April is National Poetry Month, so I’ve selected two poetry books that publishers have sent me recently that stood out to talk about this week. In each case, the primary audience is younger people, ...

Haiku is a form of Japanese poetry. Haiku is also a little cat who can't seem to stay out of trouble. "A Cat Named Haiku" tells the story of the day in the life of a mischievous little cat, as he ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... For the first week of the Denver Post LifeStyle section’s $25 Haiku Contest, 5-7-5 verse flowed into the e-mail box like a gush of fresh cream. Maybe it was ...

The period in spring when female cats are in heat is now alluded to in haiku using season words like koineko and neko no koi (literally “cats’ love”), but in older texts, neko no tsuma (literally “cat ...

Like Walt Whitman, Steve Miller, and countless others before her, Oakland writer Anna Pulley is many things: A lesbian; a haiku aficionado; a whip-smart, pun-loving relationship and sex advice ...