, lively and readable, and always closely engaged with the original Greek―that brings to life the fascinating variety of voices in Homer’s great epic.”. - Richard F. Thomas, Harvard University. “Emily Wilson has produced a clear, vigorous, sensitive Odyssey that conveys both the grand scale and the individual pathos of this foundational story. Emily Wilson has convincingly answered this call: hers is a vital Odyssey for the twenty-first century that brings into rhythmic English the power, dignity, variety, and immediacy of this great poem.”. - Laura Slatkin, New York University.

A lean, fleet-footed translation that recaptures Homer’s “nimble gallop” and brings an ancient epic to new life. “A staggeringly superior translation―true, poetic, lively and readable, and always closely engaged with the original Greek―that brings to life the fascinating variety of voices in Homer’s great epic.”. - Richard F. Thomas, Harvard University. “Emily Wilson has produced a clear, vigorous, sensitive Odyssey that conveys both the grand scale and the individual pathos of this foundational story. Emily Wilson has convincingly answered this call: hers is a vital Odyssey for the twenty-first century that brings into rhythmic English the power, dignity, variety, and immediacy of this great poem.”. - Laura Slatkin, New York University.

The book is divided into four chapters, and each chapter serves a different purpose. (USA Today). “Rupi Kaur has vision beyond her years … Her work is simply but powerfully expressed, and viscerally captures both universal human experience and the particular struggles of a young woman today." Rupi Kaur's first book, Milk and Honey is the poetry collection every woman needs on her nightstand or coffee table. Rupi Kaur’s writing echoes of artistry and wisdom which is seen in the work of those that have been writing for years. rupi kaur is a bestselling author and illustrator of two collections of poetry. while studying at the university of waterloo rupi self-published her first collection milk and honey in 2014. milk and honey became an international phenomenon that's been translated into over 30 languages and sold over 2.5 million copies. through her poetry rupi explores a variety of themes ranging from love.

A perfect gift for new parents, birthday celebrations, and happy occasions of all kinds, this collection of five beloved Beginner Books by Dr. Seuss— The Cat in the Hat, One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish, Green Eggs and Ham, Hop on Pop, and Fox in Socks —will be cherished by young and old alike. Dr. Seuss’s long list of awards includes Caldecott Honors for McElligot’s Pool , If I Ran the Zoo , and Bartholomew and the Oobleck , the Pulitzer Prize, and eight honorary doctorates.

Adultolescence announces the arrival of a brilliant new voice with a magical ability to connect through alienation, cut to the profound with internet slang, and detonate wickedly funny jokes between moments of existential dread. Gabbie Hanna is a web-based comedian and vlogger known for her YouTube channel The Gabbie Show, which has millions of subscribers.