Haiku can serve as a catalyst for discussion and creativity as students work together to create their own poems.

Shorter forms of poetry like limericks and haiku are not only fun to write, but they also have a long history. When poets don’t have many words, they have to think carefully about their choice ...

Haiku poet Hakyo Ishida (1913-1969) penned this piece: “Chickweeds/ Sparrows the color of scorched earth.” Having lost his mother-in-law and other relatives in the Tokyo firebombing of March ...