haiku research

Newest essays —                                    

Haiku and the Perception of the Unique
February 14, 2014  
 
Haiku and “What Thought is Like”
February 16, 2014  
 

Book —                                    

The Disjunctive Dragonfly:
A New Approach to English-Language Haiku
Autumn 2013  
 
Author Index

A revised and much-expanded (132 page) update of the decade-old essay (cf. Modern Haiku Journal 35:2).

The book contains 275 haiku by 135 authors, and includes several new sections, including a comparative discussion of strong and weak styles of disjunction in excellent haiku, and a presentation of seven newly coined "strong reader-resistance" disjunctive categories. A rationale is given for the elimination of the term "gendai" in English-language haiku criticism, and a new term, "H21 haiku" is proposed as a suitable replacement.
Red Moon Press

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Kaneko Tohta Series (4 Volumes) —

Kon Nichi Haiku Translation Group
March 2011 — December 2012

Ikimonofûei: Poetic Composition on Living
Things, a monograph by Kaneko Tohta (vol. 1)

The Future of Haiku, an Interview
with Kaneko Tohta (vol. 2)

Selected Haiku 1937-1960,
of Kaneko Tohta (vol. 3)

Selected Haiku 1961-2012,
of Kaneko Tohta (vol. 4)
Red Moon Press  
 

Poems of Consciousness
Contemporary Japanese
and English-language Haiku
in Cross-cultural Perspective
March 2008, Red Moon Press  
 

Longer papers —            

Plausible Deniability: Nature as Hypothesis
in English-language Haiku
9800 words  
PDF
In Poems of Consciousness, and
PALA 2007 Conference Proceedings
Forthcoming, Stylistic Studies of Literature
(S. Kumamoto & M. Hori, eds., Summer, 2008)  
 
Kigo and Seasonal Reference:
Cross-cultural Issues in Anglo-American Haiku
5400 words  
PDF
A discussion of differences between season words as used in English-language haiku, and kigo within the Japanese literary context.  
 
Kumamoto Studies in English Language and Literature 49, Kumamoto University, March 2006; revised from
Simply Haiku, 3.3  
 
The Miraculous Power of Language:
A Conversation with the Poet
Hoshinaga Fumio
7000 words  
PDF
An interview with acclaimed haiku poet
Hoshinaga Fumio, at 70.  
Also online:
Modern Haiku, 35.3
Autumn 2004  
 
 
Hoshinaga Fumio:
Selected Haiku from Kumaso-Ha
2500 words  
PDF
As a compliment to the above interview. The two articles combined offer 22 haiku translations, with commentary.  
Modern Haiku, 35.3
Autumn 2004  
 
 
The Disjunctive Dragonfly:
A Study of Disjunctive Method and Definitions in Contemporary English-language Haiku
11,700 words  
March 2004. Revised & updated, December 2007  
PDF
The goal of this paper is to offer expanded definitions and concepts for what "proper haiku" in English may be.  
 
Kumamoto Studies in English Language and Literature 47, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan, March 2004 (27-66). Adapted and revised in:
Modern Haiku, 35.2 (21-44)  
 
 

Reviews & Articles —                

Frogpond 27:2
Summer 2004  
 
 
Short article
Beyond the Near Distance:
Horizon by Rajiv Lather  
Frogpond 27:1
Spring 2004  
 
 
Review
A Future Waterfall: Second Sight  
Frogpond 24:3
Autumn 2001  
 
 
Short article
Universalism vs. Particularism
in International Haiku  
Haiku Novine, Yugoslavia
Spring 1999  
 

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haiku research

 

Longer papers —                       
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The Distinct Brilliance of Zappai
5200 words  
PDF
An explanation of the cultural
significance of zappai, and argument for
its removal from the HSA definitions of haiku  
Also online:
Simply Haiku 3.1
Spring 2005  
 
 
March 2000
Haiku Metrics and Issues of Emulation:
New Paradigms for Japanese and English
Haiku Form
17,500 words  
PDF  
Language Issues: Journal of the Foreign Language Education Center. Prefectural University of Kumamoto, Kumamoto, Japan.  
 
 
March 1999
Stalking the Wild Onji
8300 words  
PDF  
Frogpond 22: Supplement  
 
 
6 Articles on Kigo in haiku