INVITATION TO HAIKU

Written by Inahata Teiko

Ttanslated by Inaoka Michiko & Inaoka Tadayuki
Supervized by Robert E. Garrity

CONTENTS

Invitation to haiku
Sympathy with nature
Basic conditions of Japanese language haiku
Birth of haiku
Let's make haiku
Study with junior high school students
Let's pick up season words
Take advantage of routine season words
Routine episode
Any subject will do for haiku
Describe the scene as it is
Omissions
Haiku with hidden messages
Refinement
Brief note on "kire-ji"
How to make haiku -The case of junior high school students
Easy haiku to understand
In lieu of closing remarks
Rules of kukai(haiku meetings)
Season words and selected haiku(Spring and Summer)
Season words and selected haiku(Autumn and Winter)
Postscript

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