FOUR SEASONS OF HAIKU

Haiku are lovely little nuggets of poetry, just three lines reflecting on nature and packing a surprise ending.  I like them because they help me slow down and breathe and because they're just so easy to fit into one's reading schedule.

This book--Four Seasons: Japanese Haiku Second Series--is from the '50s has four groups of haiku, each for a season, many written by some of the Japanese masters like Basho and Issa (here you can sign up for on Issa haiku a day in your inbox).  I got my copy at a swap meet during the spring and, as the calendar dictates, I have just started reading through summer (they're filled with loads of frogs and mosquitoes).