The Complete Guide to Writing Haiku

Have you wanted to write haiku but didn't know how to start. If so, "The Complete Guide to Writing Haiku," written by a haiku poet with over thirty years of experience, is all you'll need. "The Complete Guide to Writing Haiku" includes such topics as:

1. The Ten Essentials

2. Writing Haiku -- How To Start

3. Haiku Rules -- To Break Or Not To Break

4. Listen To Yourself

5. Books on Writing Haiku

6. Haiku Anthologies

7. Counting Syllables In Haiku

9. Haiku and Nature References

Especially helpful is the information on "haiku and season words." How to decide whether to count syllables or beats (stressed syllables) is yet another topic where the author is uniquely qualified to guide the beginning haiku poet.

In the pages of "The Complete Guide To Writing Haiku" you have learned what a haiku is and what distinguishes it from other poetry. You have learned some of the essentials necessary in order to write good haiku, and you have been provided real-world suggestions for actually sitting down and creating haiku. You have learned what "rules" must be followed and which ones may not apply in writing a particular haiku. And, most importantly, you have been encouraged to listen to your inner voice as a haiku poet/writer and to decrease your reliance on a list of "thou shalts or shalt nots." In short, you have received a very real and valuable education in the art of writing haiku.