Mark Young

Jean Vengua

Since The First Hay(na)ku Anthology's release in 2005, the hay(na)ku has appeared in many literary journals, anthologies, and single-author poetry collections worldwide. Artists have created visual hay(na)ku. The form has been written in Spanish, English, French, Finnish, Dutch, Tagalog, and Norwegian. It has been taught in classrooms, and the National Autonomous University of Mexico/Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico (UNAM) features an hay(na)ku webpage in their online journal, Periodioco de Poesia. Members of UNAM's Faculty of Literature and Philosophy are also preparing a full Spanish translation of The First Hay(na)ku Anthology for future release. Reflecting the hay(na)ku's continued popularity, this volume is released just three years after the first hay(na)ku anthology. A third anthology is also in the works. We hope readers enjoy this volume, an dare encouraged to try writing their own hay(na)ku! For this poetic form also was created as an Invitation to Poetry.

Jean Vengua

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