Seeds from a Birch Tree: Writing Haiku and the Spiritual Journey

Name: Seeds from a Birch Tree: Writing Haiku and the Spiritual Journey
Brand: Hyperion

Hyperion

Seeds from a Birch Tree: Writing Haiku and the Spiritual Journey Strand, Clark\n\nProduct Overview\nIn the pages of Seeds from a Birch Tree, Clark Strand redefines haiku as a\nliterary art in English, and explains how to use the practice of writing and\nreading haiku as a form of meditation and as a path to self-awareness.\nThroughout this remarkable book, Strand provides specific examples of great\nhaiku and the spiritual qualities they contain, and includes a few simple\nexercises to help you get started in composing your own haiku. But Seeds from\na Birch Tree is not only a book about writing haiku. It also follows Strand's\npassage from haiku novice to a place of understanding, both of haiku and of\nhimself. Along the way, he shares his personal experiences as a Zen student, a\nZen Buddhist monk, and a haiku teacher. Read more\n\nDetails\n\n--Publisher \u200F : \u200E Hyperion Books\n--Publication date \u200F : \u200E 1 July 1997\n--Language \u200F : \u200E English\n--Print lengt-