Those roaming the streets of downtown DC may have noticed some new additions to the neighborhood. Thanks to a recent area competition, 60 haiku poems, printed onto orange-and-yellow signs, are now on ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. simona pilolla 2 via Shutterstock What's a short, sweet way to express your love? With love haikus! Love haiku poems offer a ...

I've always loved haiku. And with my new interest in all things Japan, my interest in haiku has risen correspondingly. (Female sources also whisper from the shadows that poetry helps a man get in ...

HAMDEN-- Its structure is succinct and to the point. It normally speaks to things of beauty: nature, love, spirituality. Oddly enough, though it's a form of poetry that's been around for thousands of ...

WASHINGTON, Nov. 18, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Ready to compete for the world's best haiku? The Golden Triangle Business Improvement District (BID)'s annual worldwide Golden Haiku competition is officially ...

February is National Haiku Writing Month. According to a definition accepted by the Haiku Society of America, a haiku is a short poem that uses imagistic language to convey the essence of an ...

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 ...

Churches and their "code" / It's like when they say, "bless you" / And yet no one sneezed. Another came from the comic Jessica Delfino: Glenn Beck, why so vexed? / You seemed cooler back when you / ...

* 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 ...