The Essential Haiku: Versions of Basho, Buson, & Issa (Essential Poets)
An exquisite collection of the finest works of three distinct  masters of the haiku tradition:Matsuo Basho(the ascetic and seeker), Yosa Buson  (the artist), andKobayashi Issa(the humanist).The editor, Robert Hass, United States poet laureate, is the author of several books of poetry includingHuman Wishesas well as a book of criticismTwentieth Century Pleasures, for which he received The National Book Critics Circle Award. The book is one of the larger series of poetry collections,Essential Poets Seriespublished by Ecco Press.