haiku research papers
Contemporary Japanese and English-language Haiku
in Cross-cultural Perspective
March 2008, Red Moon Press
Longer papers —
Plausible Deniability: Nature as Hypothesis
in English-language Haiku
9800 words
PDF
In Poems of Consciousness, and
PALA 2007 Conference Proceedings
Forthcoming, Stylistic Studies of Literature
(S. Kumamoto & M. Hori, eds., Summer, 2008)
Kigo and Seasonal Reference:
Cross-cultural Issues in Anglo-American Haiku
5400 words
PDF
A discussion of differences between season words as used in English-language haiku, and kigo within the Japanese literary context.
Kumamoto Studies in English Language and Literature 49, Kumamoto University, March 2006; revised from
Simply Haiku, 3.3
The Miraculous Power of Language:
A Conversation with the Poet
Hoshinaga Fumio
7000 words
PDF
An interview with acclaimed haiku poet
Hoshinaga Fumio, at 70.
Also online:
Modern Haiku, 35.3
Autumn 2004
Hoshinaga Fumio:
Selected Haiku from Kumaso-Ha
2500 words
PDF
As a compliment to the above interview. The two articles combined offer 22 haiku translations, with commentary.
Modern Haiku, 35.3
Autumn 2004
The Disjunctive Dragonfly:
A Study of Disjunctive Method and Definitions in Contemporary English-language Haiku
11,700 words
March 2004. Revised & updated, December 2007
PDF
The goal of this paper is to offer expanded definitions and concepts for what "proper haiku" in English may be.
Kumamoto Studies in English Language and Literature 47, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan, March 2004 (27-66).
Adapted and revised in:
Modern Haiku, 35.2 (21-44)
The Distinct Brilliance of Zappai
5200 words
PDF
An explanation of the cultural
significance of zappai, and argument for
its removal from the HSA definitions of haiku
Also online:
Simply Haiku 3.1
Spring 2005
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Subtitled interviews with gendai poets
Kigo & “Seasonal Reference” in haiku
6 articles
Journal Interviews :
Interview with Udo Wentzel
for Haiku Heute
Spring 2007, vol 5 no 1
Interview with Robert Wilson
for Simply Haiku
Spring 2005, vol 3 no 1
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Japanese Sayings
Presentations by college students of senryu, kotowaza, 5-7-5 metrics, mottos . . .
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haiku research papers
Longer papers —
(continued)
march 2000
Haiku Metrics and Issues of Emulation:
New Paradigms for Japanese and English
Haiku Form
17,500 words
PDF
Language Issues: Journal of the Foreign Language Education
Center. Prefectural University of Kumamoto, Kumamoto, Japan.
march 1999
Stalking the Wild Onji
8300 words
PDF
Frogpond: Journal of the
Haiku Society of America, 22: Supplement
Reviews & Shorter papers —
Review
Towards a New Light
NOON: Journal of the Short Poem
Simply Haiku, Summer 2005, vol 3 no 2
Notions of Metamorphosis in English Haiku
autumn 2004
Frogpond: Journal of the Haiku Society of America, 27: 3
A Very Warm Mountain
autumn mist by marlene mountain
summer 2004
Frogpond: Journal of the Haiku Society of America, 27: 2
Beyond the Near Distance:
Horizon by Rajiv Lather
spring 2004
Frogpond: Journal of the Haiku Society of America, 27: 1
A Future Waterfall: Second Sight
autumn 2001
Frogpond: Journal of the Haiku Society of America, 24: 3
Universalism vs. Particularism
in International Haiku
spring 1999
Haiku Novine, Yugoslavia
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