Haiku casts big Net From: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel | Date: April 1, 2001| Author: JIM HIGGINS | Copyright 2001 The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Provided by ProQuest LLC.Copyright information

Haiku casts big Net

An old and clever form of Japanese poetry is making a global splash

By JIM HIGGINS

of the Journal Sentinel staff

Sunday, April 1, 2001

An ancient pond

A frog jumps in

A sound heard 'round the world

Haiku, Japan's centuries-old traditional poetry, has evolved into an international passion.

Thanks in part to the global reach of the Internet and the increasing dominance of English as a world language, haiku that mi...

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