Contemporary View of Haiku

Vista Contempordánea de Haiku

by Michael Moore

Published by Mustard Seed Press

Description:

Contemporary View of Haiku/Vista Contemporánea de Haiku is a book of contemporary haiku poetry that explores an old Japanese art form established by the poet Basho Contemporary View of Haiku, gives readers of English and/or Spanish an Opportunity to experience the beauty of haiku from a bilingual prospective. (by Michael Moore, translations by Alicia Z. Galvan and illustrations by Don Albert)

About the Author:

Michael Moore is a poet who started writing in 1975. He has mastered the art form of contemporary haiku. He currently lecures at colleges and univiersities. In addition, he works with the San Antonio Department of Arts and Cultural Affairs as a literary artists teaching haiku. He is a published author whose works include: Home Grown in the Haiku Garden, Chocolate Chips, and Chocolate Haiku.

Here are two of the bilingual poems.

recently waking
the sleeping butterfly
a distant temple bell.

Spider leaps
from the ceiling fan
ancient bungi jumper

La campana lejana de un templo
suavemente despierta
una mariposa que duerme.

Araña brinca
del abanico del techo
saltador bungi antiguo.

Also see Chocolate Chips by Michael Moore .

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Paper, 81 pages $12.95 plus $3.00 S & H (total $15.95).
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