What's a short, sweet way to express your love? With love haikus! Love haiku poems offer a concise and beautiful way to share your feelings with someone you care about. Whether you need something ...

It is tempting, though probably entirely incorrect, to think of the haiku (and its close relation, the senryu) as the Japanese equivalent of the sonnet. In both cases you are looking at concise verse ...

* 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 ...

Standard 1. Students read and understand a variety of materials. Standard 5. Students read and recognize literature as a record of human experience. Standard 2. Students know physical and human ...

Haiku poems have reflected humans' experiences in nature for hundreds of years, including observations of bugs and other wildlife. Recently, researchers analyzed which insects were mentioned the most ...

Anshika Lal (left) and Caprice Jackson, of Tiny WPA, install the Rain Poetry exhibit at Vernon Park. Some of the haiku, written by elementary students, will be permanently visible. Others will be ...