Haiku poems decorate downtown Skowhegan During National Poetry Month the traditional Japanese poetry is part of the Wesserunsett Arts Council bid to promote the arts in the region.

5) Traditional Japanese haiku poems often used imagery from nature; however, haiku can be about almost anything. The themes (big ideas) are not too complex for people to recognize and understand.

Haiku written by local children as part of the Rain Poetry project by nonprofit PA Humanities will soon be displayed on ...

The National Poetry Slam is in town and competitors go head-to-head to decide who is the Haiku Master in this rapid-fire poetic competition on Aug. 10, 2017 at the Denver Public Library in Denver.

April 17 is the date for International Haiku Poetry Day because that’s how many syllables you’re allowed in a traditional haiku poem: precisely 17, divided into three lines of five, seven and ...

These Japanese cities may inspire your next haiku Turns out haiku doesn’t need to have three lines—and other things you might learn on a tour of Japan’s historic poetry sites.

A Haiku contest is a literary competition where participants submit haiku poems, a traditional Japanese form of poetry. Haiku are known for their simplicity, nature themes, and specific structure.

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.

Professor Sill and his team have done a remarkable job, capturing every single one of Nick Virgilio’s Haiku poems, citing publication date, prizes awarded, and the year in which each poem was ...

Haiku insists on concrete sense images, of which there are many in the priest’s poetry. It emphasizes the object itself rather than any metaphoric potential the image has, and it marks time with kigo ...