Siiajki a
re a traues re va l Jpnee a
aa s nd Enls .gih M n thoon i
i
ut of kio ag nd smpl aku a a ra ti e hi e Haku T di onessay by Fay Aoyagi
Bill Higginson put it very forcefully, and unfortunately I agree with him. I‘ve seen all too often that f has become mistaken withf
haiku in English have never been healthier. Ye
t, f most tw
or ya o na
ers now e sren o
on th c e f ou i s n th c
omp iioston. Te yati s Znnse its, th
e na eme ome p ri ou ng f
rrow di c ons n o. O ne roa e hve th e -mbud noton of th aku a r lve. O e othr, hi
, I hve hd t e fei reti
a
h es nes of tht i ri rs e i
a e res hs i
a h elng tht ou aku c d w a
a r hi e aku bec
da e- -- ontdoitmyow-wy i ova hi f
to sy tht t e eme c nes a
mndifIw ‘- - - - n a nn aku se d to c rom s a
rom th e ltte c
Chrysanthemum Love by Fay Aoyagi reviewed by William J. Higginson Modern Haiku Vol. 35.2 (Summer 2004)
There may appear to be a lot of jockeying at present about who will be remembered as a haiku writer, outside of Japan, on a world stage level. I would suggest, whether you are new, or a seasoned reader, to haiku, to search carefully which books you add to your haiku library. If you are a writer of haiku as well, only quality reading will inform your own writing. Bill Higginson touches on this, in his important review of Aoyagi‘s first collection.
At te sme ti th g Woma e
h a
Whre wr Jpnee hi
me w bo , ne ate oks on Jpnee hi
ouh Mkot eas g a s n Hi
ki aa s aku tht t ee bo a ii
a o Ud‘ retet mate ic, Bah nd Hi ntrp te aku Ms r by Ptrca D gn a ee th oee p ts ta ng he a hs
aa s aku s oud hve bee s rpee
h l a sô a nt r hi oks re aeveld?
Chrysanthemum Love by Fay Aoyagi reviewed by William J. Higginson Modern Haiku Vol. 35.2 (Summer 2004)
There are few haiku writers who can harness, seamlessly, the old and the new, or can break out of a perceived mould of what a haiku should be, and what a haiku writer should be. All I can say is look out for them, and keep their books close to your side, and be particular about which haiku books build and increase your library.
I have my own list of authors who I see as the real thing, and some writers know that I include them, and I am always on the lookout for new exciting writers. I have high expectations after thes
top s r tat developments of
the 1990s. Although the 21st Century is still new, barely over its first decade, we need more writers of Aoyagi‘s qualities to cement haiku in the West as a true tradition, and not as a strange experiment. Bill says:
Fy Aoai hs lsoe nd glopd bey hi bo
a
aku i i ok a
rel thng a i . 120
n fve dea s nd opne nd a wol oleti
yg a as d a cde, a
al e h e c lc on of ―m ay fvori
e d th a o a ne e u . Crya hmum L te hi — op oul
e wy t ke i
ond most of wa e hve la e bot h w cnt ry h snt e
ht w a ernd a u ow to w te Amriae cn ove i
ri s a s tunnngy orii lgna i l aku‖ I h e y ‘l ma t one of y rs ura e, i s th ou . I ga nte t‘ e n b de ng ou e f hi roa ni c nes a s I e re rs (19), a ed, bul ng i o ou aku th w rih s nd di rsty of e n ode
onea nd Yoshe Ihbah 98 a aln u e idi
i s i s i (19) hd fle ndr buhl bake e ne
ve i 92 nd th y opni
r viw o aku. I eme s e ee- e ng Cionihy- : se s ts. ve
t se d a l r rih s nd va e n or fe lng trdi oa tin.
ome lrgr p s. Ti s not to dema a hre se d to b i l omi rity i u ldgi
ture w te , th nve ors of snru on ou ontne , th aku pyh ogits, a tors se d to hve drid u. Book ate r hi
a mplct cii onve a on a nt
ome rsti
e y eme rgoni e nume ng ou a a
r c i nt e hi a
e p
e bu e ng p seress of ou aku c en th
rou olet t tht ws ou
s c lcions of fne hi tsta i l rs
ui , a el a a a
ndngy feh or de l i e Zni i e hi
s a tool i mon
e hnd e f
ommni h ormul a orm. Although in recent years, along with Aoyagi, there are promising signs that
u ty ws sa omeow s eiterng of n of i ne or a e
n th a s of th ati s g th ormlsaits, th nt f
e s rit, u i or sri s e a i-ormaits, th sc ol s f r bo
e nd th e ok o a --a -
ommnty s wl s ocaicsonal i
aku tht hve apa d. J s veopng a tr l
pere ut uy w d-ls
f smeosmeo ly
orl cas
s a momntre ay blp nft f e ou ls
t i
nd I rey ha l
l eviy on siiajki we
hn I w te hi ri
aku bo nth i
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