Haiku

:This is the article on the ancient Japanese form of poetry. For the BeOS open-source re-creation project, see Haiku (operating system). For the town in Hawaii, see Haiku-Pauwela, Hawaii.

Non-Japanese

Although none of the following poets except Hackett is known primarily for haiku, all have some haiku in print. Richard Wright, known for his novel "Native Son", wrote thousands of haiku in the eighteen months before his death. Although few were published during his lifetime, in 1998 a book was published with the 817 haiku that he preferred.

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• James W. Hackett
• Jorge Luis Borges
• Cid Corman
• Allen Ginsberg
• Dag Hammarskjöld
• Jack Kerouac
• Octavio Paz
• José Juan Tablada
• Kenneth Rexroth
• Gary Snyder
• Richard Wright