The image startles the way many of Raymond Roseliep’s images startle. His association between the figure and the cornfield underscores Ezra Pound’s poetic dictum, “Make it new.” As dark and as stark ...

For the fourth year in a row, we recently invited readers to send the Reno Gazette-Journal a poem in the Japanese style of haiku as a tribute to their moms or in memory of their mothers for Mother's ...

A successful haiku could be described as a half-finished poem. Originating in Japan in the 17th century, the haiku uses a combination of sensory language, seasonal references, a sense of contrast and ...

British football terrace culture has been blended with traditional Japanese literature by a Wolverhampton writer who has launched his first book. Matt Eccles has released his cheekily named book, Who ...

SEC football teams as told through the haiku. This has to be the first time Japanese poetry has been used to describe SEC football teams. I was out to dinner with my co-workers when one of them ...

The Corry Higher Education Council received a PA Humanities grant for a public art project that will have workshops led by ...

The Mainichi is pleased to release our annual selection of haiku from our Haiku in English section for 2025. Congratulations to the many poets from around the world whose haiku were selected for ...

* What can we learn about reading and writing haiku, in particular traditional Japanese haiku? * What can we learn about reading literature closely, by focusing on words and images in order to explore ...