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The Essential Haiku: Versions of Basho, Buson, and Issa
edited by Robert Hass.
The past-poet laureate of the U.S.A has compiled this enthralling collection of
his own essays in which he summarizes the lives of three masters and inventors
of the haiku tradition in Japan:
- Matsuo Basho (1644-94), the ascetic and seeker,
- Yosa Buson (1716-83), the artist, and
- Kobayashi Issa (1763-1827), the humanist.
He presents their lives, their prose, and 300 of their poems.
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The Haiku Seasons: Poetry of the Natural World
by William J. Higginson.
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Haiku World: An International Poetry Almanac
by William J. Higginson, Meagan Calogeras (Editor)
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The Japanese Haiku, by Kenneth Yasuda.
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Haiku Handbook: How to Write, Share, and Teach Haiku
by William J. Higginson, William S. Higginson.
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An Introduction to Haiku: An Anthology of Poems and Poets from Basho to Shiki
by Harold Gould Henderson (Editor).
First published in 1958, it analyzes the development of
Japanese haiku under the leadership of Basho, Buson, Issa, and Shiki.
Includes the Romanized ("Romaji")
transliteration of the original Japanese, indicating the sounds of the
original poem. Henderson translate mainly into 5-7-5 syllables
(heavy compared to the 5-7-5 of the quick Japanese onji)
and rhymes the first and last lines (sometimes feels a bit forced).
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Review by J. Zimmerman in Modern Haiku of
I Wait for the Moon: 100 Haiku of Momoko Kuroda.
Toward an Aesthetic for English-Language Haiku by Lee Gurga.
