In haiku writing, every word truly matters because of the strict syllable structure of five-seven-five across three lines.

Reflecting on the journey of anticipation and preparation leading to Christ’s birth, these short verses capture the season of ...

Gulzar, has just returned from a 12-day tour of Japan and says he recited his poems on Iraq and Afghanistan there that were specially translated into Japanese. DNA Web Team Updated : Nov 19, 2013, ...

He traveled to Edo (now Tokyo) as a young man to study Confucianism, where he became friends with Bashō, two years his junior, through their shared love for haiku. He wrote the above haiku in ...

TOKYO — Shuntaro Tanikawa, who pioneered modern Japanese poetry, poignant but conversational in its divergence from haiku and other traditions, has died. He was 92. Tanikawa, who translated the ...

TOKYO (AP) — Shuntaro Tanikawa, who pioneered modern Japanese poetry, poignant but conversational in its divergence from haiku and other traditions, has died. He was 92. Tanikawa, who translated the ...

Japan - November 19, 2024 Protestors honor Palestinian poet Refaat Alareer and display his poems translated to Japanese, as part of a literature event in solidarity with Palestine in Tokyo.

The miniature poems of Sheila Weaver’s newly published debut verse collection present life on a different scale — one that demands sensitivity to nature’s rhythms and an ... at some point I wrote what ...

Nature is the muse of haiku poetry, with poets meditating on the seasons, flora, fauna, and landscapes to distill the essence of existence and impermanence. By witnessing the cycles of nature ...