elizabethlk's review against another edition
4.0
Haiku: This Other World by Richard Wright was a fascinating book to read in multiple ways. Many of the haiku themselves were beautiful, funny, or intriguing, and while there is obviously no way I'd love all 817 of them featured I enjoyed a great many of them. The introduction provided by Julia Wright, Richard Wright's daughter, shares many fascinating details about Wright that I wasn't familiar with (from his health struggles to the over four thousand haiku he wrote in the last two years of his life). The notes and afterword from Yoshinobu Hakutani and Robert L. Tener provide so much more information about the history/culture and form/style around haiku than I expected, and it was very interesting to read.
Overall, this was a good book to meander through. I enjoyed the poetry and the extra information was really interesting and educational. Recommended!
Overall, this was a good book to meander through. I enjoyed the poetry and the extra information was really interesting and educational. Recommended!
autumn_dannay's review against another edition
3.0
An interesting volume of poetry. All of the poetry is technically and skillfully written. Learning more about Richard Wright was heartbreaking.
lekha's review against another edition
4.0
Wright truly can write!
Enchanted by the beauty
Of this collection.
Here are a few of my favourites:
The barking of dogs
Is deepening the yellow
Of the sunflowers.
A spring moon so round
That my fingers are itching
To touch its sharp edge.
Suddenly one spring
She did not skip any more,
And her eyes grew grave.
The spring hills grow dim,
Today joining other days,
Days gone, days to come.
August noon hour:
All the objects of the world
Digesting shadows.
Enchanted by the beauty
Of this collection.
Here are a few of my favourites:
The barking of dogs
Is deepening the yellow
Of the sunflowers.
A spring moon so round
That my fingers are itching
To touch its sharp edge.
Suddenly one spring
She did not skip any more,
And her eyes grew grave.
The spring hills grow dim,
Today joining other days,
Days gone, days to come.
August noon hour:
All the objects of the world
Digesting shadows.
mayastone's review against another edition
reflective
sad
slow-paced
2.0
This book taught me something about myself, I have a limit as to how many Haiku poems I can read before it gets tiresome. The fault is mine not the poets, after all "Haiku" is in the title. Still, I found little here other than someone (mostly) following a pattern.
cmleejim's review against another edition
5.0
Every single one of these were breathtaking. Visceral imagery short and sweet. Richard Wright is amazing
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