Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. simona pilolla 2 via Shutterstock What's a short, sweet way to express your love? With love haikus! Love haiku poems offer a ...

Zhili Sun of China practices Tai Chi surrounded by blooming cherry blossoms near the Tidal Basin on March 15. (Matt McClain/The Washington Post) Perspective by John Kelly When the history of the Great ...

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 of ...

This haiku by Bashō is based in part on an anonymous waka in the Kokin wakashū poetry anthology: Hototogisu / naku ya satsuki no / ayamegusa / ayame mo shiranu / koi mo suru kana (The cuckoo / ...

Puzzler extraordinaire Noah Tarnow recites to contestants clever haiku poems that each allude to a different brand of breakfast cereal. NOAH TARNOW: Hello. Thank you, Ophira. EISENBERG: Hi, thank you.

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Haiku is my favorite form of poetry. I admit it’s partly because they’re short. But, it’s mostly because of the poets’ ability to shake up my mind, which opens new possibilities in my thinking. My ...