Notes on Pescadero (2004) Haiku Weekend Workshop (including exercises) with Christopher Herold. |
Index of Poetry. Highlights for Poetry. Books of Poetry Form. How to Write Poetry. |
Essays on how to write specific forms:
Haibun. Haiku. Hay(na)ku. Rengay. Tanka. Tanka surveys. Concrete. Ghazal. Lai. Pantoum. Rondeau. Rubáiyát. Sestina. Skaldic verse. Sonnet. Terza rima. Triolet. Tritina. Villanelle. |
How to Revise and Improve your Haiku
notes by
J. Zimmerman
from the talks and writings of poet Ebba Story.
Presented by permission of Ebba Story.
See also writing the Haiku:
History.
Form.
Your Composition.
Examples.
A Linguist's Comments on Sounds and Syllables in Haiku.
References.
Note that all meaningful Haiku-related advice that follows on this page is Copyright © 1995-2015 by Ebba Story. |
When revising one of your own haiku or a poem of a friend or colleague, here are areas where you may be able to find improvements and questions to ask:
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Modern Haiku, volume 34.2 (2003). Includes haiku and senryu (includes work by Billy Collins and Sharon Olds), and book reviews by William J. Higginson.
Modern Haiku: The Robert Spiess Memorial Issue (2002). The first third of the magazine is a memorial to Robert Spiess (1921-2002) and his many contributions to the development of haiku in North America. The rest of the magazine has haiku and senryu (includes work by Billy Collins, Jane Hirshfield, and Gary Snyder), essays, and book reviews.
Order Modern Haiku.
The Essential Haiku: Versions of Bashō, Buson, and Issa
edited by Robert Hass. Enthralling essays by the past-poet laureate of the U.S.A. of the lives of three masters and inventors of the haiku tradition in Japan: Matsuo Bashō, Yosa Buson, and Kobayashi Issa. | |
The Haiku Seasons: Poetry of the Natural World
by William J. Higginson. | |
The Japanese Haiku,
by Kenneth Yasuda. | |
Haiku Handbook: How to Write, Share, and Teach Haiku
by William J. Higginson, William S. Higginson. |
Index of Poetry. Highlights for Poetry. Books of Poetry Form. How to Write Poetry. |
The meaningful haiku-related advice on this page is
Copyright
© 1995-2015 by Ebba Story.
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