Applause for a Cloud
Sayumi Kamakuraās Applause for a Cloud uses the haiku form to attend to everyday life with a cosmological acuteness, invoking wonder on macro and micro scales.
Sayumi Kamakura juxtaposes a surreal dailiness with a cosmological acuteness, invoking wonder on macro and micro scales. The paradoxical frictions in her work resolve into moments of lucidity just as often as they perplex. Although she writes in the haiku tradition, her poems detour from the conventional parameters for haiku, such as syllabic restrictions and a fixed seasonal reference. Her flexible approach to the long-standing form allows her to explore new emotional frequencies across a range of subject matter. The bookās four sectionsāeveryday life in Japan, experiences in Morocco and Italy, her husbandās cancer diagnosis, and reflections on the pandemicāreveal the preoccupations of a poet invested in rendering her experiences with a mix of traditional and contemporary motifs alongside a subtle wit. The natural world is always close at hand, yet Kamakura does not merely depict phenomena. She creates moments of stillness that usher the reader into her inner world.
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| ISBN : 9781939568991 | |
| BY (AUTHOR) Kamakura, Sayumi, TRANSLATED BY Shea, James | |
| PUBLISHER : Black Ocean | PUBLICATION DATE : May 15, 2025 |
| COUNTRY OF PUBLICATION : United States | IMPRINT : Black Ocean |
| LANGUAGE : English | AGE : General |
| PRODUCT FORM : Paperback / softback | |
PRODUCT CATEGORY :
Biography, Literature & Literary studies
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Sayumi Kamakuraās Applause for a Cloud uses the haiku form to attend to everyday life with a cosmological acuteness, invoking wonder on macro and micro scales.
Sayumi Kamakura juxtaposes a surreal dailiness with a cosmological acuteness, invoking wonder on macro and micro scales. The paradoxical frictions in her work resolve into moments of lucidity just as often as they perplex. Although she writes in the haiku tradition, her poems detour from the conventional parameters for haiku, such as syllabic restrictions and a fixed seasonal reference. Her flexible approach to the long-standing form allows her to explore new emotional frequencies across a range of subject matter. The bookās four sectionsāeveryday life in Japan, experiences in Morocco and Italy, her husbandās cancer diagnosis, and reflections on the pandemicāreveal the preoccupations of a poet invested in rendering her experiences with a mix of traditional and contemporary motifs alongside a subtle wit. The natural world is always close at hand, yet Kamakura does not merely depict phenomena. She creates moments of stillness that usher the reader into her inner world.
PRODUCT DETAILS :
| ISBN : 9781939568991 | |
| BY (AUTHOR) Kamakura, Sayumi, TRANSLATED BY Shea, James | |
| PUBLISHER : Black Ocean | PUBLICATION DATE : May 15, 2025 |
| COUNTRY OF PUBLICATION : United States | IMPRINT : Black Ocean |
| LANGUAGE : English | AGE : General |
| PRODUCT FORM : Paperback / softback | |
PRODUCT CATEGORY :
Biography, Literature & Literary studies
* This is a fixed price item. Promo codes, coupons, special online offers and promotions, VIP or member's discount cannot be used in conjunction with this item.
