No one wants to be last in any competition. Right? Only about 20% of people are concerned about being the winner or loser.

Karen Martinson Karen Martinson (Peterson) died January 5, 2025 at 67-years-old of a rare and aggressive cancer. She lived a wonderful life, and had no regrets. Her sister-in-law described Karen in a ...

We suffer from many losses in life; being on the losing side of a presidential election is one of them. There is utility in ...

Bob loved Powell River - he sailed with the sailing club, co-founded the Blackberry Festival, volunteered for Kathaumixw and ...

A haiku is a short closed form of poetry that ... I know this is not a good idea, and that being in love, I could be spending my time going over the best that has been happening.

Anoushka Shankar, the acclaimed sitar player, producer and composer, has confirmed details of the third and final instalment ...

Moser notes that like Bashō, the 17th-century haiku master (quoting Bashō’s translator), Coorte “ ‘sought a vision of ...

Since 1956, Bob’s Clam Hut has been the unofficial gatekeeper of Maine’s seafood scene. This blue-and-white shack, with its ...

Masumi Orihara suggested the next haiku “echoes with the feeling of loss at the end.” Today is the last of the four-day Obon festival honoring ancestral spirits. Kanematsu gathered papery ...

Out for a walk, the haikuist might have heard a shrill cry on a hot day. Approaching the absolute tranquility of Risshaku-ji, a mountain temple in Yamagata, Matsuo Basho penned this poem in mid ...

A review of Burning Boy: The Life and Work of Stephen Crane, by Paul Auster. A review of The Life and Zen Haiku Poetry of Santoka Taneda, Japan’s Most Beloved Modern Haiku Poet, by Sumita Oyama.

Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words.