Haiku Resources

you might need, a little knowledge, about a poem

Wikipedia: Haiku

FrogPond: Journal of the Haiku Society of America

Simply Haiku: A Quarterly Journal of Japanese Short Form Poetry

Haiku and Related Forms -- lots of great links here

Matsuo Bashō -- Wikipedia

Three translations of some of Bashō's Poems -- scroll down.

Teaching Haiku from Education World

Books

• The haiku handbook: how to write, share, and teach haiku, by William J. Higginson with Penny Harter. An indispensable introduction to the history, aesthetics, and writing of haiku. A great tool for teachers, too. Google Books Amazon
  
  
• The Essential Haiku: Versions of Bashō, Buson, and Issa, by Robert Hass, Hass, Bashō Matsuo, Issa Kobayashi Google Books Amazon
  
  
• The Haiku Anthology, by Cor van den Heuvel. Over 800 of the best English language haiku and related works. Amazon