On rainy days, Reading’s sidewalks will shine with the creativity of young writers from the area. Haiku written by local children as part of the Rain Poetry project by nonprofit PA Humanities will ...

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 translated into English as "The Narrow Road to Oku," ...

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 ...

Shuntaro Tanikawa, who pioneered modern Japanese poetry, has died aged 92. Tanikawa, who translated the Peanuts comic strip and penned the lyrics for the theme song of the animation series Astro ...

Tales of fantastic cats reached their peak in the Edo period (1603-1868), a period of isolation when the Japanese archipelago was filled with domestic cats. This period also saw the development of ...

These Japanese cities may inspire your next haiku Turns out haiku doesn’t need to have three lines—and other things you might learn on a tour of Japan’s historic poetry sites.

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 ...

My first encounter with haiku was in a primary school where the teacher deemed it ideal for a class of nine-year-olds, probably because of its supposed ease and simplicity. Simplicity is undoubtedly a ...

But many have never heard of sijo when they are familiar with Japanese haiku,” said Kim, referring to the traditional Japanese poem.