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Feed your soul in 10 words or fewer: why you need haiku in your life

Tuesday, August 12, 2025

If you're anything like me a month ago, "haiku" is a form of poetry that comes from Japan, but is only really good for teaching kids about syllables and making memes. My perception completely changed when a friend told me he was really into haiku (indeed, he co-edits an online haiku publication). I was curious enough to start reading, and reading about, contemporary English-language haiku (henceforth just called haiku). I was hooked. This accessible form, both to read and write, offers a form of mindfulness and a break from our tech-mediated ways of seeing the world.

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