Frogments from the Frag Pool: Haiku After Basho (Paperback)

by Gary Barwin (Author), Derek Beaulieu (Author)

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"....Here b and B take on B, with echoes of bp, in a way that honours Basho....." -- Erin Moure

"Delightful....This book is a grand addition to the reverberation of Basho’s splash." -- Nelson Ball, author of At the Edge of the Frog Pond

Product Description
Gary Barwin and derek beaulieu’s seamless cross-Canada collaboration has resulted in frogments from the frag pool: haiku after Basho. This collection of poetry mixes joy with rigour, playfulness with contemplation, and the absurd with poetic passion. Barwin and beaulieu have created poetry that is wise, witty, and wry. Filled with translations, responses, remixes, and new takes on Matsuo Basho’s famous frog haiku, frogments from the frag pool exuberantly ripples genre, expectation, and meaning.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 111 pages
• Publisher: Mercury Press (October 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1551281120
• ISBN-13: 978-1551281124
• Product Dimensions: 5.6 x 5.6 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #4,166,576 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Tour de Force Of Visuals & Haiku Based on A Famous Poem , February 22, 2006

By	Marvin A. Sackner (Miami, FL USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

The authors have twisted Basho's Frog Haiku into an outstanding collection of witty puns, permutations, and visual poems. The poems are a great read of the authors' creative playfulness and the visual poems formed by hand drawn letters have a wry sense of humor. It's not a usual haiku collection but one that engages the reader in visual/verbal contemplation. I highly recommend it.