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Van den Heuvel has published several books of his own haiku, including one on baseball.He is the editor of the three editions of The Haiku Anthology; the original Haiku Anthology published in 1974 by Doubleday, the second edition published in 1986 by Simon & Schuster, and the third edition published in 1999 by Norton.
Haiku (俳句, listen ⓘ) is a type of short form poetry that originated in Japan. Traditional Japanese haiku consist of three phrases composed of 17 morae (called on in Japanese) in a 5, 7, 5 pattern; [1] that include a kireji, or "cutting word"; [2] and a kigo, or seasonal reference.
Todai was a restaurant chain based in the United States. As of 2016, the chain had over 19 restaurants in the United States, 7 restaurants in South Korea and each one restaurant in Hong Kong, Canada, Indonesia, Singapore and Malaysia. [1]
The Haiku Society of America was founded in 1968 by Harold G. Henderson and Leroy Kanterman in New York City, and was the first formal organization dedicated to haiku outside of Japan. [4] Twenty-one charter members attended its first meeting. [2] Bringing together poets study, discuss, and write haiku, [4] the organization's stated goals were to:
Bronxville is a village in Westchester County, New York, United States, located approximately 15 miles (24 km) north of Midtown Manhattan. [3] It is part of the town of Eastchester . The village comprises one square mile (2.5 km 2 ) of land in its entirety, approximately 20% of the town of Eastchester.
Harold Gould Henderson (1889–1974) was an American academic, art historian and Japanologist.He was a Columbia University professor for twenty years. From 1948 through 1952, he was the President of the Japan Society in New York, [1] and in 1968 he cofounded the Haiku Society of America.
An exterior view of The Anna Lawrence Bisland 1928 House, home of the Bronxville Women's Club founded in 1925, on Midland Avenue in Bronxville. According to their website, "The Bronxville Women's ...
In the late 19th century, Masaoka Shiki (1867–1902) renamed the standalone hokku as "haiku", [2] and the latter term is now generally applied retrospectively to all hokku appearing independently of renku or renga, irrespective of when they were written. [3] The term hokku continues to be used in its original sense, as the opening verse of a ...