{"product_id":"the-pocket-haiku-sam-hamill-9781611801538","title":"The Pocket Haiku","description":"\u003cb\u003eQuintessential classical Japanese haiku--selected and translated by one of America's premier poet-translators--now available in a pocket edition.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this collection of haiku, translator Sam Hamill has compiled the best from the tradition, spanning the sixteenth through nineteenth centuries, with particular focus on the three great masters: Bashō, Buson, and Issa. Based on images from nature, the poems address the themes of joy, temporality, beauty, wonder, loneliness, and loss. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHaiku may be the most popular and widely recognizable poetic form in the world. In just three lines a great haiku presents a crystalline moment of image, emotion, and awareness. Elements of compassion, silence, and a sense of temporality often combine to reveal a quality of mystery. Just as often, haiku may bring a startling insight into the ordinary, or a flash of humor. Collected here are over two hundred of the best haiku of Japanese literature--written by the great masters of the genre. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe featured poets are Bashō, Buson, Issa, Moritake, Sōin, Sanpū, Kikaku, Ransetsu, Kyorai, Raizan, Kakei, Onitsura, Taigi, Chiyo, Sogetsuni, Sogi, Fuhaku, Teiga, Kikusha-ni, Tayo-jo, Sōchō, Shōha, and Shiki. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This is a pocket-size reissue of The Sound of Water (Shambhala, 1995).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sam Hamill, Basho, Buson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1611801532\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781611801538\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Shambhala\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/13\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 152\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.11lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 4.79h x 3.09w x 0.41d","brand":"Sam Hamill","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43996372074751,"sku":"9781611801538","price":9.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_36371ae3-332b-4f6c-8d62-c99a1e67bca7.jpg?v=1683341312","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-pocket-haiku-sam-hamill-9781611801538","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}