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Haiku, Renku, & Syllabics

Fall 2023
Haiku: Nature’s Poetry

Haiku: Nature’s Poetry

The haiku is a rather simple form originating from Matsuo Bashō usually composed of three lines with five syllables in the first line…
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Patrick Riley
Haiku: Natural Simplicity

Haiku: Natural Simplicity

I have read many Haiku while studying Japanese history, and each and every time I am fortunate enough to read one, I am struck by the…
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Jonathan Hastings
Fall 2022
Imagery and Haiku: Knowing Something You Already Knew

Imagery and Haiku: Knowing Something You Already Knew

Essential to every haiku is its imagery. These poems function like photographs, brief snapshots of life delivered in 4k-clarity. So clear…
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Annabelle Neidl
Crawling Around Haiku

Crawling Around Haiku

Based on our introductory study in the third week of class, the assemblage of a haiku seems to demand a high level of mental and verbal…
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deliamcdadeclay
Spring 2022
Divinity in the Mundane

Divinity in the Mundane

The Haiku is a famously concise form of poetry. Founded by Matuso Bashō, Haiku is thought to be his “quest for divinity in the mundane”…
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Dan Camaj
Delicate Dragonflies

Delicate Dragonflies

The Haiku is a form of poetry that allows the reader to see a frame of time in someone’s life or a small glimpse of something that is…
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Alexa Molinelli
Fall 2021
Few Words That Dig Deep

Few Words That Dig Deep

Taking place in seventeenth century Japan, Matsuo Basho made a considerable contribution to poetic society by founding haiku. Haiku was…
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Molly Broderick
Spiritual Dragonflies

Spiritual Dragonflies

A haiku is a short poem that originated in Japan during the 17th century. Matsuo Basho was the founder of Haiku. A haiku consists of 17…
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Courteney S.
Haiku: A Sequence of Syllables

Haiku: A Sequence of Syllables

Within the realm of poetry, authors like to utilize different forms and structures of writing to convey certain messages or emotions to…
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Michael DeNisco III
Haiku and Image

Haiku and Image

The poetic form, Haiku, originated from Japan consisting of a five-seven-five pattern of syllables. The earlier term for Haiku is Hokku…
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Brienn DeCarlo
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