With 2021 in mind, I looked through the book and found four haiku with the new year as their themes. Here they are, along with commentary from me. I don’t expect all of us to interpret the poems ...

However, sometimes poetry can be fun. The easiest ones to write, at least for me, were always the haikus. The pattern was simple, just 5 syllables, 7 syllables, 5 syllables, and suddenly you had a ...

Condensing emotions into just three lines that would otherwise require pages and maestros to be described is what a Haiku does. It is a traditional form of Japanese poetry. Consisting of 3 lines ...

Style Invitational contest Week 921: Naughty “Little Willie” poems; plus the winners of the news-haiku contest.

Read each poem several times and have discussion teams decide if it follows the rules on the chart or not. Give a chance to add or subtract haiku rules from the chart with each poem. If children are ...

Haiku Classic: Dec. 1, 2024 -- Give and take. December 1, 2024 ... The poem conveys a sense of tit-for-tat with humanity and nature both giving and taking on an equal footing. ... Haiku in English ...

Hall’s 2000 poem “Distressed Haiku” is clearly about Kenyon—but also, in a broader sense, about moving forward in time when it means growing farther from those you’ve lost.

Twenty-five years ago this month, the Academy of American Poets designated April as national Poetry Month. They want to remind the public that poets have an integral role in our culture and that ...