Random House New Releases - Poetry - Asian

The Interior Landscape: Classical Tamil Love Poems by A. K. Ramanujan

2014-01-14T00:30:00-05:00

The Interior Landscape: Classical Tamil Love Poems
Edited by A. K. Ramanujan
Translated by A. K. Ramanujan

Trade Paperback, 126 pages | NYRB Poets | Poetry - Asian; Poetry - Subjects & Themes - Love | $12.95 | 978-1-59017-678-8 (1-59017-678-2)

If Ezra Pound was “the inventor of Chinese poetry for our times” as T. S. Eliot once remarked, then the celebrated translator, poet, and scholar A. K. Ramanujan is the inventor of Tamil poetry for our times. The Interior Landscape: Love Poems from the Classical Tamil includes the work of fifty-one poets selected from a renowned anthology of love poetry, the Kuruntokai, that dates back to the first three centuries AD. These poems, classified in the Tamil tradition as akam, or “inner part,” take the love of man and woman as the ideal expression of the “inner world,” which in itself is defined by five landscapes—mountains, forest, countryside, seashore, and wasteland—each with its distinctive imagery and elements that serve as a visionary revelation of the five phases of love. This collection unfolds as a drama in monologue, spoken in the voices of the hero, the heroine, the hero’s friend or messengers, the heroine’s friend and foster-mother, the concubine, and various passersby. Ramanujan uses every word, every space and indent and line to evoke the beauty and ecstasy of a poetry that is at once formalistic and free, brimming with nuanced feelings. He has also written a translator’s note that discusses some of the challenges and pleasures of translating from the classical Tamil, as well as an in-depth afterword about the history and culture of this fascinating tradition of love poetry that is now renewed in contemporary English.

The Interior Landscape: Classical Tamil Love Poems by A. K. Ramanujan

2014-01-14T00:30:00-05:00

The Interior Landscape: Classical Tamil Love Poems
Edited by A. K. Ramanujan
Translated by A. K. Ramanujan

eBook, 126 pages | NYRB Poets | Poetry - Asian; Poetry - Subjects & Themes - Love | $12.95 | 978-1-59017-709-9 (1-59017-709-6)

Moon Woke Me Up Nine Times by David Young

2013-04-02T00:30:00-05:00

Moon Woke Me Up Nine Times Selected Haiku of Basho
Written by Matsuo Basho
Translated by David Young

eBook, 128 pages | Knopf | Poetry - Asian - Japanese; Literary Collections - Asian; Literary Collections - Asian - Japanese | $12.99 | 978-0-307-96201-0 (0-307-96201-6)

Vivid new translations of Basho's popular haiku, in a selected format ideal for newcomers as well as fans long familiar with the Japanese master.

Basho, the famously bohemian traveler through seventeenth-century Japan, is a poet attuned to the natural world as well as humble human doings; "Piles of quilts/ snow on distant mountains/ I watch both," he writes. His work captures both the profound loneliness of one observing mind and the broad-ranging joy he finds in our connections to the larger community. David Young, acclaimed translator and Knopf poet, writes in his introduction to this selection, "This poet's consciousness affiliates itself with crickets, islands, monkeys, snowfalls, moonscapes, flowers, trees, and ceremonies...Waking and sleeping, alone and in company, he moves through the world, delighting in its details." Young's translations are bright, alert, musically perfect, and rich in tenderness toward their maker.

