She was famous for writing and collecting haiku poems that captured life in Japanese internment camps during World War II. Her groundbreaking anthology of internment camp poets, May Sky , was ...

Haiku typically consist of three lines with five, seven and five syllables. ... "The Road Not Taken," by American poet Robert Frost, is one of the most famous poems in the United States.

Or relish the easeful rendering of a Kobayashi Issa poem as offered by a great contemporary haiku translator, Robert Hass: Don’t worry, spiders, I keep house. casually. It’s the “haiku-hit” that’s ...

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 series of haiku poems have been painted onto the pavement in Germantown’s Vernon Park. They were applied using an invisible, water-repellent solution that reveals itself when the sidewalk gets wet.

Several sites boast a link to one of the “big four” poets of the haiku world: Yosa Buson (1716-1784), Kobayashi Issa (1763-1828), Masaoka Shiki (1867-1902), and, the most famous of all, Basho.

For those who need a refresher, a haiku is a poem - originating in Japan - that follows the 5-7-5 format. So line one is 5 syllables long, line two is 7 syllables and line three is 5 syllables.

One haiku will earn you one loaf of bread (per day, while supplies last). Your poem must be written and submitted at Zak the Baker during their hours of operation. The deal is available throughout ...

The poet Robert Haas tells us haiku is the art of paying attention to the preciousness and particularity of every moment of existence. Indeed! And yet, in classrooms all across ...