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kellyd's review
informative
relaxing
medium-paced
3.75
I've read modern haiku by English poets, but I haven't had a chance to read modern Japanese haiku until this book. The introduction was very helpful for putting this poet's work into a larger perspective of the haiku tradition.
Below are some of my favorite haiku:
The summer river
Immersing the scarlet end
Of an iron chain.
A frozen harbor --
What was once a Russian town
There and nothing more.
The Lord’s hands and feet,
With the nails hammered through them --
Dewdrops on blossoms.
The lily she held
In her hand as she passed by
Left its fragrance here.
The protracted glow
Of the fleeing firefly
Once out of the cage!
Ripened persimmons --
Streetlamps illuminating
The way up the hill.
A firefly’s light
Ensnared in a spider’s web,
Swiftly devoured.
Below are some of my favorite haiku:
The summer river
Immersing the scarlet end
Of an iron chain.
A frozen harbor --
What was once a Russian town
There and nothing more.
The Lord’s hands and feet,
With the nails hammered through them --
Dewdrops on blossoms.
The lily she held
In her hand as she passed by
Left its fragrance here.
The protracted glow
Of the fleeing firefly
Once out of the cage!
Ripened persimmons --
Streetlamps illuminating
The way up the hill.
A firefly’s light
Ensnared in a spider’s web,
Swiftly devoured.
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