A Haiku Garland
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Yellowed
There is a moment in every season — a heron poised above still water, frost tracing the edge of a fallen leaf, moonlight dissolving into silence — and it is precisely these moments that haiku exists to capture. A Haiku Garland is a curated anthology that gathers some of the finest examples of this ancient Japanese poetic form, weaving together verses that span nature, impermanence, and the quiet wonder of the everyday. Each poem is a distillation of a single, crystalline instant, composed with an economy of language that belies its profound emotional resonance, drawing readers into a meditative world shaped by the rhythms of the natural year. The haiku tradition, born from the genius of masters such as Bashō, Buson, and Issa, chronicles humanity's most enduring relationship — that between the observer and the observed world. This collection presents the form at its most essential, illustrating how seventeen syllables can hold an entire universe of feeling, philosophy, and beauty. Faithful to the spare, imagistic style that defines the genre, the anthology invites both newcomers and seasoned readers of Japanese poetry to pause, breathe, and look again at the world around them — and to wonder what they may have overlooked.
Author: -
Format: Hardback
Genre: Poetry
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Yellowed
There is a moment in every season — a heron poised above still water, frost tracing the edge of a fallen leaf, moonlight dissolving into silence — and it is precisely these moments that haiku exists to capture. A Haiku Garland is a curated anthology that gathers some of the finest examples of this ancient Japanese poetic form, weaving together verses that span nature, impermanence, and the quiet wonder of the everyday. Each poem is a distillation of a single, crystalline instant, composed with an economy of language that belies its profound emotional resonance, drawing readers into a meditative world shaped by the rhythms of the natural year. The haiku tradition, born from the genius of masters such as Bashō, Buson, and Issa, chronicles humanity's most enduring relationship — that between the observer and the observed world. This collection presents the form at its most essential, illustrating how seventeen syllables can hold an entire universe of feeling, philosophy, and beauty. Faithful to the spare, imagistic style that defines the genre, the anthology invites both newcomers and seasoned readers of Japanese poetry to pause, breathe, and look again at the world around them — and to wonder what they may have overlooked.