To explore different types of poetry and write your own haiku poem. This is a chef. He's not going to make food though. No. He is going to make a poem. Stop that!The main ingredient in a poem is words ...

Haiku poets must choose the perfect words to spark the emotions and ideas they hope to convey. And they must do it concisely. Peggy Lyles mastered this Japanese form of poetry. She was revered ...

As a social producer, I'm always trying to think of new ways to engage our communities. Last year, when we asked our Facebook audience to write a haiku inspired by a wintry photo, the overwhelmingly ...

This haiku by Bashō is based in part on an anonymous waka in the Kokin wakashū poetry anthology: Hototogisu / naku ya satsuki no / ayamegusa / ayame mo shiranu / koi mo suru kana (The cuckoo / ...

Little-known outside his native Belgium before he became president of the European Council, Herman Van Rompuy has published his first anthology of Japanese-style haiku poetry. The normally quiet and ...

Geography Standard 4: Students know the physical and human characteristics of places. Geography Standard 15: Students know how physical systems affect human systems. Part 1: Students will synthesize a ...

We're gave you two options for what to send in – either a haiku (see below) or an acrostic poem based on the word 'light'. 'What is a haiku?' we hear you ask… Haiku is a type of traditional poetry ...