‘Without a brush
The willow paints the wind.’
In a few words, haiku goes beneath surface appearance to grasp the heart of an experience. Each word is chosen to unlock a world of memories and associations.
Haiku, like Zen, is an intensely personal experience. Jonathan Clements has selected the best of three centuries of haiku, including the work of classic poets such as Basho, Buson and Chiyo-Ni and rendered into English the elusive spiritual quality of the poems.
Illustrated with carefully selected images from Japanese prints and paintings.
- ISBN13 9780711236516
- Publish Date 2 April 2015
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 29 March 2021
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Frances Lincoln
- Format Paperback (US Trade)
- Pages 112
- Language English