It’s no small task to judge the BID’s haiku contest. The judges read more than 3,100 individual haiku that were submitted by more than 1,600 people. Submissions came from all 50 states, Puerto Rico, ...

No, Brookside Gardens in Wheaton, Md., last spring. Tulips are starting to push up all over, a reminder to enter John’s annual Springtime in Washington haiku contest. Perspective by John Kelly ...

Even without a calendar, you know when spring has arrived. You can feel it in the air. And Vicki Elsbernd’s poem about something recently in the air — and in the news — tickled me enough to ...

Making Spring haiku--it is not rocket science. Follow this pattern. *Objection to the above sample: “No matter what you were taught in 11th grade English, the poems [haiku] ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Columbia Gorge. A haiku challenge contest. You could be featured. Friends of the Columbia Gorge is celebrating National Poetry Month with a Spring Gorge Haiku Challenge ...

Haiku poetry contest prompts UD community to share thoughts and hope. It should be no surprise that the last two years have had Blue Hens feeling more introspective than usual. The University of ...

Back in middle school English class, haiku was the perfect poetry. Haiku poems were short, and the rules of engagement were simple. The first line contained five syllables, the middle line ...

A successful haiku could be described as a half-finished poem. Originating in Japan in the 17th century, the haiku uses a combination of sensory language, seasonal references, a sense of contrast and ...

Group based in Whitehorse wants writers from across the North to participate in workshops and contribute to poetry collection ...