IN JAPANESE poetry, the haiku dates back at least four centuries. On AFL.com.au, the tradition of encapsulating each team's season in three lines of five, seven and five syllables stretches back to ...

Where did haiku come from? Originally, there was a longer poem called a renga or linked poem ... it was possible to purchase a book that would list words associated with seasons. The original idea to ...

February is National Haiku Writing Month. The website nahaiwrimo.com urges us to write one haiku a day for the month of ...

A haiku is a very short poem that has some ... trees in a different season or something else that links to the season your poem is based on. For example: Autumn leaves float down.

This series takes a closer look at haiku, including some from ... in developing the poetic form. The poems, each crafted in line with a particular season, and their commentaries will be published ...

There are plenty of people who do not consider a haiku a poem, and many more who think ... in their focus on the natural world and the seasons, they provide you with regular reminders that ...

Haiku is not a shriek, a howl, a sigh, or a yawn; rather it is the deep breath of life.” — Santoka Taneda It’s National Haiku ...

“A haiku is a short poem that uses imagistic language to convey the essence of an experience of nature or the season intuitively linked to the human condition.” No mention is made of a 5-7-5 ...