Presents translations of more than two hundred classic Japanese haiku spanning the seventeenth through the early twentieth century, by Basho, Buson, Issa, and other poets.
A selection of Japanese haiku written between the 1600s and the late twentieth century, complemented by reproductions of woodblock prints. Includes short biographies of featured poets.
A collection of 817 haiku written by African-American author Richard Wright during the last eighteen months of his life, in which he focuses on man's relationship to nature and the natural world.