Moon Woke Me Up Nine Times by David Young

2013-04-02T00:30:00-05:00

Moon Woke Me Up Nine Times Selected Haiku of Basho
Written by Matsuo Basho
Translated by David Young

Trade Paperback, 128 pages | Knopf | Poetry - Asian - Japanese; Literary Collections - Asian; Literary Collections - Asian - Japanese | $17.00 | 978-0-307-96200-3 (0-307-96200-8)

Cold Mountain Poems by Han Shan

2013-01-08T00:30:00-05:00

Cold Mountain Poems Zen Poems of Han Shan, Shih Te, and Wang Fan-chih
Written by Han Shan
Translated by J.P. Seaton

Trade Paperback, 136 pages | Shambhala | Poetry - Asian; Religion - Zen Buddhism | $14.95 | 978-1-59030-905-6 (1-59030-905-7)

Popularized in the West by Beat Generation writers Gary Snyder and Jack Kerouac, T’ang-era rebel poet Han Shan is an icon of Chinese poetry and Zen. He and his sidekick, Shih Te, are known as the laughing, ragged pair who left their poetry on stones, trees, farmhouses, and monastery walls, calling others to “the Cold Mountain way” of simple, honest, joyful living.

J. P. Seaton takes a fresh look at these poets, as well as at Wang Fan-chih, who followed in the outsider tradition a few centuries later. Forceful and wry, all three condemn the excesses of mind and matter that prevent people from attaining true enlightenment. With a comprehensive introduction and commentary throughout, this collection points to where, in a world that’s always moving and so full of suffering, stillness and clarity can be found.

Sky Above, Great Wind by Kazuaki Tanahashi

2012-10-09T00:30:00-05:00

Sky Above, Great Wind The Life and Poetry of Zen Master Ryokan
Written by Kazuaki Tanahashi

Trade Paperback, 224 pages | Shambhala | Religion - Zen Buddhism; Poetry - Asian; Poetry - Ancient, Classical & Medieval | $17.95 | 978-1-59030-982-7 (1-59030-982-0)

Ryokan (1758–1831) is, along with Dogen and Hakuin, one of the three giants of Zen in Japan. But unlike his two renowned colleagues, Ryokan was a societal dropout, living mostly as a hermit and a beggar. He was never head of a monastery or temple. He liked playing with children. He had no dharma heir. Even so, people recognized the depth of his realization, and he was sought out by people of all walks of life for the teaching to be experienced in just being around him. His poetry and art were wildly popular even in his lifetime. He is now regarded as one of the greatest poets of the Edo Period, along with Basho, Buson, and Issa. He was also a master artist-calligrapher with a very distinctive style, due mostly to his unique and irrepressible spirit, but also because he was so poor he didn’t usually have materials: his distinctive thin line was due to the fact that he often used twigs rather than the brushes he couldn’t afford. He was said to practice his brushwork with his fingers in the air when he didn’t have any paper. There are hilarious stories about how people tried to trick him into doing art for them, and about how he frustrated their attempts. As an old man, he fell in love with a young Zen nun who also became his student. His affection for her colors the mature poems of his late period. This collection contains more than 140 of Ryokan’s poems, with selections of his art, and of the very funny anecdotes about him.

The Art of Haiku by Stephen Addiss

2012-08-28T00:30:00-05:00

The Art of Haiku Its History through Poems and Paintings by Japanese Masters
Written by Stephen Addiss

Hardcover, 384 pages | Shambhala | Poetry - Asian; Literary Criticism & Collections - Poetry; Literary Criticism - Asian - Japanese | $24.95 | 978-1-59030-886-8 (1-59030-886-7)

In the past hundred years, haiku has gone far beyond its Japanese origins to become a worldwide phenomenon—with the classic poetic form growing and evolving as it has adapted to the needs of the whole range of languages and cultures that have embraced it. This proliferation of the joy of haiku is cause for celebration—but it can also compel us to go back to the beginning: to look at haiku’s development during the centuries before it was known outside Japan. This in-depth study of haiku history begins with the great early masters of the form—like Basho, Buson, and Issa—and goes all the way to twentieth-century greats, like Santoka. It also focuses on an important aspect of traditional haiku that is less known in the West: haiku art. All the great haiku masters created paintings (called haiga) or calligraphy in connection with their poems, and the words and images were intended to be enjoyed together, enhancing each other, and each adding its own dimension to the reader’s and viewer’s understanding. Here one of the leading haiku scholars of the West takes us on a tour of haiku poetry’s evolution, providing along the way a wealth of examples of the poetry and the art inspired by it.

