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Kudos to Keene for this affectionate biography of the late 19th c master of haiku. As much or more than any great poet, Shiki's a mess: never seems to have had a lover girl or boy, coughs up blood, classifies 1000s of haiku. Then writes poetry. Keene tipped me to the Selected Poems. Yes, I'm charmed.
— Feb 19, 2014 12:17AM
Rustling softlyI know that night, that sound, that mood.
over the bamboo–
snow in the night
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Jim Coughenour
is on page 81 of 240
Kudos to Keene for this affectionate biography of the late 19th c master of haiku. As much or more than any great poet, Shiki's a mess, never seems to have had a lover or either gender, coughs up blood, classifies 1000s of haiku. And writes poetry. Keene induced me to order theSelected Poems. Yes, I'm charmed. Both books bliss.
— Feb 19, 2014 12:11AM
