Haiku Mainstream: The Path of Traditional Haiku in America

Haiku Mainstream: The Path of Traditional Haiku in America

Haiku, American--history and criticism

Imagism--history and criticissm

Bruce Ross offers a valuable short history of English language haiku, seeing five more or less distinct generations that approach his haiku ideal of the 'absolute metaphor' with greater or lesser frequency.

Ross, Bruce

http://modernhaiku.org/essays/RossEssay.html

Modern Haiku
43.2

Summer 2012

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