Overview
An American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian Anthology of short poetry including the haiku (three-line poem), senryu (three-line poem), and tanka (five-line poem). The book will also include chants, songs and other short poems that may be similar in style. The short prose in the book will embody the haibun, short passages that end with a short poem (typically a haiku).
Why a book of short poetry?
The short form is a very traditional form of poetry by Native people. Many Native chants, poetry, and “dream songs” as Gerald Vizenor calls them are very akin to the haiku, tanka, and other Japanese forms. The Koyukon (Athabaskan) Riddle-Poems are another traditional form akin to the 5-line tanka. Like the Japanese, we too have been handing down short poetry for centuries through oral traditions. The details of this connection and similarity will be included in the book’s introduction.
— Donna Beaver, Editor
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An American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian Anthology of short poetry including the haiku (three-line poem), senryu (three-line poem), and tanka (five-line poem). The book will also include chants, songs and other short poems that may be similar in style. The short prose in the book will embody the haibun, short passages that end with a short poem (typically a haiku).
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