{"product_id":"poetry-of-chiyoni","title":"Poetry Of Chiyoni By Donegan, Patricia","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"Patricia Donegan and Yoshie Ishibashi are to be deeply thanked for having given us with such articulate care a poetry major in any language and in any place or time.\"\u003c\/i\u003e —Robert Creeley, poet\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChiyo-ni (1703-1775), also known as Kaga no Chiyo, is Japan''s most celebrated female haiku poet. A student of Basho''s disciples, she worked in an age when haiku was largely a male domain. As a poet, painter, and Buddhist nun, she lived a vibrant life while creating poems of crystalline clarity and delicate sensuality. This volume presents more than one hundred of her finest seasonal haiku, renku (linked verse) and haibun (travel poems).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe collected poems include:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003emorning glory\u003cbr\u003ethe well bucket entangled\u003cbr\u003eI ask for water\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ea hundred gourds\u003cbr\u003efrom the heart\u003cbr\u003eof one vine\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003erouged lips \u003cbr\u003eforgotten—\u003cbr\u003eclear spring water\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThese luminous, lucidly translated \"haiku moments\" give the reader an intimate experience of Chiyo-ni''s remarkable vision—and bid us to stop and appreciate each moment of our lives. Handsomely illustrated with artwork by Chiyo-ni and others, the volume also includes illuminating essays on her life and art, informative notes, and a glossary of haiku-related terms.","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57584866918782,"sku":"NW9784805318669","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9784805318669.jpg?v=1785114343","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/en-usa\/products\/poetry-of-chiyoni","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}