Bright Moon, White Clouds by Li Po

2012-06-05T00:30:00-05:00

Bright Moon, White Clouds Selected Poems of Li Po
Written by Li Po
Translated by J. P. Seaton

Trade Paperback, 240 pages | Shambhala | Poetry - Asian; Literary Criticism - Asian - Chinese | $14.95 | 978-1-59030-746-5 (1-59030-746-1)

His work is one of the glories of Chinese poetry’s golden age, and it has not ceased to delight readers in the twelve centuries since. Li Po (701–762) wrote of the pleasures of nature, of wine, and of the life of a wandering poet in a way that speaks to us across the centuries with remarkable intimacy—and that special, timeless quality is one of the reasons Li Po became the first of the Chinese poets to gain wide appreciation in the West. His influence is felt in the work of artists as diverse as Ezra Pound and Gustav Mahler. J. P. Seaton’s translations—which include some poems that appear here in English for the first time—bring the poet vividly and playfully to life, and his introductory essay broadens our view of Li Po, both the poet and the man.

Intro to Haiku by Harold Gould Henderson

2012-01-25T00:30:00-05:00

Intro to Haiku An Anthology of Poems and Poets from Basho to Shiki
Written by Harold Gould Henderson

eBook, 192 pages | Anchor | Poetry - Asian | $11.99 | 978-0-307-79223-5 (0-307-79223-4)

Harold G. Henderson was, from 1927 to 1929, the Assistant to the Curator of Far Eastern Art at the Metropolitan Musuem of Art. In 1930 he went to Japan, where he lived the following three years. On his return to this country he joined the faculty at Columbia University, where he taught Japanese and initiated a course in the history of Japanese art. He retired in 1955. His published works include The Bamboo Broom, Surviving Works of Sharaku (with Louis V. Ledoux), and A Handbook of Japanese Grammar. He has also translated H. Minamoto's Illustrated History of Japanese Art, etc. Mr. Henderson lives in New York City.

Haiku Mind by Patricia Donegan

2010-10-12T00:30:00-05:00

Haiku Mind 108 Poems to Cultivate Awareness and Open Your Heart
Written by Patricia Donegan

Trade Paperback, 256 pages | Shambhala | Poetry - Asian; Literary Collections - Asian | $14.95 | 978-1-59030-758-8 (1-59030-758-5)

Haiku, the Japanese form of poetry written in just three lines, can be miraculous in its power to articulate the profundity of the simplest moment—and for that reason haiku can be a useful tool for bringing us to a heightened awareness of our lives. Here, the poet Patricia Donegan shares her experience of the haiku form as a way of insight that anyone can use to slow down and uncover the beauty of ordinary moments. She presents 108 haiku poems—on themes such as honesty, transience, and compassion—and offers commentary on each as an impetus to meditation and as a key to unlocking the wonder in what we find right before us.

Love Haiku by Yoshie Ishibashi

2009-12-29T00:30:00-05:00

Love Haiku Japanese Poems of Yearning, Passion, and Remembrance
Written by Patricia Donegan and Yoshie Ishibashi

Hardcover, 240 pages | Shambhala | Poetry - Asian; Family & Relationships - Love & Romance; Literary Collections - Asian | $16.00 | 978-1-59030-629-1 (1-59030-629-5)

Haiku is celebrated as a concise form of poetry able to convey a singular moment with great clarity. While haiku most often depicts the natural world, when focused on the elements of love and sensuality, haiku can be a powerful vehicle for evoking the universal experience of love.

In this elegant anthology, love is explored through beautiful images that evoke a range of feelings—from the longing of a lover to the passion of a romantic relationship. Written by contemporary Japanese poets as well as by haiku masters such as Basho, Buson, and Issa, these poems share not only the haiku poets’ vision for love, but their vision of the poignant moments that express it.

