February is National Haiku Writing Month. The website nahaiwrimo.com urges us to write one haiku a day for the month of February. "Why February? Because it’s the shortest month, for the world’s ...

Local nonprofit Pollinator PowerWorks recently announced a haiku contest to celebrate the role of pollinators in the ...

Participants at the Interactive Poetry Workshop, hosted by the Lambing Flat Young Branch of the Fellowship of Australian ...

Beatriz Fernandez was the first person to submit a Zip Ode in 2015, about her neighborhood. This year marks the tenth ...

March 14 is almost here, and math teachers shouldn’t get to have all the fun! These Pi Day ideas can help you make connections across the curriculum, all while celebrating the wonders of math and ...

Calling all island poets for a beloved contest and event — Mukai Farm & Garden’s annual Haiku Festival. The contest, ...

Haiku is Japan’s traditional poetry. Three lines of precise numbers of syllables, concise, but with deep meaning, always appreciative of nature. Very representative of this ancient culture.

Imagine having to write a poem about a topic you find interesting and funny. Now, imagine doing it in just 17 syllables: five in the first line, seven in the second, and five in the third. What you ...