On Sunday, the festival will present eight poets: Jack Crimmins, Lisa Shulman, Dave Holt, Melissa Eleftherion, readings from ...

What does a conversation between the Skamander poets and the avant-garde look like? What does a frog do in Białoszewski’s ...

Mary Margaret Hughes, who got her start in classrooms and on stages in Springfield, writes about how creativity and ...

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

Donald Keene's journey tracing the footsteps of haiku poet Matsuo Basho (1644-1694) in Basho's masterpiece "Oku no Hosomichi," which Keene later trans･･･ ...

The submission themes: belonging, serenity, metamorphosis and even life in the city are all uniquely human experiences.

Haiku is perhaps our most useful cultural barometer of climate change. These poems, which originated in 17th-century Japan, comprise three short lines and usually include a reference to the season ...

Step 3: Encourage students to write haiku inspired by the themes of the spring equinox, focusing on capturing a moment in nature or reflecting on the balance of the seasons. Step 4: Allow students to ...

Haiku: Japanese Poems for the Four Seasons by Ornella Civardi, illus. by Kaori Yamaguchi (Apr. 15, $25 trade paper, ISBN 978-0-7892-1506-2), is an illustrated collection of classic haiku by ...

April always brings some of the years' biggest poetry collections. So as it wraps up, we wanted to bring you two favorites — retrospective collections from Marie Howe and Jean Valentine.

Haiku supposedly always mention the season, or at least suggests it. Look in a book of haiku, or search for “spring haiku” on the Internet, and find one you like. Now re-translate it. Let me show you ...