TY - JOUR AU - Kocher, Philomene PY - 2011/01/17 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Inviting Connection Through the Gap in Haiku JF - Language and Literacy JA - L & L VL - 11 IS - 1 SE - Articles DO - 10.20360/G29G6C UR - https://journals.library.ualberta.ca/langandlit/index.php/langandlit/article/view/9746 SP - AB - My M.Ed. research focused on using haiku poetry as a way of connection with persons with dementia within an established spiritual care setting. As foundation for this research, I explored<br />the connection-building capacity of the gap created by the juxtaposition in haiku. Seventeen experienced haiku poets (including myself as both researcher and poet) responded to survey<br />questions about the intuitive process of writing and reading haiku. The responses illuminate how the simplicity of haiku can paradoxically hold profound meaning through the connections with<br />self, other, and environment. Haiku may have potential in curriculum beyond language arts into environmental studies. ER -