Below we have compiled a list of frequently asked questions (FAQ) about submissions to The Mainichi's Haiku in English section. To submit a haiku, please use the form ...

This is not an actual haiku. I couldn't remember what a true haiku was supposed to be about, so I researched it. According to several websites, there are traditional key points for well-written haiku.

Haiku is a form of Japanese poetry which originated in 13th century Japan. Later, the form was mastered by the 17th century Japanese haiku master, Matsuo Basho. There are currently multiple ...

Haiku poets must choose the perfect words to spark the emotions and ideas they hope to convey. And they must do it concisely. Peggy Lyles mastered this Japanese form of poetry. She was revered ...

British football terrace culture has been blended with traditional Japanese literature by a Wolverhampton writer who has launched his first book. Matt Eccles has released his cheekily named book, Who ...

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 ...

Four volumes of Japanese haiku poems written by a variety of masters are among the items up for bids in this week’s Professor Parsons’ Picks auction sponsored by the Friends of A.K. Smiley Public ...

Donald Keene gives a talk on Japanese poet Masaoka Shiki at the Shiki Museum in Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture, on Sept. 23, 2011. (Mainichi/Tadahiko Mori) TOKYO -- Among the Japanese literary figures ...