If a poem ends with the poet ... We get the moment of “ah-ness” in the haiku, “On a leafless bough/ A crow is perched/ The Autumn dusk.” As Shakespeare was surrounded by sonneteers ...

Such observations heighten my appreciation of haiku poems about the transition from summer to autumn. A piece by Suiha Watanabe (1882-1946) goes to the effect, “A whiff of autumn wind/ Ruffles ...

The samurai were a preeminent class defending Japan for centuries. But as the Tokugawa shogunate ushered in an era of ...

The haikuist spent a great autumn day, he said ... Metaphor" (2015); "Canada Project Collected Essays & Poems" Vols. 1-8 (2013); and "Haiku in English as a Japanese Language" (2003).

He quoted a haiku written after the death of his young child by the Japanese poet Issa, whose Buddhist philosophy of non-attachment did not save him from his anguish: “The dewdrop world / Is the ...

C - Clare Valley, Australia | Amid the rustle of vine leaves and cool evenings of Australia’s autumn, Clare Valley ... At street stalls, it’s poetry. This city is a feast at every price ...

For Oregonians looking to rediscover the gems in their own backyard, Ken’s represents the kind of local treasure that reminds ...