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There is some interesting art included and some useful information. This book gives examples of haiku by various poets.
I also love the artwork on the cover. I keep ordering this small book again and again to give as a gift. The selection of poetry is equally compelling. Someone with a lot of sensitivity designed this book. Both the poetry and the presentation are exquisite. I love the book's compact size, which seems suggestive of the condensed beauty of the haiku it holds inside.
The poems are nicely translated in this small, portable book. Buson restored the hut and choose the temple grounds as his final resting place. I purchased this to carry with me on a trip to Japan. Read it from the porch of a hut on a temple grounds where Basho had stayed.
Martha Altamente les recomiendo tener esta miniatura de libro. Mi idioma es el español, pero puedo leer este valioso librito en Ingles. Basho, Buson, Issa, y otros writers of Haiku son joyas que permanecen en la mente.
I would read a haiku and then think about it as I walked along the path. It was a little after the beginning of the hike that I pulled it out and began to read the haiku starting in the section of Basho's poems. I can only describe it as being a wonderfully therapeutic process for the mind and spirit, and for the body too (from the walking itself).I thoroughly enjoyed Hamill's renderings of the haiku from the three recognized Japanese haiku masters and I also liked the poems from other somewhat lesser known Japanese poets.I recommend this for reading anywhere if you enjoy the haiku poetic artform -- but I especially recommend it to read on a walk in the woods. I brought this small book of haiku along with me on a nature walk last autumn to read for the first time. Being rather small, it easily fit inside my jacket pocket.
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