Innovation in Contemporary English-language Haiku

Philip Rowland

International Society for Cultural Expression Conference

International Society for Cultural Expression

Nihon University at Mishima, Shizuoka

After giving a brief overview of the history of one-line English-language haiku, I describe and discuss the salient characteristics and techniques of some contemporary one-line haiku that might be seen as innovative.

Lecture as part of “Haiku Symposium: Translations and Transformations: Modern and Contemporary Haiku Lineage in Japanese and English Poems”; with Ayako Takahashi, Janine Beichman, and Judy Halebsky