Books
Enjoy these free comic books (pdf). For personal, non-commercial use.
Haiku-Comics | Anthology | Short Comics | NaHaiWriMo | 24 hour comics | Introduction to Haiku
Haiku-Comics
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The Goose24 pages, 8 1/2 X 5 1/2 in., 2015 A haiku poet is distracted by a goose who is more interested in eating his crops and destroying his field than hearing about poetry. Includes 25 haiku-comics inspired by the poems of Kobayashi Issa (translated by David G. Lanoue) |
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The Fly8 1/2 X 5 1/2 in. A haiku poet tries to get rid of a fly living in his hut. Contains 25 cartoons including 9 haiku-comics inspired by the poems of Kobayashi Issa.
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The Butterfly8 1/2 X 5 1/2 in. A butterfly looks for a home. Contains haiku-comics inspired by the poems of Kobayashi Issa. |
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Haiku-Comics24 pages, 8 1/2 X 5 1/2 in., 2015 Features forty haiku-comics inspired by the poems of Basho, Issa, Buson, and more! As seen on The Haiku Foundation blog.
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Anthology
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There's No White Belt in Haiku (collection)34 pages, 8 1/2 X 11, 2011 A compilation of my first comics. Contains the full episode of Kawazu meeting Basho, and the best of Students, Apprentice, Haiku lessons, and cherry blossoms. (A higher resolution file will be available soon.) |
Short comics
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Japanese Masters15 comics, 2014 A short selection of the best haiku comics featuring haiku by Japanese poets Issa, Chora, Basho and more. (These comics were later reprinted in my Haiku-Comics collection in 2015 |
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The Snail15 comics, 2014 Katatsuburi ("snail" in Japanese), thinks you're never too small to go on a big adventure. In Kobayashi Issa's haiku, he climbs Mount Fuji: little snail / inch by inch, climb / Mount Fuji! This collection features comics inspired by Kobayashi Issa's poems (translated by David G. Lanoue), plus a Bonus section of the NaHaiWriMo comics featuring Katatsuburi the snail. |
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A Haiku Poet is Born19 comics, 2014 A young tadpole poet observes the world around him. |
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Under the Cherry Tree55 comics, April-May 2011 Features haiku-comics creates during the Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival 2011. Kaeru and Kawazu go cherry blossom viewing (hanami) in Vancouver, British Columbia. |
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Learn Haiku with Old Pond Comics7 comics, 2011 A short selection of my first comics about learning haiku with cartoons. |
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The Master and the Apprentice7 comics, 2011 A short selection of my first comics about learning haiku with cartoons. |
NaHaiWriMo
National Haiku Writing Month
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Recipe for Disaster28 comics, February 2013. Features the 28 haiku-comics created during National Haiku Writing Month (NaHaiWriMo). |
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A Haiku A Day29 comics, February 2012. Features the 29 haiku-comics created during National Haiku Writing Month (NaHaiWriMo). |
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Uplifting31 comics, August 2012. Features the 31 haiku-comics created during National Haiku Writing Month (NaHaiWriMo). |
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There's No White Belt in Haiku28 comics, February 2011. Features the 28 haiku-comics created during the first National Haiku Writing Month (NaHaiWriMo).
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24 hour Comics
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Kaeru writes a haiku2014. Features comics written during 24 hour zine challenge. |
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The Sound of the WaterOctober 2010. In search of inspiration to finish a haiku, poet Basho asks a frog to jump in the pond, but the frog refuses to cooperate. Will Basho manage to finish his Old Pond poem before sunrise? Only the frog can tell. |
Introduction to Haiku (educational material)
Print and distribute these free handouts to your students (or download them for your reading pleasure)
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Haiku: a short introduction with cartoonsTo print double sided (or read them online)
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Click on the bookshelf to read Old Pond Comics for free on Calameo.
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