Book Description
This seminal volume is the first collection of contemporary haiku from the war-torn Balkans available in English. Over 2500 poems in 23 languages were considered and translated to arrive at this volume featuring 125 poets and nearly 200 poems. The volume also marks the movement of poets away from Japanese models to a more contemporary and international style of writing.
About the Author
Dimitar Anakiev is a poet and chess master living in Slovenia. He edits the haiku journal "Green Apples" and is widely published, mainly in Serbian. Jim Kacian is current editor of "Frogpond," the international journal of the Haiku Society of America. He is also editor in chief of the best-selling Red Moon Haiku Anthology series, and is the author of 4 books of haiku.
