Postscripts
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Essays, Reports, Speeches, Haibun, and More
An Invitation to Rengay (introduction to True Colour)
A Report on Haiku Chicago (1995)
A Sampling of Cultural Haiku
A Spade’s a Spade: Plagiarism and Déjà-ku
Beat Haiku and My Discussion with Jack Foley
Between Storms
Defining “Publication” on the Internet
Dripping Rain: Learning Haiku from Shunryu Suzuki
On Essays and Physics
Forms in English Haiku
Friends in Haiku
From Chord to Melody: Defining Tanka in English
Go-Shichi-Go: How Japanese and English Syllables Differ
Getting Started with Haiku
Haiku as History: The Ultimate Short Story
Haiku Poets of Northern California 1995 Rengay Contest
Haiku Stances
How Do You Write Haiku?
Introduction to Fig Newtons: Senryu to Go
Japan (Billy Collins; poem)
Japanese Renku Group Visits San Francisco
Knowing the Poet
Little Catastrophes: The Topological Structure of Humor and Haiku
Metaphor in Haiku
Off the Beaten Track: A Year in Haiku
One-Part Haiku
On Writing Haiku
Punctuation in Haiku
Remembering Kylan Jones-Huffman
Rengay: The Art of Partnering (Carolyn Hall)
Rengay Clarified
Striking Gold: The American Haiku Archive
A Survey of Haibun Definitions: Introduction to Wedge of Light
Tanka Elbow Room
The Discipline of Haiku
The Practical Poet: Be Your Own Editor
The Practical Poet: Creating a Haiku Checklist
Three Hokku by E. E. Cummings
Traditional and Modern Haiku: A Vibrant Dichotomy
2013 Haiku Poets of Northern California Haiku Contest
Up with Season Words
Welcome to Haiku North America 2009
When Butterflies Come
Whose Kid Is That?
Why Do Haiku? (Steve; poem)
Young Leaves (renku)
Zen and the Art of Direct Seeing
Reviews