In this new collection of witty poems, written in Irish, but presented here with the author's own English language translations, Rosenstock continues his exploration of the meeting points between western and eastern spiritual paths.

In Haiku, the Gentle Art of Disappearing, a renowned Irish poet shows us how haiku may be used as a powerful tool for spiritual interpenetration. This implies that we divest ourselves of the ever-chattering mind, shed the voracious ego and enjoy momentary glimpses of unity with natural phenomena. In the companion volume, Haiku Enlightenment, he further explores these thoroughly delightful experiences and invites us to disappear Haiku is dynamically focussed on the present, from season to season, from day to day, from hour to hour, from second to second. But how illusory, how fleeting is that...

A renowned poet shares his experience of haiku and its potential to surprise us again and again into a sudden awakening and thus to a deeper sense of what it is to be truly alive. His remarkably refreshing insights have delighted confreres around the world.

I met a man from Artikelly / With a double chin and a double belly: / He offered me a taste of jelly- / But served it in a smelly welly. - Children will enjoy reading these zany poems to their grandparents and vice versa Written by the well-known Irish poet, Gabriel Rosenstock, and illustrated by Mathew Staunton.

Stories set in Ireland, Slovenia, Slovakia, and India, penetrating stories woven out of Gabriel Rosenstock's own fantastic worlds, some newly translated from the Irish, others appearing in English for the first time. "The Partisan and other stories" has a stunning range of moods, styles, voices and themes - from the quirky and mirth-provoking to the magically lyrical - all inviting the reader to engage in an entrancing and passionate conversation about the nature of reality.

Bailiuchan brea aisti le Gabriel Rosenstock. Foilsiodh cuid mhaith acu ar The Irish Times an chead uair, aisti ina bpleitear reimse leathan abhar agus scata daoine a bhfuil speis aige iontu - Derrick Jensen, David Abram, Amin Maalouf, Wolfi Land streicher, Rabindranath Tagore, Cathal O Searcaigh, Svetlana Marisova agus a thuilleadh nach iad. Ceisteanna a bhaineann le cursai creidimh agus cursai polaitiochta, naisiunachas v. ainrialachas, cuir i gcas, cursai teanga is filiochta, gan amhras, cursai timpeallachta, an haiku. Ta a fhios againn go leir faoin am seo cad is haiku ann, ach cad is...