Cold Mountain Poems by J. P. Seaton

2009-07-21T00:30:00-05:00

Cold Mountain Poems Zen Poems of Han Shan, Shih Te, and Wang Fan-chih
Written by Han Shan
Translated by J. P. Seaton

Hardcover, 192 pages | Shambhala | Poetry - Asian; Literary Criticism - Asian - Chinese | $18.95 | 978-1-59030-646-8 (1-59030-646-5)

The incomparable poetry of Han Shan (<st1:place w:st="on"> <st1:placename w:st="on">Cold</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">Mountain</st1:placetype> </st1:place>) and his sidekick Shih Te, the rebel poets who became icons of Chinese poetry and Zen, has long captured the imagination of poetry lovers and Zen aficionados. Popularized in the West by Beat Generation writers Gary Snyder and Jack Kerouac, these legendary T’ang era (618–907) figures are portrayed as the laughing, ragged pair who left their poetry on stones, trees, farmhouses, and the walls of the monasteries they visited. Their poetry expressed in the simplest verse but in a completely new tone, the voice of ordinary people.

Here premier translator J. P. Seaton takes a fresh look at these captivating poets, along with Wang Fan-chih, another “outsider” poet who lived a couple centuries later and who captured the poverty and gritty day-to-day reality of the common people of his time. Seaton’s comprehensive introduction and notes throughout give a fascinating context to this vibrant collection.

Mirabai by Jane Hirshfield

2009-04-01T00:30:00-05:00

Mirabai Ecstatic Poems
Translated by Robert Bly and Jane Hirshfield

Trade Paperback, 120 pages | Beacon Press | Poetry; Poetry - Asian | $12.00 | 978-0-8070-6387-3 (0-8070-6387-8)

Mirabai is a literary and spiritual figure of legendary proportions. Born a princess in the region of Rajasthan in 1498, Mira (as she is more commonly known) eschewed the marriage her royal family had arranged for her, celebrating instead her right to independence and intense devotion to Krishna in both her life and poetry. In this collection, Robert Bly and Jane Hirshfield, two of America's best poets, have created lively English versions of Mirabai's poems, using fresh images and energetic rhythms to make them accessible to modern readers.

Du Fu by David Young

2008-11-04T00:30:00-05:00

Du Fu A Life in Poetry
Written by Fu Du
Translated by David Young

Trade Paperback, 256 pages | Knopf | Poetry - Asian | $17.95 | 978-0-375-71160-2 (0-375-71160-0)

Du Fu (712–770) is one of the undisputed geniuses of Chinese poetry—still universally admired and read thirteen centuries after his death. Now David Young, author of Black Lab, and well known as a translator of Chinese poets, gives us a sparkling new translation of Du Fu’s verse, arranged to give us a tour of the life, each “chapter” of poems preceded by an introductory paragraph that situates us in place, time, and circumstance. What emerges is a portrait of a modest yet great artist, an ordinary man moving and adjusting as he must in troubled times, while creating a startling, timeless body of work.

Du Fu wrote poems that engaged his contemporaries and widened the path of the lyric poet. As his society—one of the world’s great civilizations—slipped from a golden age into chaos, he wrote of the uncertain course of empire, the misfortunes and pleasures of his own family, the hard lives of ordinary people, the changing seasons, and the lives of creatures who shared his environment. As the poet chases chickens around the yard, observes tear streaks on his wife’s cheek, or receives a gift of some shallots from a neighbor, Young’s rendering brings Du Fu’s voice naturally and elegantly to life.

