Advance Preparation: Instructors will need to collect 30 haiku that will interest their students. I have attached a few poems at the end of the lesson. This lesson would work well with Japanese poet ...

February is National Haiku Writing Month. The website nahaiwrimo.com urges us to write one haiku a day for the month of February. "Why February? Because it’s the shortest month, for the world’s ...

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This series takes a closer look at haiku, including some from its most famous writers like Bashō, who was instrumental in developing the poetic form. The poems, each crafted in line with a ...

Poetry is fantastic ... If you want something short, you could try a traditional Japanese haiku. Just three lines long, five syllables, then seven, then five, like this: 'An old silent pondA ...

This lesson will include communication creativity, and thinking skills. This lesson will teach students how to communicate through haiku poetry the connection with nature. Grade level: 4th and 5th is ...

TOKYO (AP) — 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 ...

Local nonprofit Pollinator PowerWorks recently announced a haiku contest to celebrate the role of pollinators in the ...

Calling all island poets for a beloved contest and event — Mukai Farm & Garden’s annual Haiku Festival. The contest, ...