Every Sunday, we publish reader-submitted haiku. Local poets translate the simple beauty of Lancaster County into short and simple poems. Here's a selection of four haiku: winter’s frost entrée ...

Every Sunday, we publish reader-submitted haiku. Local poets translate the simple beauty of Lancaster County into short and simple poems. Here's a selection of four haiku: silhouetted geese dark ...

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After I mentioned my fondness for haikus, the short poems of Japanese origin, I was delighted when readers sent in their own poems in haiku form. For instance: Wannette V., of Bogalusa, says, "Many ...

Haiku builds a scene and then breaks it. Climate change has exactly that shape, which means the form itself can carry the ...

A successful haiku could be described as a half-finished poem. Originating in Japan in the 17th century, the haiku uses a combination of sensory language, seasonal references, a sense of contrast and ...

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