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 ...

But the poet doesn’t live in a rarified world ... and for some reason that comforted me. I remembered the Haiku master Basho saying one should always see the world with fresh eyes, with ...

In a poetry anthology of 1664, Basho had two compositions published and his patron, one. Basho’s master died suddenly in 1666 ... He also published a haiku collection, Winter Days, which was composed ...

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 ...