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EDITORIAL CORNER

• EDITORIAL:  HAIKU, A LIVING THING 
  
  

• EDITOR'S CHOICE HAIKU
  
  

• EDITOR'S CHOICE SHORTVERSE
  
  

• GREETINGS FROM WILLIAM J. HIGGINSON
  FOR WHF2000

ARTICLES, NEWS & REVIEWS

• James W. Hackett
  
  

• "A PERSONAL CONCLUSION" 
  from "That Art Thou: A Way of Haiku"
  James W. Hackett

A tribute to WHC, James W. Hackett previews the last chapter of his upcoming book, "That Art Thou: A Way of Haiku" in World Haiku Review.

• JAMES W. HACKETT: 
  A Personal Haiku Selection

For each issue, one haiku is selected by James W. Hackett for commentary. 

 

DIALOGUE WITH A POET

• A Conversation with Haijin
  Editor, Author: Christopher Herold
  
  
  

YOUR HAIKU LIFE: PORTRAIT OF A POET

• A Profile of Haijin, Author: Robert Gibson
  
  
  

HAIKU NEWS AROUND THE WORLD

• Epilogue to World Haiku Festival 2000
  and Advent of JAPAN 2201
  
  

• May the Month of Celebrations
  
  

• eigohaiku: 
  WHC Online English Haiku Lessons in English
  for Japanese 
  
  

• Shiki Haiku Kukai 
  Winners Announced
  
  

• Haiku Cycles: a new e-journal
  
  

• World Haiku Festival 
  2000 August Conference
  Winners Announced
  
  

• Brighton Festival: 
  Children's Haiku Drive 
  High on Brighton Buses
  
  

• WHC Meets Wordsworth
  6 July 2001, Cockermouth
  County of Cumbria

BOOK NEWS

• Children of the Sparrow - Haiku
  Robert Gibson
  
  

• From the Hill of Flash
  a Personal Anthology
  Sachiko Kondoh
  
  

• A Hundred Movements For A Fan
  Paul Claudel
  
  

• The Haiku Anthology - 
  Haiku and Senryu in English
  Cor van den Heuvel
  
  

• The Pillow Book of Spring and Laughter
  John Stevens
  
  

BOOKMART

• BookMart: Books for Purchase

WHC COLUMNS

POETRY & WORKS 
FROM OUR MEMBERS & MAILING LISTS

HOSHINO TAKASHI'S CORNER

• A Message from Hoshino Takashi
  
  

• HOSHINO TAKASHI'S WORLD HAIKU KUKAI 
  Winning Selections

ESSAYS

• STAYING WITH THE MOMENT 
  - OUR WESTERN HAIKU TRADITION
  Brian Tasker

Brian's essay given at WHF2000  London/Oxford Conference, 08-2000

• NATURE IN HAIKU - WHAT NATURE?
  Susumu Takiguchi

Susumu Takiguchi questions concepts of nature/human in haiku.

• ZIP: FORM, FREEDOM AND PHONICS
  An alternative approach to the Haiku in English
  John E. Carley

A haiku-analogue developed by poetry editor, John E. Carley

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• See more WHC essays in: 

Editorial Corner
WHC Japan
WHC Spanish
Special Features: James W. Hackett &  David Lanoue
Shiki Masaoka Centenary Celebrations )

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WHC ACADEMIA

• WHCacademia Debate Topic 1:  
  "Is Western Haiku A Second-rate Art?"
  Compiled by Denis Garrison
  
  
  

WHC SCHOOLS: TRADITIONAL JAPANESE SCHOOL (Haiku)
Susumu Takiguchi

• Introduction
  
  

• Lesson 1: Kukai Style (Kigo: Snow)
  
  

• Lesson 2-1: Kukai Style (Kigo: Cold)
  
  

• Lesson 2-3: Cold continued
  Borrowing Japanese Kigo
  Fuga-no-makoto
  
  

• Lesson 3:  advent/arrival of spring
  
  
  

WHC SCHOOLS: HIBISCUS SCHOOL (Haiku)
Ferris Gilli

• Traditional Western Haiku Lessons:  Part I
  
  

