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The Pocket Haiku
  • Published: 29 October 2019
  • ISBN: 9781611807004
  • Imprint: Shambhala
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 144
  • RRP: $26.99

The Pocket Haiku

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A collection of classical Japanese haiku selected and translated by one of America's premier poet-translators.

Haiku is one of the most popular and widely recognized poetic forms in the world due to its brevity, emotion, and astounding ability to capture the unique experience of a single moment. This collection, beautifully translated by Sam Hamill, compiles over two hundred haiku from classic Japanese literature written by masters of the genre like Bashō, Buson, and Issa. Based on images from nature, these poems express themes of joy, temporality, beauty, wonder, loneliness, and loss, inviting the reader to participate in the authentic experiences of these poets.
  • Published: 29 October 2019
  • ISBN: 9781611807004
  • Imprint: Shambhala
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 144
  • RRP: $26.99
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About the author

Sam Hamill

SAM HAMILL is the author of more than thirty books of poetry, essays, and translations from the classical Chinese and Japanese, ancient Greek, Latin, and other languages. He has been a recipient of fellowships from the Woodrow Wilson Foundation, the Andrew Mellon Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, the Guggenheim Foundation, and the Japan-U.S. Friendship Commission. He lives near Port Townsend, Washington.
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