I sing what comes to me
in ways both old and modern

my only audience right now—
nearby bushes and trees

elegant houses stand
in an elegant row, too many

if my heart turns to ashes
then that’s all right with me . . .

from “Meandering River”

Haiku Mind by Patricia Donegan

2008-10-14T00:30:00-05:00

Haiku Mind 108 Poems to Cultivate Awareness and Open Your Heart
Written by Patricia Donegan

Hardcover, 176 pages | Shambhala | Poetry - Asian; Literary Collections - Asian | $18.00 | 978-1-59030-579-9 (1-59030-579-5)

Haiku, the Japanese form of poetry written in three short lines, is celebrated for its ability to express a simple moment in a profound way. The “haiku moment,” as it is called, refers to a heightened awareness of the world around us and how, in that small, transient period, the greater essence of our lives is reflected.

As our culture speeds up and our personal lives feel overbooked and busy, haiku can offer an easy way to slow down, appreciate the simple things around us, and give us a moment to reflect on our lives. In Haiku Mind, Patricia Donegan presents 108 haiku that offer a larger lesson on how we can approach our lives. With themes such as honesty, transience, and compassion, Donegan offers haiku and commentary as a form of meditation—a moment where we can slowly and naturally discover what is simply here.

Poems of the Late T'ang by A.C. Graham

2008-01-22T00:30:00-05:00

Poems of the Late T'ang
Translated by A.C. Graham

Trade Paperback, 184 pages | NYRB Classics | Poetry - Asian | $14.95 | 978-1-59017-257-5 (1-59017-257-4)

Classical Chinese poetry reached its pinnacle during the T'ang Dynasty (618-907 A.D.), and the poets of the late T'ang-a period of growing political turmoil and violence-are especially notable for combining strking formal inovation with raw emotional intensity. A. C. Graham’s slim but indispensable anthology of late T’ang poetry begins with Tu Fu, commonly recognized as the greatest Chinese poet of all, whose final poems and sequences lament the pains of exile in images of crystalline strangeness. It continues with the work of six other masters, including the “cold poet” Meng Chiao, who wrote of retreat from civilization to the remoteness of the high mountains; the troubled and haunting Li Ho, who, as Graham writes, cultivated a “wholly personal imagery of ghosts, blood, dying animals, weeping statues, whirlwinds, the will-o'-the-wisp”; and the shimmeringly strange poems of illicit love and Taoist initiation of the enigmatic Li Shang-yin. Offering the largest selection of these poets’ work available in English in a translation that is a classic in its own right, Poems of the Late T’ang also includes Graham’s searching essay “The Translation of Chinese Poetry” as well as helpful notes on each of the poets and on many of the individual poems.

Chinese Erotic Poems by Chou Ping

2007-10-16T00:30:00-05:00

Chinese Erotic Poems
Edited by Tony Barnstone and Chou Ping

Hardcover, 256 pages | Everyman's Library | Poetry - Anthologies (multiple authors); Poetry - Asian | $12.50 | 978-0-307-26567-8 (0-307-26567-6)

The ancient Chinese tradition of erotic poetry has been largely ignored in the west. Now, a vast continent of sensual verse is opened to us with this glorious collection spanning nearly three thousand years and including many poems never before translated into English.

Tony Barnstone and Chou Ping have brought together poems about deep love and pure lust, enticement and seduction, ecstasy and disappointment. Here are poems that express need, hunger, grief, and longing—for husbands and wives and for concubines and lovers; poems by turns explicit or subtle, light-hearted or desperate, written from both men’s and women’s points of view. The editors have drawn on a wide range of sources from 600 BCE to the present, including highly literary poems, popular verse, and folk songs, as well as poems that appeared in ancient Daoist sex manuals, in classical novels of the Ming Dynasty, and in collections of erotic prints. The result is a dazzling array of voices that speak the universal language of desire.

For the first time, all the major works of this beloved writer are gathered together in one hardcover volume.

