With love haikus! Love haiku poems offer a concise and beautiful way ... The traditional haiku form originated in Japan in ...

This series takes a closer look at haiku, including some from its most famous writers like Bashō, who was instrumental in developing the poetic form. The poems, each crafted in line with a ...

TOKYO -- Among the Japanese literary figures Donald Keene admired was Masaoka Shiki (1867-1902), who was the subject of a serial he carried in the Shincho magazine during 2011. Keene credited ...

A haiku is a traditional form for poetry from Japan. Often about nature, following a strict structure of syllables per line. One famous haiku is by Bashō. Here it is in Japanese: Why not have a try?