{"id":16133,"date":"2015-12-22T11:55:21","date_gmt":"2015-12-22T15:55:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.johnpaulcaponigro.com\/blog\/?p=16133"},"modified":"2025-04-23T09:22:52","modified_gmt":"2025-04-23T14:22:52","slug":"9-great-books-on-haiku","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.johnpaulcaponigro.com\/blog\/16133\/9-great-books-on-haiku\/","title":{"rendered":"10 Great Books On Haiku & Haibun"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Haiku_Recommended\"<\/a>
\nLooking for books on writing haiku poetry?
\nHere’s a list of books that I recommend.<\/p>\n

Six on writing and enjoying haiku.<\/p>\n

1 \u00a0 Haibun A Writer’s Guide<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>by Roberta Beary
\n2\u00a0 Writing and Enjoying Haiku: A Hands-on Guide<\/a><\/span>by Jane Reichhold
\n3 \u00a0 Haiku: A Poet’s Guide<\/a> <\/span>by Lee Gurga
\n4 \u00a0 The Haiku Handbook: How to Write, Share, and Teach Haiku<\/span><\/a> by William J. Higginson
\n5 \u00a0 The Haiku Seasons<\/a> <\/span>by William J. Higginson
\n6 \u00a0 How to Haiku: A Writer’s Guide to Haiku and Related Forms<\/span><\/a> by Bruce Ross
\n7 \u00a0 The Heart of Haiku<\/a> <\/span>by Jane Hirshfield<\/p>\n

Three\u00a0outstanding collections of haiku; two historic and one contemporary.<\/p>\n

8 \u00a0 The Sound of Water: Haiku by Basho, Buson, Issa, and Other Poets<\/span><\/a><\/span> translated by Sam Hamill
\n9 \u00a0 The Classic Tradition of Haiku: An Anthology<\/a><\/span> by Faubion Bowers
\n10\u00a0 \u00a0The Haiku Anthology<\/a><\/span> edited by Cor van den Heuvel<\/p>\n

Plus a collection of tanka.<\/p>\n

11\u00a0 \u00a0The Forest I Know<\/a> by Kala Ramesh<\/p>\n

Listen to my conversation with Natalie Goldberg here.<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Find my haiku here.<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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