What does a conversation between the Skamander poets and the avant-garde look like? What does a frog do in Białoszewski’s ...

Donald Keene's journey tracing the footsteps of haiku poet Matsuo Basho (1644-1694) in Basho's masterpiece "Oku no Hosomichi," which Keene later trans･･･ ...

M any of us probably have memories of writing short, clever haikus in school, trying to craft the best verse possible within the confines of the five syllable, seven syllable, five syllable structure.

TOKYO — Shuntaro Tanikawa, who pioneered modern Japanese poetry, poignant but conversational in its divergence from haiku and other traditions, has died. He was 92. Tanikawa, who translated the ...

A 17th-century feudal castle overlooks Matsuyama, Japan, the self-proclaimed capital of haiku. Travelers can learn about this short form poetry—and write some verses themselves—at sites around ...

The poet Kobayashi Issa wrote thousands of haiku before his death in 1828 in his native village of Kashiwabara. More than 500 of these brief poems centered arthropods: he wrote 150 about flies, dozens ...

The genesis of Haiku lies in the collaborative linked-verse poetry of Japan, finding its standalone form under the masterful pen of Matsuo Basho who was the most famous poet of the Edo period in ...

The narrow road to the deep north suitably unfolds like an epic poem. Up mossy steps and down cedar-shaded tracks we flow, fluid as the verse written by 17th-century haiku master Matsuo Basho ...

We all differ in our desire for direct and indirect communication. For some, love must be spelled out with words, and for others, it can be shown through peeled fruit and warm embraces. Haiku poetry ...

But many have never heard of sijo when they are familiar with Japanese haiku,” said Kim, referring to the traditional Japanese poem. The basic form of sijo, called "dan-sijo," is usually a three ...