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Moon Woke Me Up Nine Times
Selected Haiku of Basho
Written by Matsuo Basho
Translated by David Young
Format: eBook, 128 pages
On Sale: April 2, 2013
Price: $12.99
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... Read more >
Selected Haiku of Basho
Written by Matsuo Basho
Translated by David Young
Format: eBook, 128 pages
On Sale: April 2, 2013
Price: $12.99
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... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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Moon Woke Me Up Nine Times
Selected Haiku of Basho
Written by Matsuo Basho
Translated by David Young
Format: Trade Paperback, 128 pages
On Sale: April 2, 2013
Price: $17.00
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... Read more >
Selected Haiku of Basho
Written by Matsuo Basho
Translated by David Young
Format: Trade Paperback, 128 pages
On Sale: April 2, 2013
Price: $17.00
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... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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Cold Mountain Poems
Zen Poems of Han Shan, Shih Te, and Wang Fan-chih
Written by Han Shan
Translated by J.P. Seaton
Format: Trade Paperback, 136 pages
On Sale: January 8, 2013
Price: $14.95
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... Read more >
Zen Poems of Han Shan, Shih Te, and Wang Fan-chih
Written by Han Shan
Translated by J.P. Seaton
Format: Trade Paperback, 136 pages
On Sale: January 8, 2013
Price: $14.95
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... Read more >
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Sky Above, Great Wind
The Life and Poetry of Zen Master Ryokan
Written by Kazuaki Tanahashi
Format: Trade Paperback, 224 pages
On Sale: October 9, 2012
Price: $17.95
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... Read more >
The Life and Poetry of Zen Master Ryokan
Written by Kazuaki Tanahashi
Format: Trade Paperback, 224 pages
On Sale: October 9, 2012
Price: $17.95
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... Read more >
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The Art of Haiku
Its History through Poems and Paintings by Japanese Masters
Written by Stephen Addiss
Format: Hardcover, 384 pages
On Sale: August 28, 2012
Price: $24.95
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... Read more >
Its History through Poems and Paintings by Japanese Masters
Written by Stephen Addiss
Format: Hardcover, 384 pages
On Sale: August 28, 2012
Price: $24.95
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... Read more >
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Bright Moon, White Clouds
Selected Poems of Li Po
Written by Li Po
Translated by J. P. Seaton
Format: Trade Paperback, 240 pages
On Sale: June 5, 2012
Price: $14.95
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... Read more >
Selected Poems of Li Po
Written by Li Po
Translated by J. P. Seaton
Format: Trade Paperback, 240 pages
On Sale: June 5, 2012
Price: $14.95
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... Read more >
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Intro to Haiku
An Anthology of Poems and Poets from Basho to Shiki
Written by Harold Gould Henderson
Format: eBook, 192 pages
On Sale: January 25, 2012
Price: $11.99
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... Read more >
An Anthology of Poems and Poets from Basho to Shiki
Written by Harold Gould Henderson
Format: eBook, 192 pages
On Sale: January 25, 2012
Price: $11.99
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... Read more >
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Haiku Mind
108 Poems to Cultivate Awareness and Open Your Heart
Written by Patricia Donegan
Format: Trade Paperback, 256 pages
On Sale: October 12, 2010
Price: $14.95
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... Read more >
108 Poems to Cultivate Awareness and Open Your Heart
Written by Patricia Donegan
Format: Trade Paperback, 256 pages
On Sale: October 12, 2010
Price: $14.95
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... Read more >
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hardcover.
