“Haiku poets are challenged to convey a vivid message in only 17 syllables,” says teacher.scholastic.com. “In Japan these poems are valued for their simplicity, openness, depth and lightness.” ...

Haiku success came even more quickly to Thomas Nord, 34, a feature writer for the Louisville Courier-Journal, who always harbored ambitions of starting a 'zine to amuse himself and his friends.

If you don’t remember learning about haiku in grade school, it’s a form of Japanese poetry that is a total of seventeen syllables, in three lines of five, seven, and five. SEC is king It’s true.

A proficient writer of haiku, a Japanese brief form of poetry, Everett Decker created 1,789 haiku-influenced poems based on Emily Dickinson's 1,789 poems, and the result is “haiku Emily ...

Mar. 31—It's safe to assume that the Cowboy State has a thin history of Japanese haiku poets. Cheyenne resident Beth Howard, however, has been doing it since 2006. "I don't see haiku as an ...

Lesson Title:Exploring Haiku through Basho and the FoxBy:Lynn Hannapel, Wendy Durst, Kelly Hirneisen, and Nancy KelsoObjective:Students will develop an understanding of Basho, the man and the poet, as ...