IN203, Honors Seminar: Global Haiku Traditions examines the origins and spread of Japanese poetics from Japan around the world, with a special focus on the adaptation of haiku into other cultures and languages.

Syllabus for Fall 2014 (doc file)

Students in Fall 2014 Global Haiku Tradition

Assignments Guide for Fall 2014

Final Exam: December 18, 2-4pm
Fireplace Room - RTUC

A special feature of the spring course was that students conducted interviews by e-mail with leading contemporary haiku poets. We studied the history of haiku and related poetics in Japan, and then examined the contemporary internalization of haiku in various international cultures.

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Kukai Favorite Selections

Kukai 1 • Kukai 1 Favorites

Kukai 2 • Kukai 2 Favorites

Kukai 3 • Kukai 3 Favorites

Kukai 4 • Kukai 4 Favorites

Kukai 5 • Kukai 5 Favorites

Kukai 6 • Kukai 6 Favorites

Final Kukai • Final Kukai Favorites

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Haiku Editing Sessions

Haiku to Edit 1 • Haiku to Edit Results

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Renku

1 Rengay • Favorites

1 Tan-renga • Favorites

Kasen Renga:

Black Canvas

from the sea we come and go

Happenstance

I am Invincibile

The Most Wonderful Time of the Year

This Crazy Road Called Life