Second Life: Japanese Haiku in Translation — “some sleep”
Second Life: Japanese Haiku in Translation is a weekly look at haiku from the source, and how it might be brought to us, presented by Dan Bornstein.
Book of the Week: Bashō: The Complete Haiku of Japanese Poet Matsuo Basho, in Translation by Jane Reichhold
The 17th-century Japanese haiku master Basho was born Matsuo Kinsaku near Kyoto, Japan.
Old Pond Comics: A Dragonfly
Every Saturday morning Jessica Tremblay will delight us with a comic strip from her new Haiku-Comics series.
Old Pond Comics: Temple Bells
Every Saturday morning Jessica Tremblay will delight us with a comic strip from her new Haiku-Comics series.
Old Pond Comics: Cherry Blossoms
Every Saturday morning Jessica Tremblay will delight us with a comic strip from her new Haiku-Comics series.
What do surrealists and haiku poets have in common?
In this month's Haiku column I ask, What do surrealism and haiku have in common? Surrealists aimed to jar people. But they didn’t just jar. They had methods and messages. Surrealists filled their writings and paintings with images they believed…
Hurricane Sandy and the best poetry form for reading in the dark
Here in my home state, New Jersey, I have come to the realization that haiku is the best poetry form when it comes to reading in the dark. Hurricane Sandy's effects have been felt from the south up to Michigan.…