Librarian’s Cache: American Haiku – Journal of the Month, May 2021
Per Diem: Haiku from Around the World — July 2017
Haiku in the new year
Don Wentworth is the editor of Lilliput Review and author of Issa's Untidy Hut. Responding to my question "What are your hopes for American haiku over the next year?" Don offered this: chatting on the porch, two sparrows flitting in autumn mist…
Hopes for American haiku in the next year by Michael Dylan Welch
"What are your hopes for American haiku in the next year?" It may have been an awkward question, but many gave it some thought and came up with good answers. In this post Michael Dylan Welch gets a turn. I…
Jane Hirshfield shares her optimism for American haiku in the new year
Poet Jane Hirshfield said she's coming off the most overfilled year of her life. She traveled to China, Japan, Lithuania, Canada, Poland, and all over the US. She published "The Heart of Haiku" in late June and then "Come, Thief" this…
Expectations for haiku in the new year, Part 2
Since Charlie mentioned HSA President Ce Rosenow in his answer I'd like to start off this next post with Ce's reply to my question, "What are your hopes for American haiku over the next year?" "I have many hopes for…
What is the essence of modern American haiku?
It's mind boggling how much there really is to learn about haiku. The majority of haiku practitioners agree at this point that the 5/7/5 syllable count doesn't translate into English. Take that away and you could get haiku like this from Arizona Zipper:…