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The Sound of Water: Haiku - By Basho, Issa and Other Poets (Centaur Editions)

The Sound of Water: Haiku - By Basho, Issa and Other Poets (Centaur Editions)
From Shambhala Publications Inc

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  • Amazon Sales Rank: #697959 in Books
  • Published on: 2000-04-30
  • Original language: English
  • Number of items: 1
  • Binding: Paperback
  • 152 pages

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In this text, writer Sam Hamill has translated two anthologies of poems from China and Japan, "Midnight Flute" and "Only Companion", and Basho's classic "Narrow Road to the Interior", bringing together the best classical Japanese haiku, from the 17th to the early 20th century.

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Haiku as it was meant to be5
The translator, Sam Hamill, has given those who can not read Japanese the chance to read Haiku by three of the greatest Haiku poets ever. In this book Issa has put the hardships of his life three lines,Buson places you walking done a lonesome road in autumn with such clarity, and Basho reminds us that everything in the night is veiwed differently in the morning. This book is a must read for anyone who does read or has ever wanted to read Haiku.