David Cope has written many non-fiction books and articles on music and artificial intelligence. The machine programs that created a great many of the haiku presented here are described in his upcoming book "The transcendent machine". -- cover.

No one said I could do it. No one said I should do it. Then I did it. This book holds the longest haiku ever written, using a syllable hack that will surely be highly debated for years to come. From the comedic mind of Joe Cabello, learn the very nature of what a haiku is and why it exists. This book will make you laugh, then make you cry (but if it makes you cry then laugh, that's good too) PLEASE NOTE: This book is one poem with the letter "m" repeated for over 65 pages. There is more content than the repeated "m," but the majority of the book will simply be that. It is an "artful joke" that will forever change the landscape of your coffee table.

The haiku of acclaimed novelist Richard Wright, written at the end of his...

Highlighting a lesser-known aspect of one of America's most influential authors, this new collection displays Jack Kerouac's interest in and mastery of haiku. Experimenting with this compact poetic genre throughout his career, Kerouac often included haiku in novels, correspondence, notebooks, journals, sketchbooks, and recordings. In this collection, Kerouac scholar Regina Weinreich supplements an incomplete draft of a haiku manuscript found in Kerouac's archives with a generous selection of Kerouac's other haiku, from both published and unpublished sources. With more than 500 poems, this is a must-have volume for Kerouac enthusiasts everywhere.

Presents haiku poetry about nature and the seasons.