"Haiku Monuments" are modest in scale, usually including simply the text of a well-loved poem and the name of the author. The city of Matsuyama and Ehime Prefecture, home to such poets as Shiki and Santoka, and visted by Saigyo and many others, boasts a large number of such "haiku stones", here presented with full texts in both Japanese and somewhat kinky English translations, along with photographs and background information, by Ehime University.
Offers many pages of information on haiku.
A succinct history of haiku in North America, with insights as to why haiku flourished there and how North American haiku have influenced the worldwide haiku community. By George Swede, a leading poet and critic in the genre.
Links to a series of brief pages with introductory material on haiku by professors associated with Columbia University: Donald Keene, and Haruo Shirane. Includes brief video and audio clips.
Haiku by Soji, aka Gary Barnes, haiku by the masters, Basho, Buson, Issa, and by a number of contemporary practitioners of the art in English.
Haiku and poetry and liguistics. Among other things, contains samples of English-language haiku in a range of forms, plus essays on linguistics and haiku by site owner Richard Gilbert.
John Carley's inventive response to the haiku, with examples by himself and several others. Plus translations, and much information on renku and related matters.
Haikuworld is dedicated to bringining poets, publishers, and readers together. Information on books, magazines, and contests. Monthly haiku kukai. Webmaster Gary Warner.
A new haiku site conducted by Alexander Lawrence and associates. So far, mostly links--carefully chosen and categorized. Also invites submission of haiku for future publication on the site.
The Mann Library at Cornell University presents a fresh haiku by an outstanding American haiku poet each day. Click on the "daily haiku" link. Edited by Tom Clausen.
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