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Sto caricando le informazioni... Baseball Haiku: The Best Haiku Ever Written about the Gamedi Cor Van Den Heuvel (A cura di), Nanae Tamura (A cura di)
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![]() Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. Baseball poetry rarely rises to the level of greatness. This is also true of topical haiku, which is usually bad, kitschy or both. Neither is true of any poem in this collection, which includes haiku from some of the great American haiku poets and excellent Japanese ones as well. Cor Van Den Heuvel's commentary only adds to the charm of this collection, which should have a place in every haiku library. nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
There are moments in every baseball game that make fans catch their breath: the pause while a pitcher looks in for the sign, the moment a cocksure rookie gets picked off first, or the instant a batter lashes a game-winning homer into the night sky, just before the sell-out crowd explodes onto its feet. Haiku captures these moments like no other poetic form, and Baseball Haiku captures the sights, the sounds, the smells, and the emotions of the game like no previous collection.Some of the most important haiku poets of both America and Japan are featured in this anthology; including Jack Kerouac, a longtime baseball fan who pioneered English-language haiku; Alan Pizzarelli, one of the top American haiku and senryu poets of the last thirty years; and Masaoka Shiki, one of the four great pillars of Japanese haiku--a towering figure--who was instrumental in popularizing baseball in Japan during the 1890s.With over two hundred poems spanning more than a century of ball playing, Baseball Haiku reveals the intricate ways in which this enduring and indelible sport--which is played on a field, under an open sky--has always been linked to nature and the seasons. And just as a haiku happens in a timeless now, so too does Baseball Haiku evoke those unforgettable images that capture the actions and atmospheres of the national pastime: each poem resonates like the lonely sound of cleats echoing in the tunnel as a grizzled veteran leaves his final game.The largest collection of haiku and senryu on baseball ever assembled, Baseball Haiku is an extraordinary treasure for any true baseball fan. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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![]() GeneriSistema Decimale Melvil (DDC)811.04108357Literature English (North America) American poetry Specific kinds of poetry {only by more than one author} Lyric, balladsClassificazione LCVotoMedia:![]()
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These are some favorites:
Rookie's first hit ---
picked off at first
(Bud Goodrich, 1919 ---)
geese flying north
the pitcher stops his windup
to watch
pitcher and catcher
head for the dugout
the batter stares at his bat
(both by Cor van den Heuvel, 1931 ---)
handsome pitcher
my eyes drift down
to the mound
(a delightful double entendre by one of the few female poets here, Brenda Gannam, 1950 ---)
the last kid picked
running his fastest
to right field
(Mike Dillon, 1950 ---)
rainy night
a hole in the radio
where a ball game should be
(Ed Markowski, 1954 ---)
my son runs toward
the budding tree ---
their first base
(Hoshino Tsunehiko, 1935 ---)
A delightful book on a field I had no idea existed, a thoughtful gift from an old friend who knows me well. (