Haiku Mind: 108 Poems to Cultivate Awareness and Open Your Heart
Edited by Patricia Donegan
Shambhala (2008)
I enjoy reading good haiku very much. Sometimes I’m astonished by how much can be said with so few words. Good haiku is a direct result of understanding complex reality and stating it precisely, correctly and beautifully. Haiku can open windows to the reader’s present. With simple imagery, fine haiku presents crystalline moments of heightened awareness. A reminder to pause.
Patricia Donegan teaches creative writing in Toyko and is currently the poetry editor for the Kyoto Journal. Haiku Mind is not just an anthology of haiku poems, but rather spiritual reflections about what is behind the poem, i.e. meditations for the contemplation of the themes.
Each carefully chosen haiku and its reflection is followed by a brief author explanation. The included authors range from the expected classic poets to modern surprises.
This fine little book is a great gift and a jewel for a guest room bedside table.
poem 99.
Now
“Your shadow
on the page
the poem.”
-Cid Corman
(1924-2004)
American Minimalist Poet
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