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Haiku and the Perception of the Unique
An essay on haiku evaluation by Richard Gilbert. After discussing the dualities inherent in choosing criteria by which to evaluate the excellence of individual haiku, the author proposes it can only be resolved by acknowledging the individual and yet…
From R. H. Blyth to Richard Gilbert:
The Postmodern Turn from Essence
In this essay, William Ramsey contrasts two powerful critical approaches to haiku, those of Robert Blyth and Richard Gilbert, relating each to its time and place.
From 5-7-5 to 8-8-8: An Investigation of Japanese Haiku
Metrics and Implications for English Haiku
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…
Balcony
From the introduction: "Dimitar Anakiev is among the best of the Balkan poets, and due to sensitive translation, among the best of haiku poets in English. This collection reflects the maturity and confidence of a decades-long exploration of the form…
A New Haiku Era: Non-season kigo in the Gendai Haiku saijiki
The essay contains Richard Gilbert's introduction to muki kigo, non-season kigo, and a translation of the Preface to the Gendai Haiku Saijiki, 5 vols., 2004, by Kaneko Tohta, published by the Modern Haiku Association of Japan.
A Future Waterfall: 100 Haiku from the Japanese
100 modern Japanese haiku by Ban'ya Natsuishi, with translations into English. The volume also contains several essays and interviews by the same author.
A Critical Introduction to Long After, haiku by Jim Kacian
Richard Gilbert's critical introduction to Jim Kacian's prize-winning collection of haiku, 'long after', published in a tri-lingual edition.