Isamu Hashimoto, who worked for over 20 years as the selector for The Mainichi's popular Haiku in English column, has died. He was 75. Mr. Hashimoto began selecting readers' haiku for the column ...

Jasmin Kirkbride is a member of the British Haiku Society, the Association for the Study of Literature and the Environment (ASLE-UKI) and the Haiku Foundation Registry. She is also a member of the ...

Haiku, a poem typically consisting of 17 syllables in three lines of five, seven and five syllables, has spread beyond the boundaries of its country of origin. Lovers of this form of poetry have now ...

We regret to inform readers that The Mainichi Newspapers Co. has decided to discontinue the annual Mainichi Haiku Contest following its 26th edition held in fiscal 2022. The Mainichi Haiku Contest was ...

* What can we learn about reading and writing haiku, in particular traditional Japanese haiku? * What can we learn about reading literature closely, by focusing on words and images in order to explore ...

The image startles the way many of Raymond Roseliep’s images startle. His association between the figure and the cornfield underscores Ezra Pound’s poetic dictum, “Make it new.” As dark and as stark ...