Category Archives: Teachers

Be An Exceptional Haikuist & Teacher with These Instructive Books

Posted on July 4, 2023 by Charlotte Digregorio

Dear Readers and Followers: I went back to press again recently to print up more copies of my two popular poetry reference books, Haiku and Senryu: A Simple Guide for All, and Ripples of Air: Poems of Healing. Haiku and … Continue reading →

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Learn How to Be a Great Wordsmith!

Posted on July 20, 2021 by Charlotte Digregorio

You can be a great wordsmith! You don’t have to be naturally creative to become one. All you need is Selma Glasser’s classic book The Analogy Book of Related Words: Your Secret Shortcut to Power Writing. I don’t usually review … Continue reading →

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Daily Haiku: April 18, 2020

Posted on April 17, 2020 by Charlotte Digregorio

ocean ripples . . . the shape of wind everywhere   by Don Baird, Author (USA) Haiku Wisdom, Modern English Tanka Press, 2011

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Daily Haiku: Aug. 29, 2019

Posted on August 28, 2019 by Charlotte Digregorio

first buds . . . the Morse code of a little bird   primi germogli … l’alfabeto Morse di un uccellino       by Lucia Cardillo (Italy) TINYWORDS, April 3, 2019

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Special: A Haiku Guide That Benefits All

Posted on December 8, 2017 by Charlotte Digregorio

In the midst of reviewing some haiku books during the past week, it suddenly struck me that I can be self-serving and promote my own book for the holidays, too! If you want to improve your haiku writing skills, teach … Continue reading →

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Promote Haiku During National Literacy Awareness Month

Posted on September 7, 2017 by Charlotte Digregorio

September is National Literacy Awareness Month. I learned long ago, when I was asked to teach haiku to public school students, that haiku and senryu were great ways to  not only to enrich their vocabulary, but to get them reading … Continue reading →

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Daily Haiku: Aug. 14, 2017

Posted on August 13, 2017 by Charlotte Digregorio

Dear Readers and Followers: Today on The Daily Haiku, we are dong something different from the usual. Many of you are familiar with Tom Painting, longtime award-winning poet of haiku whose work is often featured on this blog. Tom is … Continue reading →

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Get Your Work Noticed–Whatever Your Art Is

Posted on April 9, 2016 by Charlotte Digregorio

To all My Loyal Followers and Readers: Thank you so much for reading the Daily Haiku and all my instructional posts on a regular basis. Hundreds of you have emailed me or commented on this blog, and I have now … Continue reading →

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Daily Haiku: March 23, 2016

Posted on March 23, 2016 by Charlotte Digregorio

copper streaked cheeks The Blessed Virgin cupping rain by Elliot Nicely Mayfly, 41, 2006

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Haiku News for All, Including Teachers

Posted on March 12, 2016 by Charlotte Digregorio

As haikuists, we should live in the moment. We capture the moment in our haiku. Memory also plays a role in haiku, as we live in the present, but at the same time, we are reminded of past moments that … Continue reading →

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