ABSTRACT
This chapter examines the literary standing of haiku, in light of publications dedicated exclusively to the form, to suggest that rather than approaching the matter directly through the poetics and practice of haiku, it would be more useful to look at the haiku phenomenon as one of many forms of short poetry. The chapter explores the interrelationships between haiku and other varieties of short poems, citing published examples to offer ways forward for poets interested in writing haiku-inflected short poems beyond the conventions of haiku. Of particular interest is the way such poems can speak to each other in unexpected ways.
