The World According to Haiku

The World According to Haiku

This is a place for posting haiku on just about any topic. Make it funny. Make it serious. Just make it a poem that is 5 syllables in the first line, 7 syllables in the second line, and 5 syllables in the last line. That's the... [more]

This is a place for posting haiku on just about any topic. Make it funny. Make it serious. Just make it a poem that is 5 syllables in the first line, 7 syllables in the second line, and 5 syllables in the last line. That's the requirement: fit the structure of the haiku 5/7/5 rule.

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B ill Higginson, a man who helped bring haiku and linked-form Japanese poetry to the English-language world, and who was an admired friend and mentor to scores of "haijin", died today.  
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Ha ha finally someone who recognizes genius!  
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Yes, it came out a while ago, but seeing's how Halloween is almost upon us, this little coffee table gem is oh-so-seasonally appropriate.  
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A statue of haiku poet Basho dominates the scene at a museum in his honour. Suites at the Kayotei start at about $100 to $115 Cdn.  
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Fall. Finally. In honor of the autumn color show, entrants to the Denver Post $25 Haiku Contest sent us a flurry of fine verse on the topic of leaves.  
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Coffee lovers across the country have found a new way to share their passion for java. Green Mountain Coffee, the coffee segment of Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Inc. (NASDAQ: GMCR), has announced the winners of its coffee Haiku contest.  
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The world may be falling apart, but at least our favorite TV series are back on the air.  
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It's probably too much to hope that tonight's vice presidential smackdown in St. Louis will turn into a poetry slam. But some people are already finding poetic potential in the contest between Sarah Palin and Joe Biden.  
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Jennifer Schuessler at the New York Times has been boosting the "turn the Veep debate into a poetry slam" movement.  
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Oh, how we love haiku. Those little 17-syllable poems can be so elegantly simple, pointedly sharp or magnificently witty in just three short lines. They require precision, clarity and careful thought. And the presidential election — well, we love it, too. Even when it sometimes seems to involve...  
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