Harold Gould Henderson citations

“Haiku…meditations…starting points for trains of thought”

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Harold Gould Henderson

An Introduction to Haiku.Double day New York 1958

“If, in reading translations, you come across a haiku that does not convey to you any emotion at all, do not blame yourself or the poet. Blame it on the translator!”

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Harold Gould Henderson

Haiku in English'. Charles E. Tuttle 1967

“If, after proper study, a verse does not clearly convey the circumstances and/or the emotion involved, it is not a haiku.”

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Harold Gould Henderson

Haiku in English'. Charles E. Tuttle 1967