This haiku book provides an invaluable guide to developing your own haiku-writing skills, with clear explanations, brilliant examples, and innovative writing exercises.It also offers an introduction to related Japanese poetic forms including: Senryucommentaries on human nature that are often humorous or ironicHaibunshort, autobiographical narratives accompanied by a haikuTankaimaginative poems full of highly personal, emotional expressionsHaigadrawings accompanied by commentary in haiku formRengaa collaborative form featuring linked sequences of poetryHow to Haiku is a wonderful resource for anyone who wants to try their hand at this precise and poetic form of expression.