The Poetry of Zen by J.P. Seaton

2007-02-13T00:30:00-05:00

The Poetry of Zen
Translated by Sam Hamill and J.P. Seaton

Trade Paperback, 208 pages | Shambhala | Poetry - Asian; Religion - Zen Buddhism | $14.95 | 978-1-59030-425-9 (1-59030-425-X)

A Zen poem is nothing other than an expression of the enlightened mind, a handful of simple words that disappear beneath the moment of insight to which it bears witness. Poetry has been an essential aid to Zen Buddhist practice from the dawn of Zen—and Zen has also had a profound influence on the secular poetry of the countries in which it has flourished. Here, two of America’s most renowned poets and translators provide an overview of Zen poetry from China and Japan in all its rich variety, from the earliest days to the twentieth century. Included are works by Lao Tzu, Han Shan, Li Po, Dogen Kigen, Saigyo, Basho, Chiao Jan, Yuan Mei, Ryokan, and many others. Hamill and Seaton provide illuminating introductions to the Chinese and Japanese sections that set the poets and their work in historical and philosophical context. Short biographies of the poets are also included.

The Shambhala Anthology of Chinese Poetry by J.P. Seaton

2006-08-08T00:30:00-05:00

The Shambhala Anthology of Chinese Poetry
Written by J.P. Seaton

Trade Paperback, 304 pages | Shambhala | Poetry - Asian; Poetry - Anthologies (multiple authors) | $15.95 | 978-1-57062-862-7 (1-57062-862-9)

In traditional Chinese culture, poetic artistry held a place that was unrivaled by any other single talent, and was a source of prestige and even of political power. In this rich collection, J. P. Seaton introduces the reader to the main styles of Chinese poetry and the major poets, from the classic Shih Ching to the twentieth century. Seaton has a poet's ear, and his translations here are fresh and vivid.

One Robe, One Bowl by John Stevens

2006-04-11T00:30:00-05:00

One Robe, One Bowl The Zen Poetry of Ryokan
Written by John Stevens

Trade Paperback, 96 pages | Weatherhill | Philosophy - Zen; Religion - Zen Buddhism; Poetry - Asian | $16.95 | 978-0-8348-0570-5 (0-8348-0570-7)

The hermit-monk Ryokan, long beloved in Japan both for his poetry and for his character, belongs in the tradition of the great Zen eccentrics of China and Japan. His reclusive life and celebration of nature and the natural life also bring to mind his younger American contemporary, Thoreau. Ryokan's poetry is that of the mature Zen master, its deceptive simplicity revealing an art that surpasses artifice. Although Ryokan was born in eighteenth-century Japan, his extraordinary poems, capturing in a few luminous phrases both the beauty and the pathos of human life, reach far beyond time and place to touch the springs of humanity.

Random House New Releases - Poetry - Asian

The Interior Landscape: Classical Tamil Love Poems by A. K. Ramanujan

The Interior Landscape: Classical Tamil Love Poems Edited by A. K. Ramanujan Translated by A. K. Ramanujan

The Interior Landscape: Classical Tamil Love Poems by A. K. Ramanujan

The Interior Landscape: Classical Tamil Love Poems Edited by A. K. Ramanujan Translated by A. K. Ramanujan

Moon Woke Me Up Nine Times by David Young

Moon Woke Me Up Nine Times Selected Haiku of BashoWritten by Matsuo Basho Translated by David Young

Moon Woke Me Up Nine Times by David Young

Moon Woke Me Up Nine Times Selected Haiku of BashoWritten by Matsuo Basho Translated by David Young

Cold Mountain Poems by Han Shan

Cold Mountain Poems Zen Poems of Han Shan, Shih Te, and Wang Fan-chihWritten by Han Shan Translated by J.P. Seaton

Sky Above, Great Wind by Kazuaki Tanahashi

Sky Above, Great Wind The Life and Poetry of Zen Master RyokanWritten by Kazuaki Tanahashi

The Art of Haiku by Stephen Addiss

The Art of Haiku Its History through Poems and Paintings by Japanese MastersWritten by Stephen Addiss

Bright Moon, White Clouds by Li Po

Bright Moon, White Clouds Selected Poems of Li PoWritten by Li Po Translated by J. P. Seaton

