Students will develop an understanding of Basho, the man and the poet, as a prominent figure in Japanese literature. Students will experience Japanese poetry through haiku. Standard 1. Students know ...

Pictures of Yamadera (attached powerpoint), Waraji grass sandals (if available), additional Basho haiku poems (optional), chart paper, chart paper markers, haiku poems on page 3 and 5 written out ...

Haiku: A celebration of fleeting moments, connecting artist and reader through controlled beauty and interpretation.

“I have a love for China, Japan,” he told one radio interviewer, “the Islamic thing, the American Indian …” To confine himself was just not Basho’s way. His voice (which Fahey called ...