Haiku, Language, Thought is a new, expanded edition of Gilbert’s 2018 book on the poetic imagination, Poetry as Consciousness. The new edition contains commentary on almost 100 new haiku.
Why Haiku?
Although the focus of this book concerns poetic imagination as a whole, haiku are presented as a means to illustrate how the space of thought may be activated, or “performed” by both reader and writer—how certain phenomena of consciousness can be articulated within the barest minimum of text. Haiku open us to this thoughtspace quite mysteriously: Haiku often present novel dimensions of psychology, social commentary, and spirituality, enriching the mysterious relationship between poetry and consciousness. Haiku are codes to what we are becoming.
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From the Introduction
from MH 57.1 Book Review:
"Gilbert has produced a unique book that grapples with the hard question of why haiku touch us so deeply and how they can potentially transform us. Indeed, Gilbert has again sought to expand the boundaries of what we think English-language haiku should be or could be." ~Victor Ortiz
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