Natalie Goldberg is the author of 15 books, including her classic Writing Down the Bones, which has sold over one million copies and revolutionized how we practice writing in this country. For ...

The haiku that listeners sent us about summer evoked all kinds of memories. Some said the season reminds them of ice cream or trips to the beach. Others shared precious memories of young love.

And Vicki Elsbernd’s poem about something recently in the air — and in the news — tickled me enough to choose it as my favorite entry in this year’s Springtime in Washington Haiku Contest.

That’s something one of us (Jasmin) set out to investigate by analysing haiku published in English over the last 30 years. First, let’s learn how to read haiku.