On HaikuHiroaki Sato In On Haiku, Hiroaki Sato explores the many styles and genres of haiku on both sides of the Pacific, from the classical haiku of Basho, Issa, and Zen monks, to modern haiku about swimsuits and atomic bombs, and to the haiku of famous American writers such as J. D. Salinger and Allen Ginsburg. As if conversing over beers in a favorite pub, Sato explains everything you want to know about the haiku in this endearing and pleasurable book,

the titular Nomenclature for the Time Being

charting what it means to grow up in a family divided by geography

In 1951 begon hij voor de Volkskrant nonsensicale dierenverzen te schrijven onder het aan Multatuli ontleende pseudoniem Trijntje Fop

and even joy

Neusa Gomes

and what today might be called social practice

revolutionary poems

Giraudon was born in Marseille in 1946

and moment in history

and what grammar is unable to accommodate

embeds a germinal weirdness in the fallow page

Naar de lichamen van de geliefden naast wie de dichter's ochtends wakker wordt