Haiku Inspirations

A haiku is a short Japanese poem, usually just three lines, often capturing the fleeting moment in a spirit of Zen-like immediacy--the falling of plum blossom, the splash of a frog as it leaps into a pond. Haiku Inspirations is a beautifully illustrated celebration of the places, people, customs, festivals, andtransient pleasures evoked by this much-loved verse form. Fresh new translations of more than 50 poems, accompanied by landscape photographs, woodcut prints, and calligraphy, capture the spirit of old Japan in a pairing of language and image as resonant at haiku itself.

Author: Tom Lowenstein.  Hardcover, 160 pages.