A Haiku contest is a literary competition where participants submit haiku poems, a traditional Japanese form of poetry. Haiku are known for their simplicity, nature themes, and specific structure.

M any of us probably have memories of writing short, clever haikus in school, trying to craft the best verse possible within the confines of the five syllable, seven syllable, five syllable structure.

The competition has a special focus on haiku poetry, a form that is easy to do badly and hard to do well. I speak from experience, as a published poet who has written far more haiku than I’ve ...

Two social work researchers from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa are set to begin a pioneering study exploring an innovative blend of mindful meditation practices. Focusing on reflection with ...

We propose a method to estimate the artistic quality of Haiku (Japanese style short poem) texts using a machine learning approach. Based on the assumption that the artistry of a text stems from its ...

A Haiku is a Japanese style of writing a poem which is composed of three (3) lines with 17 syllables. The first and third lines of a Haiku poem is composed of five (5) syllables each while the second ...

Haiku are three-line poems with five syllables in the first and third lines, and seven syllables in the second line. In their study of nearly 4,000 haiku, recently published in the journal PLOS ...

Turns out haiku doesn’t need to have three lines—and other things you might learn on a tour of Japan’s historic poetry sites. A 17th-century feudal castle overlooks Matsuyama, Japan, the ...

Learn about the history and evolution of Haiku poetry, its traditions, and its influential figures on International Haiku Poetry Day, 17 April 2024.