TY  - BOOK
AU  - Kern,Adam L.
TI  - The Penguin book of haiku
T2  - Penguin classics
SN  - 9780140424768 (softcover)
AV  - PL782.E3 P39 2018
U1  - 895.61/04108 23
PY  - 0000///
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PB  -  
KW  - Haiku
KW  - Translations into English
KW  - Japanese poetry
KW  - fast
KW  - Translations
N1  - Includes index
N2  - Now a global poetry, the haiku was originally a Japanese verse form that flourished from the sixteenth to nineteenth centuries. Although renowned for its minimalism and brevity, usually running three lines in seventeen syllables, and by its use of natural imagery to make Zen-like observations about reality, in fact the haiku is much more: it can be erotic, funny, crude and mischievous. Presenting over a thousand exemplars in vivid and engaging translations by Adam L. Kern, this anthology offers an illuminating introduction to this widely celebrated, if misunderstood, art form
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