{"product_id":"haiku-mind-108-poems-to-cultivate-awareness-and-open-your-heart-9781590307588","title":"Haiku Mind: 108 Poems to Cultivate Awareness and Open Your Heart","description":"\u003cb\u003eA collection of 108 haiku poems to heighten awareness and deepen our appreciation for the ordinary in everyday life\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Haiku, the Japanese form of poetry written in just three lines, can be miraculous in its power to articulate the profundity of the simplest moment--and for that reason haiku can be a useful tool for bringing us to a heightened awareness of our lives. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Here, the poet Patricia Donegan shares her experience of the haiku form as a way of insight that anyone can use to slow down and uncover the beauty of ordinary moments. She presents 108 haiku poems--on themes such as honesty, transience, and compassion--and offers commentary on each as an impetus to meditation and as a key to unlocking the wonder in what we find right before us.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePatricia Donegan is a poet, translator, and promoter of haiku as an awareness practice. She was a faculty member of East-West poetics at Naropa University under Allen Ginsberg and Chögyam Trungpa; a student of Japanese haiku master Seishi Yamaguchi; and a Fulbright scholar to Japan. She is a meditation teacher, the poetry editor for\u003ci\u003e Kyoto Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, and a member of the Haiku Society of America. Her haiku works include\u003ci\u003e Haiku Mind\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003e 108 Poems to Cultivate Awareness and Open Your Heart\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Chiyo-ni: Woman Haiku Master\u003c\/i\u003e (co-translated with Yoshie Ishibashi), and\u003ci\u003e Haiku: Asian Arts for Creative Kids\u003c\/i\u003e. Her poetry collections include\u003ci\u003e Without Warning, Bone Poems, \u003c\/i\u003e and\u003ci\u003e Hot Haiku. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Shambhala","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50676574454034,"sku":"9781590307588","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_5b446718-025b-4c62-8181-14e0aa4246d9.jpg?v=1733882663","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/haiku-mind-108-poems-to-cultivate-awareness-and-open-your-heart-9781590307588","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}