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Essential Haiku
Essential Haiku | Hass
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American readers have been fascinated, since their exposure to Japanese culture late in the nineteenth century, with the brief Japanese poem called the hokku or haiku. The seventeen-syllable form is rooted in a Japanese tradition of close observation of nature, of making poetry from subtle suggestion. Infused by its great practitioners with the spirit of Zen Buddhism, the haiku has served as an example of the power of direct observation to the first generation of American modernist poets like Ezra Pound and William Carlos Williams and also as an example of spontaneity and Zen alertness to the new poets of the 1950's. 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. Robert Haas has written a lively and informed introduction, provided brief examples by each poet of their work in the halibun, or poetic prose form, and included informal notes to the poems. This is a useful and inspiring addition to The Essential Poets series.
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GatheringBooks
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vivastory

Halloween is over.
Something wicked this way comes.
Thanksgiving with family.

There are far more frightening days than Halloween. @TobeyTheScavengerMonk #HalloweenHaiku18

TobeyTheScavengerMonk Hahahaha Well played! 6y
saresmoore Oh my yes. 6y
Reggie Lolol 6y
LeahBergen 🤣🤣 6y
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TobeyTheScavengerMonk
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Here are some haiku of my own creation! Would love to see any Autumn/Halloween the good people of Litsy come up with!

3 lines
1st line: 5 syllables
2nd line: 7 syllables
3rd line: 5 syllables

Tag me @TobeyTheScavengerMonk and #HalloweenHaiku18

hermyknee Oh how fun! I love this!!! 6y
saresmoore These are excellent. 👌 6y
GondorGirl I love these! 😍 6y
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hermyknee One of the most memorable books I‘ve read with haikus as a part of the fabric of the novel is 6y
DivineDiana @hermyknee I just read that! A beautiful book! 6y
xicanti I came up with three tonight, but one's horribly rude so I'll try to replace it with something nicer before I post. 6y
Cinfhen NEED COFFEE FIRST!! 6y
Cinfhen Yours are fabulous 6y
LeahBergen Awesome! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 6y
TrishB Great stuff 👍🏻 I‘ll see what my brain can do! 6y
Reggie Sooo good your haikus Nature, season, Lecter all in play. Will write one. (edited) 6y
batsy Love these! I'll see if I can come up with anything that's not completely awful 😁 6y
batsy @Reggie Whoa, nicely done! 6y
Reggie @batsy Oh please. Completely awful? Not anywhere close to where your words live. (edited) 6y
Reggie Omg why can‘t I space right? @batsy 6y
batsy @Reggie Oh stop, you're really too brilliant 😂❤️ 6y
RohitSawant These are awesome! 🙌🏼 6y
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JosephK
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Brie
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I‘m very late with this #winterhaiku post, but thanks for tagging me @DebbieGrillo

I had fun thinking of one. Here‘s my dog playing in the first snow of December. #dogsoflitsy

I haven‘t been on Litsy in the past few days, so tagging anyone who hasn‘t joined in.

Tanzy13 🐶 6y
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BarbaraTheBibliophage
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Thanks for the tag @kspenmoll - it‘s been years since I wrote a haiku. I didn‘t mean to be a bit depressive, but our granddaughter who passed two years ago loved the snow. The first snow every year is bittersweet.

#winterhaiku #firstsnowoftheseason #treasureeverymomentforitcouldbeyourlast

Susanita I‘m so sorry. *hugs* 6y
kspenmoll Barabara, it‘s a lovely expression for her and your loss. Please no apologies- I hope writing it helped in some way, in that moment. The haiku stands on its own; feels universal to me. ❤️❤️💕 6y
Jas16 ❤️ 6y
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Andrea4 Beautiful ❄ 6y
megt ❤️ 6y
Eggs 💕💕💕👏🏻 6y
silentrequiem Lovely. ❤️ 6y
robinb ❤️ 6y
CrowCAH Beautiful! 😊 6y
JacqMac ❤️ 6y
kalinichta Ah, Barbara, that's beautiful. Thank you for sharing. 6y
RohitSawant Beautiful! 6y
Cinfhen That's lovely, Barbara 💖 6y
BarbaraTheBibliophage @Cinfhen Thanks, 💜❤️💙 6y
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Daisey
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This is one of my favorite snowy photos from a Christmas Eve morning several years ago, so I chose it for #winterhaiku inspiration. ❄️

bright, cold, sparkling ice
soft, fluffy, floating snowflakes
beautiful winter

Eggs Lovely 😊 6y
Daisey @Eggs Thank you! 6y
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eanderson
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I‘m a terrible writer and have never been able to pick up how to write haikus. So, this is what I have @robinb 😂 #winterhaiku

