From one of Japan's favorite haiku poets, this selection of his best works comes in both English and the original language, accompanied by a commentary and short biography written by a gifted and enthusiastic translator.
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Lewis Mackenzie (Duncan Lewis Mackenzie Macfarlane) first came to Japan as a child in a ship commanded by his father. After some years as a seafarer, he went ashore and worked in Indonesia and later Australia, where he was employed as a schoolmaster and also wrote verse for the Sydney Bulletin. Mackenzie spent several more years at sea before he and his wife moved to Japan in 1936. They lived in Tokyo and Kobe and made numerous excursions into the countryside. After serving in Malaya and New Guinea during World War II, he returned with his wife to Japan and lived in Yokohama from 1947 to 1962, again travelling a great deal in rural Japan. With his friend, Professor Toshio Namba--author of several books in Japanese on Robert Burns--Mackenzie has given talks on the similarities between the poetry of Issa and that of the Scottish poet. He now resides in Britain.
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I enjoy writing Haiku, and reading it even more. Issa is the best when it comes to basic Haiku...I can truly say, "I get it."
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New Year, Bird of Time New!
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This verse accompanies the self-portrait which appears on the title page. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New Year, Bird of Time New!
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Front Cover | Front Flap | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Flap | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- A Haiku Journey: Bashos Narrow Road to a Far Province (Illustrated Japanese Classics) by Matsuo Basho in Back Matter
- Lyrical Ballads (First Editions) by William Wordsworth in Front Matter
- A Cat, a Man, and Two Women (Japans Modern Writers) by Jun'ichiro Tanizaki in Back Matter
- Some Japanese Portraits by Donald Keene in Back Matter
- The Autumn Wind: A Selection from the Poems of Issa by Lewis MacKenzie in Back Matter
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