in which i provide the absolute briefest history of haiku imaginable...
things referenced:
haiku wikipedia article (that will lead to other good articles) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haiku#Haiku_movement_in_the_West
BashÅ's Haiku translated by David Landis Barnhill (absolutely fantastic introduction) - http://www.sunypress.edu/p-3978-bashos-haiku.aspx
Modern Japanese Haiku edited by Makoto Ueda (really great outline of the changes in haiku/poetic theory (heavily colored by Masaoka Shiki) that took place around the turn of the 20th century) - https://www.amazon.com/Modern-Japanese-Haiku-Makoto-Ueda/dp/0802062458
The Art of Haiku by Stephen Addiss (great brief history of haiku in introduction) - http://www.shambhala.com/the-art-of-haiku.html
