Haiku in English circular form (sometimes known as "cirku") whereby the poem has no fixed start or end point. In the "zip" form developed by John Carley, a haiku of 15 syllables is presented over two lines, each of which contains one internal caesura represented by a double space. A fixed-form 5-3-5 syllable (or 3-5-3 word) haiku is sometimes known as a "lune". The leading English-language haiku journals published in the U.S. include "Modern Haiku", "Frogpond" (published by the Haiku Society of America), "Mayfly" (founded by Randy and Shirley Brooks in 1986), "Acorn" (founded by A. C. Missias in 1998), "Bottle Rockets" (founded
Haiku was an Englishman who lived in Japan. He produced a series of works on Zen, haiku, senryū, and on other forms of Japanese and Asian literature. In 1949, with the publication in Japan of the first volume of "Haiku", the four-volume work by Blyth, haiku were introduced to the post-war English-speaking world. This four-volume series (1949–52) described haiku from the pre-modern period up to and including Shiki. Blyth's "History of Haiku" (1964) in two volumes is regarded as a classical study of haiku. Today Blyth is best known as a major interpreter of haiku to English speakers. His works have