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Love Haiku
Japanese Poems of Yearning, Passion, and Remembrance
Written by Patricia Donegan and Yoshie Ishibashi
Format: Hardcover, 240 pages
On Sale: December 29, 2009
Price: $16.00
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... Read more >
Japanese Poems of Yearning, Passion, and Remembrance
Written by Patricia Donegan and Yoshie Ishibashi
Format: Hardcover, 240 pages
On Sale: December 29, 2009
Price: $16.00
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... Read more >
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Cold Mountain Poems
Zen Poems of Han Shan, Shih Te, and Wang Fan-chih
Written by Han Shan
Translated by J. P. Seaton
Format: Hardcover, 192 pages
On Sale: July 21, 2009
Price: $18.95
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... Read more >
Zen Poems of Han Shan, Shih Te, and Wang Fan-chih
Written by Han Shan
Translated by J. P. Seaton
Format: Hardcover, 192 pages
On Sale: July 21, 2009
Price: $18.95
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... Read more >
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Mirabai
Ecstatic Poems
Translated by Robert Bly and Jane Hirshfield
Format: Trade Paperback, 120 pages
On Sale: April 1, 2009
Price: $12.00
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... Read more >
Ecstatic Poems
Translated by Robert Bly and Jane Hirshfield
Format: Trade Paperback, 120 pages
On Sale: April 1, 2009
Price: $12.00
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... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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Du Fu
A Life in Poetry
Written by Fu Du
Translated by David Young
Format: Trade Paperback, 256 pages
On Sale: November 4, 2008
Price: $17.95
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... Read more >
A Life in Poetry
Written by Fu Du
Translated by David Young
Format: Trade Paperback, 256 pages
On Sale: November 4, 2008
Price: $17.95
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... Read more >
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Haiku Mind
108 Poems to Cultivate Awareness and Open Your Heart
Written by Patricia Donegan
Format: Hardcover, 176 pages
On Sale: October 14, 2008
Price: $18.00
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... Read more >
108 Poems to Cultivate Awareness and Open Your Heart
Written by Patricia Donegan
Format: Hardcover, 176 pages
On Sale: October 14, 2008
Price: $18.00
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... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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Poems of the Late T'ang
Translated by A.C. Graham
Format: Trade Paperback, 184 pages
On Sale: January 22, 2008
Price: $14.95
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... Read more >
Translated by A.C. Graham
Format: Trade Paperback, 184 pages
On Sale: January 22, 2008
Price: $14.95
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... Read more >
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Chinese Erotic Poems
Edited by Tony Barnstone and Chou Ping
Format: Hardcover, 256 pages
On Sale: October 16, 2007
Price: $12.50
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... Read more >
Edited by Tony Barnstone and Chou Ping
Format: Hardcover, 256 pages
On Sale: October 16, 2007
Price: $12.50
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... Read more >
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The Poetry of Zen
Translated by Sam Hamill and J.P. Seaton
Format: Trade Paperback, 208 pages
On Sale: February 13, 2007
Price: $14.95
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... Read more >
Translated by Sam Hamill and J.P. Seaton
Format: Trade Paperback, 208 pages
On Sale: February 13, 2007
Price: $14.95
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... Read more >
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The Shambhala Anthology of Chinese Poetry
Written by J.P. Seaton
Format: Trade Paperback, 272 pages
On Sale: August 8, 2006
Price: $15.95
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... Read more >
Written by J.P. Seaton
Format: Trade Paperback, 272 pages
On Sale: August 8, 2006
Price: $15.95
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... Read more >
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One Robe, One Bowl
The Zen Poetry of Ryokan
Written by John Stevens
Format: Trade Paperback, 96 pages
On Sale: April 11, 2006
Price: $16.95
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... Read more >
The Zen Poetry of Ryokan
Written by John Stevens
Format: Trade Paperback, 96 pages
On Sale: April 11, 2006
Price: $16.95
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... Read more >
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Almost Paradise
New and Selected Poems and Translations
Written by Sam Hamill
Format: Trade Paperback, 224 pages
On Sale: April 12, 2005
Price: $15.95
Sam Hamill is that rare figure whose life is continually in dialogue with the rich and diverse tradition of poetry, whether that dialogue takes the form of translating the work of a poet long dead, writing a poem in celebration of the work of a contemporary poet, or musing on what... Read more >
New and Selected Poems and Translations
Written by Sam Hamill
Format: Trade Paperback, 224 pages
On Sale: April 12, 2005
Price: $15.95
Sam Hamill is that rare figure whose life is continually in dialogue with the rich and diverse tradition of poetry, whether that dialogue takes the form of translating the work of a poet long dead, writing a poem in celebration of the work of a contemporary poet, or musing on what... Read more >
Mirabai
Ecstatic Poems
Translated by Robert Bly and Jane Hirshfield
Format: eBook
On Sale: November 1, 2004
Price: $12.00
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... Read more >
Ecstatic Poems
Translated by Robert Bly and Jane Hirshfield
Format: eBook
On Sale: November 1, 2004
Price: $12.00
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... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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Dewdrops on a Lotus Leaf
Zen Poems of Ryokan
Translated by John Stevens
Format: Trade Paperback, 120 pages
On Sale: April 13, 2004
Price: $16.95
The Japanese poet-recluse Ryokan (1758–1831) is one of the most beloved figures of Asian literature, renowned for his beautiful verse, exquisite calligraphy, and eccentric character. Deceptively simple, Ryokan's poems transcend artifice, presenting spontaneous expressions of pure Zen spirit. Like his contemporary Thoreau, Ryokan celebrates nature and the natural life, but his... Read more >
Zen Poems of Ryokan
Translated by John Stevens
Format: Trade Paperback, 120 pages
On Sale: April 13, 2004
Price: $16.95
The Japanese poet-recluse Ryokan (1758–1831) is one of the most beloved figures of Asian literature, renowned for his beautiful verse, exquisite calligraphy, and eccentric character. Deceptively simple, Ryokan's poems transcend artifice, presenting spontaneous expressions of pure Zen spirit. Like his contemporary Thoreau, Ryokan celebrates nature and the natural life, but his... Read more >
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