Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Poetry is one of the most powerful art forms we have. Since ancient times, poems — from haikus to sonnets to limericks — have ...

Believe me when I say that by this point I am as bored as everyone else is by talk of the pandemic. But bear with me. One of the many peculiar things about our spell indoors – which somehow we can ...

* What can we learn about reading and writing haiku, in particular traditional Japanese haiku? * What can we learn about reading literature closely, by focusing on words and images in order to explore ...

One of art’s unique features is the power to heighten our awareness, to bring us into direct contact with our senses, to activate our minds into a dynamic state which we may carry with us down the ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Losing a spouse can be difficult, but there is one group of widows finding comfort in each other's company. When Roslyn Wexler of Huntingdon Valley lost her husband of 50 years, ...

Students will develop an understanding of Basho, the man and the poet, as a prominent figure in Japanese literature. Students will experience Japanese poetry through haiku. Standard 1. Students know ...

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 ...