Kai Falkman, author of "A String Untouched, Dag Hammarskjold's life in haiku and photographs," speaks ahead of a library talk at United Nations University in Tokyo, on Nov. 8, 2016. (Mainichi) The art ...

Buson (1716-83): Translated and commented on by Isamu Hashimoto The peony ("botan" in Japanese) is the most beautiful garden plant, suitably named "queen" of a hundred flowers. Its representative ...

The haiku poet and artist Yosa Buson was born in the village of Kema near Osaka in 1716. His actual surname is thought to have been Tani or Taniguchi, but he later used the name Yosa. One theory has ...

I like to design engaging brain games that help stimulate divergent thinking and creative collaboration. One of my favorite exercises is the innovation haiku. It’s not only a useful skill for ...

Known as the shortest form of poetry in the world, the haiku has a startling capacity to open up and reveal worlds within. The spiritual life of an octopus, a woman back from flower viewing and ...