Writers in Kyoto

Category: Poetry

Zen poems

  • By John Dougill
A collection of poetry from a Zen monk and potter.

Basho in Saga

  • By John Dougill
Translation and commentary on Basho's haiku, renku, prose, and letters.

On Kyoto

  • By John Dougill
A collection of poetry on Kyoto with commentary and links to more extensive commentary.

Buson at Basho-an

  • By John Dougill
A collection of six haiku written by Buson presumably during literary events at Konpukuji.

Buson on Kyoto

  • By John Dougill
An extensive collection in both Japanese and English of poetry on Kyoto by Buson.

Three poems

  • By John Dougill
Poems on the sea, the sun, and the wind from A.J. Dickinson.

Basho in Zeze

  • By John Dougill
Commentary and poems from Basho in Zeze.

Hailstone Haiku Circle

  • By John Dougill
An introduction to the Hailstone Haiku Circle, founded by Stephen Gill.

Basho’s Shijo haibun

  • By John Dougill
A Basho haibun and commentary.

Introducing Jeff Robbins

  • By John Dougill
Q&A with Jeff Robbins on his translations and compilations of Basho.

Book Review: Kyoto-Dwelling, by Edith Shiffert

  • By John Dougill
Description and link to one of Edith Shiffert’s poetry collections.

Basho’s links with Kyoto

  • By John Dougill
Basho's haiku on Kyoto with commentary.

Margaret Chula’s haiku

  • By John Dougill
An introduction to the haiku of Margaret Chula mostly written in the 1980's and 1990's when she resided in Kyoto.

Kyoto places in haiku

  • By John Dougill
A list of Kyoto places as they appear in haiku.

Shiki and Buson on Kyoto

  • By John Dougill
A collection of poems on Kyoto temples and shrines.

Issa on Kyoto

  • By John Dougill
A very extensive collection in both Japanese and English of poetry on Kyoto by Issa. Includes commentary.

Basho on Kyoto

  • By John Dougill
A collection of poems from Basho in both English and Japanese.

Harold Stewart’s beloved old walls

  • By John Dougill
An introduction to Harold Stewart and a few of his poems.

Two Poets Event

  • By John Dougill
Summary of WIK event with poets Mark Richardson and Mark Scott.

Introducing Edith Shiffert

  • By John Dougill
An introduction to Edith Shiffert and three of her poems.

May

  • By John Dougill
A poem from Gary Snyder's book entitled The Back Country, published in 1968.

Kyoto Journals

  • By John Dougill
Notes from Gary Snyder's Kyoto journals between March and June 1959. Extracts are taken from Kyoto Journal No. 24, 'Of All the Wild Sakura'. 

Wisdom Crazed Poet

  • By John Dougill
A collection of poems from A.J. Dickinson.

Kathmandu earthquake

  • By John Dougill
A poem connecting Kathmandu and Kyoto.

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