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Poetic Recycling

Arts, Culture & Media

With the new decade fast-approaching, I can’t help but think about reinvention.Studio 360has done several segments that take dusty old ideas and wipe them clean with poetry. Recycling them into verse can reveal surprises. Here are some of my favorites. Susan B.A. Somers-Willet created poems based on the impoverished mothers of Troy, Michigan. I especially […]

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The economy in haiku

Business, Economics and Jobs
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‘Will not ever give up’: your economic haikus

Business, Economics and Jobs

Mexican youth are telling the government to keep its hands off their cell phone signals

Global Scan

Mexican youth are telling the government to keep its hands off their cell phone signals

Global Scan
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Haiku - Gregory Johnson

This scientist’s ‘art’ depicts an Earth in crisis

Environment

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change generated a lot of news reports — but none of them put the report quite in the context of this NOAA scientist. Rather than use mere prose, Johnson turned to Haiku and illustrations to The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change generated a lot of news reports — but none of them put the report quite in the context of this NOAA scientist. Rather than use mere prose, Johnson turned to Haiku and illustrations to

‘Walden by Haiku’

Arts, Culture & Media

West meets East in a new book that rewrites Thoreau’s classic work in haiku form, reviving the glorious imagery of “Walden.”

New Algorithm from the Times Finds Haikus ‘In the Wild’

To many, the Metsappear destined for a fifthstraight losing season. That phrase is more than a sad fact – it’s a poem. Specifically, a haiku spotted by the nimble eyes of The New York Times’ latest toy:  the haikubot. The haikubot combs the text of every New York Times article as it’s published in search of […]

Walden by Haiku

Professor Ian Marshall used Henry David Thoreau’s prose to craft a series of haiku poems from the book Walden.

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‘Fringe groups reign supreme’: your economic haiku

Business, Economics and Jobs

We’ve been asking you to call or text us your economic haikus and we’ve gotten some pretty amazing poetry. Today, Natasha Albornoz of Miami, Florida, joins us with her haiku and explains her motivation.

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