Summer. Haiku

Step into the world of Japanese poetry, where classic haiku will teach you to see the world around you with new eyes using simple and precise words. In the seasons “Winter,” “Summer,” “Autumn,” and “Spring,” edited by Professor Alexander Dolin, haiku come to life in a new way. “Summer” is the second part of the four-volume anthology “Japanese Seasons,” dedicated to landscape lyric poetry.

Haiku are a kind of verbal images, where the emphasis is on the exact and simple naming of objects, as if they were being called for the first time. This unique collection of Japanese poems was created by Professor Alexander Dolin, a well-known researcher and translator who lived and worked in Japan for many years. The book includes works by outstanding poets and haiku masters from the Middle Ages and the Silver Age.

Published by AST in 2025.