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 ...

The group’s call for poetry was formerly limited to traditional haiku. To appeal to more participants, the call now welcomes haiku and other short, three- and four-line poems. This year ...