Penguin Book of Haiku

<b>First Penguin volume</b><br> <b>Of best Japanese haiku</b><br> <b>Vivid translations</b> <p/>Now a global poetry the haiku was originally a Japanese verse form that flourished from the sixteenth to nineteenth centuries. Although renowned for its minimalism and brevity usually running three lines in seventeen syllables and by its use of natural imagery to make Zen-like observations about reality in fact the haiku is much more: it can be erotic funny crude and mischievous. Presenting over a thousand exemplars in vivid and engaging translations by Adam L. Kern this anthology offers an illuminating introduction to this widely celebrated if misunderstood art form.