Notes & Theory

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Haiku Notes

• Haiku and Related Forms: Definitions
  
• Haiku and Rust, by M. Kei
  
• How to Compose Haiku, by Susumu Takiguchi
  
• Seasons and kigo, by Gunton & Marsh
  
• 'The Ten Neo-classical Haiku Commandments'of the Post-Review WHChnc 'Protocol'
  
• China's Influence on Haiku, Yahoo Group: SimplyHaiku post by Robert Wilson
  
• The Season of 'No-Season' in Contemporary Haiku: The Modern Haiku Association Muki-Kigo Saijiki, by Richard Gilbert, Yūki Ito, Tomoko Murase, Ayaka Nishikawa and Tomoko Takaki
  
• notes on haiku punctuation, kireji, by Gabi Greve
  
• On the one-line haiku, by Susumu

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Tanka Notes

• Counting Syllables, by M. Kei
  
• Kyoka vs. Tanka, by M. Kei
  
• tanka sturcture ~ Yahoo Group: Tanka post by M. Kei

Cinquain Notes

• Dennis Garrison
  FlyingFishes ~ poems, articles, definitions of cinquains and cinku, must reading for the American cinquain poet
  definitons and important links
  An Introduction to the American Cinquain ~ definitive article from the first issue of Amaze
  WHC cinquain workshop, part 1
  WHC cinquain workshop, part 2
  WHC cinquain workshop, part 3
  WHC cinquain workshop, part 4
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• Debra Woolard Bender: Japanese Haiku to American Cinquain
  
• Brian Strand: William Soutar - A Poet who Outlived his Fame
  
  
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