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Frogments from the Frag Pool: Haiku After Basho

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Gary Barwin and derek beaulieu?s seamless collaboration has resulted in frogments from the frag haiku after Basho . This collection of poetry mixes joy with rigour, playfulness with contemplation, and the absurd with pure poetic passion. Barwin and beaulieu have created poetry that is wise, witty, and wry. Filled with translations, responses, remixes, and new takes on Matsuo Basho?s famous frog haiku, frogments from the frag pool exuberantly ripples genre,expectation,and meaning. Prepare to be splashed by this pool!

111 pages, Paperback

First published October 1, 2005

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Gary Barwin

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GARY BARWIN is a writer, composer, and multidisciplinary artist and the author of 21 books of poetry, fiction and books for children. His bestselling novel [Book: Yiddish for Pirates] won the 2017 Stephen Leacock Medal for Humour and was a Governor General’s Award and Scotiabank Giller Prize finalist and has recently been longlisted for the Leacock Medal. His latest poetry collection is No TV for Woodpeckers His work has appeared widely in journals, including Poetry (Chicago), The Walrus and the Paris Review blog. A finalist for the National Magazine Awards (Poetry), he is a three-time recipient of Hamilton Poetry Book of the Year, and has also received the Hamilton Arts Award for Literature. He is was Writer-in-Residence at Western University and the London Public Library and is currently Art Forms Writer-in-residence for at-risk youth and will be Writer-in Residence at McMaster University and the Hamilton Public Library in 2017-2018. Barwin lives in Hamilton, Ontario and at garybarwin.com

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Author 1 book7 followers
September 4, 2013
frogments takes after Basho’s frog haiku, which goes something like there’s a frog, an old pond, and a sound when the frog leaps in. But does the frog leap into the pond? Or does the pond leap into the frog? And where does the sound leap? Barwin and Beaulieu are only too happy to spend just over one-hundred pages exploring the implications of questions like these, and the result is a parade of plips and plops, hardcore frog-pond polyphony. Some of the poems are immediately satisfying — “old frog / leap from the water / soundlessly / still the rippling mind” — while others leave more to ponder (ha). Diagrams appear every several pages or so; there are visual anagrams, superimposed word things, and even a crossword (and more). All of this, and each page measures a small 5.75 x 5.75 inches. That makes the book about as large as a lily pad (it’s green too). If you own a pet frog buy this book no question.
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January 27, 2022
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These poems res(pond) not only to Matsuo Bashō's haiku, but are equally homages to the translation work of Dom Sylvester Houédard, Steve McCaffery, jwcurry, and bpNichol. Thanks must be made for their teaching, poetry, and influence.
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Author 7 books53 followers
December 26, 2019
old pond
wants to be
left alone

A lot of ponds. A lot of frogs. A lot of Basho. A quirky and experimental haiku collection between Barwin and Beaulieu. Fast-paced and fun.
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