Basho, M (1966), Trans. N. Yuasa. The Narrow Road to the Deep North. New York:Penguin

Blyth, R.H. (1963 and 1964). A History of Haiku (in two volumes). Tokyo: Hokuseido Press.

Blyth, R.H. (1981-1982). Haiku (in four volumes). Tokyo: Hokuseido Press

Henderson, H.G. (1958). An Introduction to Haiku. Garden City, NY:Doubleday/Anchor.

Higginson, W.J. & Harper, P. (1989) The Haiku Handbook. Tokyo: Kodansha International.

Shirane, H. (1998) Traces of Dreams: Landscapes, Cultural Memory, and the Poetry of Basho. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press.

Yasuda, K. (1957) The Japanese Haiku. Tokyo: Charles E. Tuttle.

van den Heuvel, C., Ed. (1974) The Haiku Anthology. Garden City, NY: Doubleday/Anchor.

CHAPTER ON HAIKU:

Suzuki, D. (1959). "Zen and Haiku," in Zen and Japanese Culture, NY: Pantheon, pp217-267.

RESEARCH ARTICLE ON HAIKU:

Blasko, D.G. & Merski, D.W. (1998) Haiku Poetry and Metaphorical Thought: An Invitation to Interdisciplinary Study. Creativity Research Journal 11:39-46.

HAIKU JOURNALS:

Modern Haiku (1969-)

Frogpond. (1978-) Official publication of the Haiku Society of America.

RELEVANT BOOKS AND RESEARCH ARTICLES:

Anderson, C.M. & MacCurdy, M.M. (Eds.) (2000). Writing & Healing. Urbana, IL; National Council of Teachers of English.

Dossey, L. (1993) Healing Words. San Francisco: Harper-Collins.

Pennebaker, J.W. (1990) Opening Up: The Healing Power of Confiding in Others. New York: Morrow.

Pennebaker, J.W. (1995) Emotion, Disclosure, and Health. Washington, D.C.: American Psychological Association.

Pennebaker, J.W. & Segal, J.D. (1999) "Forming a Story: The Health Benefits of Narrative." Journal of Clinical Psychology 55:1243-1254.