Haiku
Haiku.com is more than a site to read haiku. It’s a combination wiki, blog and shoutwall all in one. The unique poetry website calls itself a “human powered directory created by people throughout the world”, and claim that it provides patterns of relevancy that search engines and algorithms cannot achieve. HAIKU is also a place where you can discover over 1,000 directory entries about haiku, more than 2,500 entries on poetry and more, more, more.
Some of the best fun on Haiku though is where Haiku meets Web 2.0. You’ll find a page devoted to TWAIKU - Haiku on Twitter, which lists Twitter haiku feeds. You can discover Tweeps like ghost_of_basho, who writes things like …. well, like Basho.. a small sample:
on the midnight watch | dolphins glow in the bow wave | moonlight on taut sails
and
silent predawn sky | blue rise and trees breathe the sun | waiting for the storm
You can join HAIKU on Facebook, post Facebook and Google haiku on one of the Haiku walls or publish your own Personal Haiku page, as well as help contribute and edit any of the other directory pages on the site. It’s definitely worth checking out - but be sure you have an hour or so to waste. It’s really really easy to get lost in there.
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