The Japanese-inspired haiku is perhaps the most well-known and often-used form of poetry today. Schoolchildren the English-speaking world over know that a haiku has five syllables in the first line, ...

I read "Comedian and Haiku Poet" (2015) by Naoki Matayoshi and Yuki Horimoto. It is a book in a lecture format where ...

Poetry is one of the most powerful art forms we have. Since ancient times, poems — from haikus to sonnets to limericks — have succinctly and beautifully translated the joys and sorrows of the world ...

The haiku is a Japanese form of poetry which evolved out of the philosophy of Zen Buddhism. Traditional Japanese haiku have 17 syllables, but it has been suggested that English haiku should have more ...

A haiku looks like the easiest poem to write. Three short lines, a few syllables, finished before your tea goes cold. That apparent simplicity is exactly why this format works so well for writing ...

This week’s guest on “Poetry from Daily Life” is Maryfrances Wagner, who lives in the Greater Kansas City Area. Maryfrances began writing poems as an eighth grader and today writes mainly poetry and ...

In many languages and countries around the world today, millions of people are writing haiku. But what is a haiku, really? How did it develop from its obscure origins in Japan to have a global reach?

Currently, the "Basho and His Disciples 3" exhibition is being held at the Oku no Hosomichi Musubi no Chi Memorial Hall in ...

Each installment of The Friendship Files features a conversation between The Atlantic’s Julie Beck and two or more friends, exploring the history and significance of their relationship. This week she ...