Lesson Title:Exploring Haiku through Basho and the FoxBy:Lynn Hannapel, Wendy Durst, Kelly Hirneisen, and Nancy KelsoObjective:Students will develop an understanding of Basho, the man and the poet, as ...

Ultimately, Basho achieved success with his writing. Linked verse poetry anthologies sold well, and Basho’s poetry was often in them. Within eight years, he was asked to judge linked‐verse contests ...

Lovers of Japanese poetry will surely line up to purchase Enpitsu de Oku no Hosomichi DS, a Nintendo DS version of the famous collection of poems by Basho. The idea is that you can "read" the ...

Akiko Busch is the author of “From the Millpond to the Sea,” to be published in November.

Poet Jack Grapes also offers 300 of his own haiku. ... Basho’s greatest work obviously influenced Grapes’ “Wide Road” title, and Basho is by far the most quoted poet in the essay.

Gathering Blue Basho and the Fox The Brave Little Tailor The Sign Painter Many Stones Hurry Freedom Matilda Bone ...

Born Daniel Robinson Jr., he adopted Basho in honor of the 17th-century Japanese poet Matsuo Bashō, a master of haiku. Concision, however, was not part of the guitarist’s forte. He always ...

Basho, who popularised haikus in the 17th century, tended to include in his poems kigo, or seasonal words, to anchor them temporally and thus evoke a certain emotional state.