Akita International Haiku Network
Gray clouds trail across the sky. In the pale winter sun a flock of geese (Ben Grafström–Akita, Japan)
Now is late in autumn here in Akita. Our website is full of autumn. The readers have contributed pictures and haiku about autumn from all over the world. 伊藤貞順 (Ito Teijun), a Japanese poet in Akita, presented two pictures to us. She rode on a local train from 鷹巣 (takanosu) to 角館 (kakunodate) and … Continue reading Haiku by Joshua Sellers
桝田愛佳（Masuda Aika）began painting haiga in her elementary school days. In summer, 2008, her mother, 桝田純子(Masuda Junko), and David Ferron, an ALT (Assistant Language Teacher) in Akita City, Akita, Japan, took up haiga by Masuda Aika as their haiga project. We post their haiga project on the website, dividing it into three stages. We hope … Continue reading Haiga by an Elementary Schoolgirl in Akita (Part 1)
On July 15, we received two comments for ‘Akita International Haiku Network’ from Scotland. Mr. John McDonald sent his comments to us for encouragement, saying ‘Good Luck!’. He was the first haiku poet to send us comments and presented us with his haiku books. I’d like to take up one of his … Continue reading Scots haiku by JOHN McDONALD (Part 2)
On September 30, the activities of our network were reported in the Akita Sakigake newspapers （秋田魁新報:Akita Sakigake Shinpou）. That afternoon one of the readers sent to us haiku about ‘autumn rice fields’ , or ‘秋の稲田(aki no inada)’ . The Kanji characters ‘ 秋田‘ are used as the name of Akita City and Akita Prefecture. … Continue reading Haiku about Autumn Rice Fields
On September 14, Mr. Joshua Sellers gave us his comment on my haiku in the article ‘Basho’s stay in Kisakata, Akita(Part 1)’. Mt. Chokai rising in white clouds dragonflies below 白雲の鳥海山に蜻蛉飛ぶ Hakuun no choukaisan ni tonbo tobu He says in his comment, “This is a beautiful haiku. The contrast between the … Continue reading CAGE OF FIREFLIES: A BOOK REVIEW By Joshua Sellers
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