Gathered outside the Cambria County Library in downtown Johnstown on Tuesday, young poets recited a haiku they wrote for the PA Humanities’ statewide literacy project Rain Poetry. The program was ...

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.

And fitting choice words onto a cardboard scrap, she reflected, is not unlike crafting a haiku — the three-line poem traditionally written in a five-, seven-, five-syllable structure.

Poetry and visual art transform downtown Tulsa this week with the return of the public art project “Curbside Haiku.” ...

From haibun to haiku, ghazals to concrete poems, our poets have been experimenting with form with a serious engagement.

Discover how romance novels and poetry become ways of healing and rebellion in this conversation with poet, writer and creativity coach Raju Tai. Plus upcoming summer writing workshops.

In Kate Messner’s novel, a hiking challenge in the Adirondacks offers a way for a teenage boy to make up for an act of ...

In this case, it’s collaging together the words you’ve discovered to make a poem. Haiku poems are short. They are also fun to write. But writing a good haiku is not as easy as it looks.

Starting today, we’ll have a week of games, videos and essays to help you along the way. First up: readings by Ina Garten, ...

Seattle Reads is the library’s citywide book group, with more than 20 programs planned in April and May, including events ...