I was thrilled and over the moon to discover this amazing podcast book review by Rebecca Budd and her sister, Sarah of Word Craft: Prose & Poetry. Many thanks to both of you (and your mother) for finding poetic inspiration from my book. Please have a listen and while you’re there give their blog aContinue reading “Reshare from: The Book Dialogue.com”
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Haiku vs. zappai
Let’s do a refresher on haiku and zappai: Some of what I’m seeing lately is called zappai, or pseudo-haiku, which is not truly haiku. Just because a poem has three lines and twelve to seventeen syllables, doesn’t make it a haiku. If your poem does not feature a season word, it’s not a haiku. It’s haiku-like orContinue reading “Haiku vs. zappai”