{"product_id":"9781611801538","title":"The Pocket Haiku","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eQuintessential classical Japanese haiku—selected and translated by one of America's premier poet-translators—now available in a pocket edition.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this collection of haiku, translator Sam Hamill has compiled the best from the tradition, spanning the sixteenth through nineteenth centuries, with particular focus on the three great masters: Bashō, Buson, and Issa. Based on images from nature, the poems address the themes of joy, temporality, beauty, wonder, loneliness, and loss. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHaiku may be the most popular and widely recognizable poetic form in the world. In just three lines a great haiku presents a crystalline moment of image, emotion, and awareness. Elements of compassion, silence, and a sense of temporality often combine to reveal a quality of mystery. Just as often, haiku may bring a startling insight into the ordinary, or a flash of humor. Collected here are over two hundred of the best haiku of Japanese literature—written by the great masters of the genre.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe featured poets are Bashō, Buson, Issa, Moritake, Sōin, Sanpū, Kikaku, Ransetsu, Kyorai, Raizan, Kakei, Onitsura, Taigi, Chiyo, Sogetsuni, Sogi, Fuhaku, Teiga, Kikusha-ni, Tayo-jo, Sōchō, Shōha, and Shiki.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e     This is a pocket-size reissue of The Sound of Water (Shambhala, 1995).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Shambhala","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47031422189808,"sku":"9781611801538","price":9.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781611801538_p0.jpg?v=1763842662","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781611801538","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}