This is the only translation of the work of this important haiku poet in English. Buson (1716-1783), along with Basho and Issa, is recognised as one of the three Japanese masters of the haiku. In addition to a large selection of haiku, the book also includes a selection of Buson's prose and a critical introduction.

Este libro ofrece un analisis variacionista de la expresion verbal de lo futuro en el espanol de la comunidad de habla bilingue castellano-catalan de Valencia. Se investigan tres variantes: futuro morfologico, futuro perifrastico y presente prospectivo, y los resultados se comparan con los obtenidos en otras comunidades monolingues y bilingues del ambito hispanico. Junto a este estudio comparativo que permite conocer el paradigma alternante en el espanol de ambos lados del Atlantico, la obra aporta nuevos modelos para el tratamiento estadistico de los datos. Frente al programa empleado tradicionalmente en el Variacionismo, Goldvarb, se muestran las ventajas de Rbrul y del paquete SPSS; entre ellas, eliminar los knock-out y realizar analisis de regresion logistica multinomial. Tras identificar los factores internos y externos que estimulan cada marca temporal de futuro, se confirma el cambio en marcha favorable al futuro perifrastico y se corrobora el proceso lento de una doble gramaticalizacion: valor modal del futuro morfologico y valor temporal del futuro perifrastico.

Quintessential classical Japanese haiku - selected and translated by one of America's premier poet-translators - now available in a pocket edition. In this collection of haiku, translator Sam Hamill has compiled the best from the tradition, spanning the sixteenth through nineteenth centuries, with particular focus on the three great masters: Bash, Buson, and Issa. Based on images from nature, the poems address the themes of joy, temporality, beauty, wonder, loneliness, and loss.

Shane Buzon is a versatile artist, a rockclimber, a devoted teacher and mom of two wonderful girls. Art has always been a part of Shane's life. She has been drawing and painting since she was about four years old. Her artworks have been exhibit around Italy. What she paints is connected to things she loves; portraits, landscapes, climbing and nature. She's passionate about children illustration, nature and recycled crafts. Shane began climbing in 1999 and has been active ever since. Climbing has brought her to beautiful places around the world. It also leads her to work at Camp Explore which brought her exuberance and skills in teaching about nature through outdoor games and art activities. Through this sport, she also met her husband, Oscar Amici., a well-established climber in Italy. She now lives in Ravenna, Italy with her family currently inspiring her students through her skills and creativity.

"Lovers of haiku will rejoice at the arrival of this book, the first complete translation of the collected haiku of Yosa Buson...rendered into English with obvious care and devotion...Through Buson we realize what haiku is best at expressing--this moment's experience, bare facts, simple observations, elegant statements of 'thus-ness.'"--"Inquiring Mind"

"Having W.S. Merwin and Takako Lento as co-translators of this book is close to ideal, and this is the best English translation of haiku that has ever been published. Their English translations are accurate and poetic and there is nothing better for introducing this great poet."--Donald Keene, "Anahorish Japanese Literature"

"For a translator to be faithful and readable, as Mr. Merwin always is, is no small achievement."--"The New York Times"

"From Latin to Russian to Japanese, translator W.S. Merwin]'s oeuvre suggests an intrepid quality as well as a scrutinizing sympathy."--"Boston Review"

This is the first complete bilingual (Japanese/English) translation of the "Buson Kushu, " a comprehensive collection of the haiku of Yosa Buson (1716-83). Buson's haiku brim with paradox: they are bawdy yet delicate, sparse yet powerful. W.S. Merwin and Takako Lento worked for a decade to co-translate these poems into English-language versions as luminous as the original Japanese. An essential volume of world literature.

"187"

"keisei wa
nochi no yo kakete
hanami kana"

"Courtesans come out
to see the cherry blossoms
as though they were betting on their next life"

Yosa Buson (1716-1783) was one of the great poets of Japan's Edo period. His work is technically adroit and finely attuned to visual details. A true maverick of interdisciplinary arts, Buson was also founder of the "haiga"--a small watercolor or black-and-white painting bordered by a haiku.

W.S. Merwin was US Poet Laureate from 2010-11 and won his second Pulitzer Prize for "The Shadow of Sirius "(Copper Canyon Press, 2009) and the National Book Award for "Migration: New and Selected Poems "(Copper Canyon Press, 2005). He lives in Hawaii and France.

Co-translator Takako Lento holds an MFA in poetry and translation from the Iowa Writers' Workshop.

Cosa ci rende davvero vivi? E il battito del cuore? La nostra ragione, oppure le emozioni che proviamo? Forse tutto questo non e abbastanza e bisogna cercare la risposta in una dimensione diversa. Ognuno di noi ha la possibilita di vivere in maniera piena e straordinaria, anche nelle condizioni piu difficili, scoprendo cio che ci rende veramente liberi e vincenti. Ma per fare questo bisogna essere pronti a polverizzare le regole, a ribaltare le prospettive e ad abbattere religioni, filosofie e tradizioni. Significa scegliere di dare fiducia alla follia, per riuscire a guardare oltre i limiti del corpo e le illusioni della mente. "Il serpente e la colomba" ci accompagna in un cammino di profonda trasformazione personale attraverso un messaggio semplice, ma potente, capace di cambiare concretamente qualunque vita e portare in un luogo dove ogni paura svanisce. Nessuna teoria, nessun segreto; solamente la certezza di un'esperienza realmente vissuta che traccia una via alla portata di tutti.