• Traditional Western Haiku Lessons:  Part II
  
  

• Traditional Western Haiku Lessons:  Part III

HAIKU

• 10 Haiku Selections by Guest Editor 
  John Stevenson, HSA
  
  

• 10 Haiku Selections: General
  
  

• 10 Haiku Selections: Themed - Journey
  
  

• 10 Haiku Selections: Kigo ("world kigo")
  
  

• Vietnam Ruminations
  prose-haiku works, Robert Wilson
  
  
  

RENKU

• Link, Shift & Smile
  an introduction to traditional Renku
  Paul MacNeil
  
  

• FOLLOW THIS! #1: 
  2 Reader Participation 
  Games with Renku Verses
  
  

• Dandelion Globes
  a summer kasen renku
  Christopher Herold & Carol O’Dell
  
  

• East - West
  a summer kasen renku
  Christopher Herold & 27 poets
  
  

• Curls of Light
  a 3-2-1 winter kasen renku
  Elizabeth St Jacques & Ferris Gilli
  
  

• Delicate Tracings
  a winter kasen renku
  Sue Mill, John Bird,
  Marjorie Buettner & John Crook
  
  
  

SENRYU

• 10 Senryu Selections
  
  
  

HAIBUN

• Introduction
  
  

• Chichen-Itza
  Bruce Ross
  
  

• Seurat Morning
  Marjorie Buettner
  
  

• A Ten Minute Walk From My Home
  Carmen Sterba
  
  

• Flagler Beach
  Debra Woolard Bender
  
  

• Daily Fishing
  Michael McClintock
  
  

• Noyelles sur Mer
  Sergé Tome
  
  

• The Birch
  Ion Codrescu
  
  

• With the Wind
  Maria Steyn
  
  

• return to the summer house
  hortensia anderson
  
  

• dead inland sea haibun/for paul
  Marlene Mountain
  
  

SHORT VERSES

• Cinquain Selections by Guest Editor
  Dr. Larry Gross, FSPS
  
  

• Tanka Selections by Guest Editor
  Dr. Larry Gross, FSPS
  
  

• Sijo Selections by Guest Editor 
  Dr. Larry Gross FSPS
  
  

• Zip Selections by Guest Selector, 
  John E. Carley, Editor, Pennine Studio 
  & The (Poetry Worm)
  
  (also see: Zip: Form, Freedom and Phonics)
  
  

JAPAN

• HIROSHIMA HAIKU, 30 poems 
  Yasuhiko Shigemoto
  
  

• Seeking a Four-Dimensional Haiku
  Yasuomi Kogenai
  
  
  

SPANISH

• The Contribution of Octavio Paz
  to Haiku (English)
  Carlos Fleitas 
  
  

• The Contribution of Octavio Paz
  to Haiku (Spanish)
  Carlos Fleitas
  
  

• The Urban Haiku (English)
  Jesus Masanet
  
  

• The Urban Haiku (Spanish)
  Jesus Masanet
  
  

• 5 Haiku, Jesus Masanet
  
  

• 10 Haiku
  
  
  

HAIKU JUNIOR

• An Introduction to WHCHaikujunior,  DeVar Dahl
  with haiku by his students: Brianne Christensen, 
  Jaron Davidson, Logan Shaver, Noelle Wolsey
  
  

• Haiku by Young Poets
  Sonia C. Coman, Joe Sirculomb, 
  Willow Katsumi Relf-Discartin, Kayla C. Kohlmaier
  
  

• Renku: Is This The End?
  Brendan Ryan, Debra Woolard Bender
  
  

• Multimedia Works by Young Poets
  Sonia C. Coman, Oisin Ryan, Brendan Ryan,
  Kayla C. Kohlmaier, Joe Sircoulomb
  
  

• WHC Haiku Junior News: Brighton Festival
  Haiku Contest Winners  -  Haiku Busses
  
  

MULTIMEDIA

• Interactive Photo-Haiku
  
  

• Multimedia Works