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Richard Gilbert's critical introduction to Jim Kacian's prize-winning collection of haiku, 'long after', published in a tri-lingual edition.

In this essay, Richard Gilbert and Shinjuku Rollingstone argue on behalf of the usually denigrated poetic form, zappai.

ABSTRACT: The question of how English-language haiku form may best emulate Japanese 5-7-5 haiku (or whether it even should at all) has been hotly debated for decades. A recent trend in Japanese poetic analysis, however, Interprets haiku in terms of 3…

Richard Gilbert offers translations and commentaries on selected haiku by Hoshinaga Fumio.

A collection of essays on contemporary haiku practice in Japan and (primarily) the United States.

A teaching manual for teaching English-language skills through haiku.

A discussion of differences between season words as used in English-language haiku, and kigo within the Japanese literary context.

Sampled from the original - 現代俳句歳時記 無季 [Modern Haiku Saijiki: Muki] published by 学習研究社
(Gakushūkenkyūsha) 2004/05
ISBN-10: 4054023355
ISBN-13: 978-4054023352
The "muki" volume or "no-season kigo" volume from which this selection was made is one…

86 English haiku by Jim Kacian, arranged into seasons, with translations into Japanese by the Kon Nichi Haiku Circle, Kumamoto University . There is an author's note, a lengthy comment on the translation, and a critical introduction by Richard…

In this essay, Jim Kacian uses his experience as one of the few remaining publishers of haiku books in English to characterize the present state of haiku in North America.

This is the text of an address to The Second European Haiku Conference…