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The Sound of Water: Haiku by Basho, Buson, Issa, and Other Poets (Shambhala Centaur Editions)

paperbackNovember 14, 2006
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ISBN-13: 9781570620195 ISBN-10: 1570620199
Publisher
Shambhala
Binding
paperback
Published
November 14, 2006
Weight
0.2 lbs
Dimensions
12.60×1.00×10.70 cm

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The Sound of Water: Haiku by Basho, Buson, Issa, and Other Poets (Shambhala Centaur Editions) by Hamill, Sam. paperback edition. ISBN: 9781570620195.

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 great haiku presents a crystalline moment of image, emotion, and awareness. This illustrated collection includes haiku by the great masters from the seventeenth to the early twentieth century.