Intro to Haiku by Harold Gould Henderson

Intro to Haiku An Anthology of Poems and Poets from Basho to ShikiWritten by Harold Gould Henderson

Haiku Mind by Patricia Donegan

Haiku Mind 108 Poems to Cultivate Awareness and Open Your HeartWritten by Patricia Donegan

Love Haiku by Yoshie Ishibashi

Love Haiku Japanese Poems of Yearning, Passion, and RemembranceWritten by Patricia Donegan and Yoshie Ishibashi

Cold Mountain Poems by J. P. Seaton

Cold Mountain Poems Zen Poems of Han Shan, Shih Te, and Wang Fan-chihWritten by Han Shan Translated by J. P. Seaton

Mirabai by Jane Hirshfield

Mirabai Ecstatic PoemsTranslated by Robert Bly and Jane Hirshfield

Du Fu by David Young

Du Fu A Life in PoetryWritten by Fu Du Translated by David Young

Haiku Mind by Patricia Donegan

Haiku Mind 108 Poems to Cultivate Awareness and Open Your HeartWritten by Patricia Donegan

Poems of the Late T'ang by A.C. Graham

Poems of the Late T'ang Translated by A.C. Graham

Chinese Erotic Poems by Chou Ping

Chinese Erotic Poems Edited by Tony Barnstone and Chou Ping

The Poetry of Zen by J.P. Seaton

The Poetry of Zen Translated by Sam Hamill and J.P. Seaton

The Shambhala Anthology of Chinese Poetry by J.P. Seaton

The Shambhala Anthology of Chinese Poetry Written by J.P. Seaton

One Robe, One Bowl by John Stevens

One Robe, One Bowl The Zen Poetry of RyokanWritten by John Stevens

The Interior Landscape: Classical Tamil Love Poems
Edited by A. K. Ramanujan
Translated by A. K. Ramanujan

The Interior Landscape: Classical Tamil Love Poems
Edited by A. K. Ramanujan
Translated by A. K. Ramanujan

Moon Woke Me Up Nine Times Selected Haiku of Basho
Written by Matsuo Basho
Translated by David Young

Moon Woke Me Up Nine Times Selected Haiku of Basho
Written by Matsuo Basho
Translated by David Young

Cold Mountain Poems Zen Poems of Han Shan, Shih Te, and Wang Fan-chih
Written by Han Shan
Translated by J.P. Seaton

Sky Above, Great Wind The Life and Poetry of Zen Master Ryokan
Written by Kazuaki Tanahashi

The Art of Haiku Its History through Poems and Paintings by Japanese Masters
Written by Stephen Addiss

Bright Moon, White Clouds Selected Poems of Li Po
Written by Li Po
Translated by J. P. Seaton

Intro to Haiku An Anthology of Poems and Poets from Basho to Shiki
Written by Harold Gould Henderson

Haiku Mind 108 Poems to Cultivate Awareness and Open Your Heart
Written by Patricia Donegan

Love Haiku Japanese Poems of Yearning, Passion, and Remembrance
Written by Patricia Donegan and Yoshie Ishibashi

Cold Mountain Poems Zen Poems of Han Shan, Shih Te, and Wang Fan-chih
Written by Han Shan
Translated by J. P. Seaton

Mirabai Ecstatic Poems
Translated by Robert Bly and Jane Hirshfield

Du Fu A Life in Poetry
Written by Fu Du
Translated by David Young

Haiku Mind 108 Poems to Cultivate Awareness and Open Your Heart
Written by Patricia Donegan

Poems of the Late T'ang
Translated by A.C. Graham

Chinese Erotic Poems
Edited by Tony Barnstone and Chou Ping

The Poetry of Zen
Translated by Sam Hamill and J.P. Seaton

The Shambhala Anthology of Chinese Poetry
Written by J.P. Seaton

One Robe, One Bowl The Zen Poetry of Ryokan
Written by John Stevens