kacian’s haiku primer — a (very) brief history
The 8th installment of Jim Kacian’s Haiku Primer 
is presented here. Technical difficulties (of unknown origin) have
delayed this month’s unveiling; sorry for the inconvenience .
Last month Jim discussed writing haiku;
this month he offers A (Very) Brief History of Haiku.
To read all installments to date, click here.
For a layman’s primer, try dagosan’s intro to haiku
I’d like to use this opportunity to note that Jim Kacian is stepping downas editor of frogpond (with the Fall 2004 issue, vol. XXVII:3), the most-respected English-language
haiku journal, after seven years of exceptional service. Thank you, Jim.