Episode 23: Poetic Diction in Haiku
Think haiku is all about simple language? Come along as we unpack how the juxtaposition of poetic and common diction energizes haiku, and how 20th-century English-language poets got it wrong by mistaking the poetic for the prosaic.
Contact the Haiku Theory Podcast by Emailing Us Here. This episode's soundscape was recorded by Graham on a subway car in Tokyo, Japan in June 2025.