POEMS OF TANEDA SANTOKA
“Haiku that seem like haiku aren’t bad. But haiku that don’t seem like haiku - that’s what I want these days.” Taneda Santoka wrote this in his journal on December 8, 1936. The desire for invention and forward motion was a theme throughout Santoka’s life and poems:
I go in
still
the blue mountains
Santoka’s work can appear spare, even anemic. However, each poem is firmly dug in - small offerings to be read and re-read - dark generosities:
The house I was born in
nothing
fireflies
Poems of Taneda Santoka is a short and varied collection of Santoka’s haiku. Each translation is accompanied by the original Japanese text and English transliteration (romaji).
Author: Taneda Santoka
Translator: Anthony Opal
Language: Japanese / English
ISBN: 978-1-7375909-3-4
“Haiku that seem like haiku aren’t bad. But haiku that don’t seem like haiku - that’s what I want these days.” Taneda Santoka wrote this in his journal on December 8, 1936. The desire for invention and forward motion was a theme throughout Santoka’s life and poems:
I go in
still
the blue mountains
Santoka’s work can appear spare, even anemic. However, each poem is firmly dug in - small offerings to be read and re-read - dark generosities:
The house I was born in
nothing
fireflies
Poems of Taneda Santoka is a short and varied collection of Santoka’s haiku. Each translation is accompanied by the original Japanese text and English transliteration (romaji).
Author: Taneda Santoka
Translator: Anthony Opal
Language: Japanese / English
ISBN: 978-1-7375909-3-4