Reese trees are good
Reese trees in the freezer
Reese‘s call my name

This may be way off but hopefully I‘m closer than I think! 😂
I tagg @RestlessFickleBookSlut and @Daisey

erinreads Reese‘s holiday candy is the best! The peanut butter to chocolate ratio is always 👌🏻 in them! 6y
AmyG Oooo frozen. I need to try that. 6y
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eanderson @erinreads I 💯 agree with the ratio! This is something I talk about with friends every year! 😂 6y
eanderson @AmyG you won‘t regret it! I promise! 6y
robinb Love this @eanderson ! ❤️❤️❤️ And I need to try the freezer thing too! Yummm! 6y
Daisey I agree completely with this haiku. I often buy an extra bag of Reese‘s trees or eggs to throw in the freezer for later! Now I‘ll have to see if I can write a haiku . . . 6y
TricksyTails I love holidays Reese's! More peanut butter! 6y
Sace Oh my. This might take me a while 😂 6y
LeahBergen 😂😂 Awesome! 6y
Cathythoughts Excellent & I love Reese‘s ❤️🎄🍫🍫 (edited) 6y
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robinb
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Thanks for the tag @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks ! Here‘s my #WinterHaiku. 😊🎄

@Andrea4

I‘ll tag @ForeverNerdy and @eanderson . 😊

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Love it!!! 💕 6y
Andrea4 Love this!!! 6y
robinb @Andrea4 thank you! 😊 6y
[DELETED] 3803335244 I love this!!! Thank you for tagging me too! ❤️ 6y
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Missusb
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#winterhaiku @Andrea4

Seriously, I think my default writing poetry mode is flippant.

tpixie Fun ⛱ 6y
Andrea4 😂 love it! 6y
Laura317 My favorite so far! 6y
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Andrea4
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So my advent calendar instructed me and my hubby to write each other a winter poem- this is mine. I decided to share it with #WinterHaiku and I'm going to tag a few random people to see if they want to join in the poetry fun!!!
Tag me if you make one- I 💙 poetry!
@llwheeler @Clwojick @TobeyTheScavengerMonk @CAnne @DebbieGrillo @TK421 @Jaberwocky @FantasyChick @BookishTrish

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OwenBanner
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Thanks to @TobeyTheScavengerMonk for the #halloweenhaiku prompt. Here's my submission to Litsy's howling horde of halloween haikus. #happyhalloween #halloween #shocktober

Cathythoughts Great Haiku & pic 👍 6y
TobeyTheScavengerMonk Great creep factor! 6y
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llwheeler
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My contribution to #HalloweenHaiku

Thanks for the tag @Andrea4 !

Cinfhen Very evocative 🦇🦇🦇🦇🦇well ✅ 6y
llwheeler @Cinfhen Thanks! 6y
LeahBergen 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 6y
TobeyTheScavengerMonk Thanks for participating! Well done! 6y
llwheeler @TobeyTheScavengerMonk 👍 it was fun, thanks for starting it! 6y
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Andrea4
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Here is my #HalloweenHaiku 🎃🎃 Thanks for the tag @Clwojick 😊

How about it @llwheeler ? Think you have a haiku in you?

Clwojick 😻🙌🙌 6y
monalyisha OooOo I like this one! 6y
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TobeyTheScavengerMonk Very atmospheric! Thanks for participating! 6y
Andrea4 @TobeyTheScavengerMonk thanks! And sorry I hadn't tagged you- I didn't know who had started it all! 6y
TobeyTheScavengerMonk No worries! I‘m just enjoying perusing the results! 6y
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Kalalalatja Good one! 6y
KVanRead Oooh! Nice. 6y
TobeyTheScavengerMonk Well done! Very cool. 6y
LeahBergen 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 6y
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