Angela Knight, library media specialist at Harrison Elementary, wrote the forward for the new book. She was also awarded SPS ...

This year marks the first time a Rockford-area student has won in the Illinois Poetry Out Loud state competition in its ...

Roots School in Haiku will host an open house for prospective new families of children entering kindergarten through fifth grade from 1-3 p.m. March 8 on the school campus at 740 Haiku Road. The open ...

Haiku has appeared in elementary school curriculum during writing lessons when poetry is studied in third or fourth grade. Students grasp the format and intent quickly. Some of the best Haiku may ...

February is National Haiku Writing Month. The website nahaiwrimo.com urges us to write one haiku a day for the month of February. "Why February? Because it’s the shortest month, for the world’s ...

Isabella Cotier By A.O. Scott Here’s a poem about patience, about self-control, about the need to conserve your energy and constrain your desire. Fittingly enough, it’s a proper old-school ...

Inspired by the author's book Kwaidan (1904), a collection of stories of the supernatural and translations of haiku poetry, a travelling exhibition entitled Kwaidan - Encounters with Lafcadio Hearn, ...