Presents the poems that combine 'karumi', or lightness of touch, with the Zen ideal of oneness with creation and evoke the natural world - the cherry blossom, the leaping frog, the summer moon or the winter snow - suggesting the smallness of human life in comparison to the vastness and drama of nature.

Demonstrates the diversity of the author's writings. This title includes letters to friends and statesmen on Roman life and politics; the vitriolic Second Philippic Against Antony; and, the author's two famous philosophical treatises, On Duties and On Old Age - a celebration of his own declining years.

A collection of author's poems that range from objective, naturalistic descriptions to the effusive outpourings of half-religious ecstasy and anguish.

Japanese poetry is well-known for its clarity and concision. This title features two poems including The Narrow Road to the Interior that traces the poet's journey from Edo (modern-day Tokyo) to the northern interior; and Hojoki which is a meditation on the transience of the world.