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8797999's review
3.0
A lovely collection of Hiaku poetry by the master himself. Very pleasant reading for a quiet night at home
joyceontheroad's review
4.0
Wouldn’t specifically read Haikus, but definitely pleased with this experience.
alanffm's review
2.0
I can now confidently say that,
I do not understand Haikus.
Truly that is,
quite a shame.
I do not understand Haikus.
Truly that is,
quite a shame.
smitchy's review
1.0
Part of this rating is that I have just never liked / enjoyed haiku. It always seems unfinished and disjointed. This is purely down to my personal taste.
rhysquez's review
4.0
It feels weird giving a collection of very short, barely (if at all) interconnected haiku poems a star rating, especially in this case where the pieces almost certainly lose in translation. But this gets 4 out of 5 from me for the beautiful little verbal still lives Bashō creates, and that are able to transcend the shift in language.
Some were forgotten immediately, some stuck, some will definitely continue to haunt me for a while, some work because of their implicit thematic attachment to others.
4 stars for the "Noh cry / of pheasant", for the raincoated monkey, the cheeky self-referentiality, the "moon-wreathed / bamboo grove", the "sweet song / of non-attachment", the "frozen shadow", and the "chrysanthemum / silence".
"Wake, butterfly – / it's late, we've miles / to go together."
Some were forgotten immediately, some stuck, some will definitely continue to haunt me for a while, some work because of their implicit thematic attachment to others.
4 stars for the "Noh cry / of pheasant", for the raincoated monkey, the cheeky self-referentiality, the "moon-wreathed / bamboo grove", the "sweet song / of non-attachment", the "frozen shadow", and the "chrysanthemum / silence".
"Wake, butterfly – / it's late, we've miles / to go together."