How to Haiku
A Writer's Guide to Haiku and Related Forms
Fiction & Literature, Cultural Heritage, Poetry, Literary Theory & Criticism
| Author: | Bruce Ross | ISBN: | 9781462916757 |
| Publisher: | Tuttle Publishing | Publication: | March 15, 2002 |
| Imprint: | Tuttle Publishing | Language: | English |
| Author: | Bruce Ross |
| ISBN: | 9781462916757 |
| Publisher: | Tuttle Publishing |
| Publication: | March 15, 2002 |
| Imprint: | Tuttle Publishing |
| Language: | English |
This haiku book provides an invaluable guide to developing your own haiku-writing skills, with clear explanations, brilliant examples, and innovative writing exercises.
It also offers an introduction to related Japanese poetic forms including:
- Senryu-commentaries on human nature that are often humorous or ironic
- Haibun-short, autobiographical narratives accompanied by a haiku
- Tanka-imaginative poems full of highly personal, emotional expressions
- Haiga-drawings accompanied by commentary in haiku form
- Renga-a collaborative form featuring linked sequences of poetry
How to Haiku is a wonderful resource for anyone who wants to try their hand at this precise and poetic form of expression.
This haiku book provides an invaluable guide to developing your own haiku-writing skills, with clear explanations, brilliant examples, and innovative writing exercises.
It also offers an introduction to related Japanese poetic forms including:
- Senryu-commentaries on human nature that are often humorous or ironic
- Haibun-short, autobiographical narratives accompanied by a haiku
- Tanka-imaginative poems full of highly personal, emotional expressions
- Haiga-drawings accompanied by commentary in haiku form
- Renga-a collaborative form featuring linked sequences of poetry
How to Haiku is a wonderful resource for anyone who wants to try their hand at this precise and poetic form of expression.
