A House by Itself: Selected Haiku of Shiki by Brandi, John

A House by Itself: Selected Haiku of Shiki (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781945680090)

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A House by Itself: Selected Haiku of Shiki by Brandi, John

A House by Itself: Selected Haiku of Shiki

$15.00
A House by Itself: Selected Haiku of Shiki by Brandi, John

A House by Itself: Selected Haiku of Shiki

$15.00
Format: Paperback
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"Shiki's distinctive vision and direct expression make a tone recognizably his own, conveyed beautifully in these pages' translations. We hear Shiki's haiku as the voice of a friend bringing complex news in a few intimate words. These haiku are drawn from a world that feels close to our own, and they bring our own lives and world closer. Shiki's poems are necessary and delicious as mountain water, carrying the mountain's hidden minerals from inside it to inside us." --Jane Hirshfield, author of The Heart of Haiku and The Ink Dark Moon

Last year's dream
I wake to this year's
reality

Shiki is considered by the Japanese as one of the masters of haiku. He radically reformed the haiku, suggesting "sketching from life" as an aesthetic.



Author: John Brandi
ISBN-10: 1945680091
ISBN-13: 9781945680090
Publisher: White Pine Press (NY)
Language: English
Published: 09/12/2017
Pages: 120
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.26lbs
Size: 6.80h x 4.90w x 0.30d
By John Brandi
By John Brandi
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Noriko Kawasaki Martinez: Noriko Kawasaki Martinez was born in Osaka, Japan. She majored in English Literature at the Kansai University, Osaka (1970- 1973), was manager and instructor of the HANA English School, Osaka (1976-1982), and translator for the Cultural Center of La Jolla, San Diego, California (1983).

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