Book-of-the-Week

Book of the Week: Haiku

esamJohn Esam and Anselm Hollo and Tom Raworth undertook an interesting experiment (for Trigram Press) in 1968, sharing space to reveal their understandings of what was possible in that recent import, haiku. The results show the range of the genre, and justify the shared format, and the book has had a significant impact on how haiku came to be practiced, particularly in the UK.

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Haiku featured in the Book of the Week Archive are selected by THF president THF president Jim Kacian, and are used with permission.


     In the curve between
the waves, a mountain’s
     summer smoke.
                    John Esam

roaring hovercraft
road shlups out of the Solent,
disgorges the pale
                    Anselm Hollo

now the melody
in the pattern of shadows
one shadow behind
                    Tom Raworth

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