Haiku Corner

Haiku is a traditional form of Japanese poetry, usually consisting of 17 syllables, arranged in three lines of five, seven, and five syllables, respectively. Does this formal rigor seem like it would be inhibiting? The reverse is true. It’s liberating!

 

• Learn about Haiku? 

• Read some Haiku? (See below.)

• Write and submit a Haiku? (We may publish it in a later issue.) 

• Join (or start) a Renga Cycle (our “Japanese Poetry Slam”). 

 

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