Ww norton & co Haiku in english (WW Norton & Co)

Haiku in English is an anthology of more than 800 brilliantly chosen poems that were originally written in English aby over 200 poets from around the world. Although haiku originated as a Japanese art form, it has found a welcome home in the English-speaking world. This collection tells the story for the first time of Anglophone haiku, charting its evolution over the last one hundred years and placing it within its historical and literary context. It features an engaging introduction aby former U.S. Poet laureate Billy Collins and an insightful historical overview żeby leading haiku poet, editor, and publisher Jim Kacian. The selections range from the first fully realized haiku in English, Ezra Pound's "In a Station of the Metro," to plentiful examples żeby haiku virtuosos such as John Wills, Marlene Mountain, Nick Virgilio, and Raymond Roseliep, and to investigations into the genre aby eminent poets like John Ashbery, Allen Ginsberg, and Seamus Heaney. The editors explore the genre's changing forms and themes, highlighting its vitality and its breadth of poetic styles and content. Among the many poems on offer are organic form experiments aby E. E.Cummings and Michael McClure, evocations of black culture aby Richard Wright and Sonia Sanchez, and the seminal efforts of Jack Kerouac.