And, that's the point of haiku." "It's only 17 syllables, you can express an amazing emotion that may have been buried inside," said Susan.

The world offers its compositions all day long if we are paying attention, and the practice of haiku helps us to pay attention, Chad Sweeney writes.

Have students take out the haiku they wrote at the end of Part 1 of the lesson. If they have not copied the final poem on good quality painting paper, have them do so. Using the example of Grass ...

It seems a safe bet that the Japanese Zen Buddhist monks who developed the art of haiku were not anticipating poems about Kathie Lee Gifford. No, those 17th century monks had nobler goals; they ...

What does a conversation between the Skamander poets and the avant-garde look like? What does a frog do in Białoszewski’s ...

Also, type your own haiku on a vintage typewriter. Tuesday, Aug. 26, noon-12:30 p.m. ArtBreak: Tea Ceremony talk. Ann MacLean of Chado Urasenke Tankokai Birmingham explains the ancient tradition.