Akita International Haiku Network
Gray clouds trail across the sky. In the pale winter sun a flock of geese (Ben Grafström–Akita, Japan)
Professor Kirby Record teaches as director of English for Academic Purposes at Akita International University(AIU)(国際教養大学) in Akita. He also writes haiku. He is a fellow haiku poet of mine. On October 11 and 12, we participated in AIU Festival and exhibited works of haiku posted on the website, giving haiku activities, such as … Continue reading Haiku by Kirby Record (Part 2)
Marshall Hryciuk is a Canadian haiku poet. On November 28th,, 2009, I met him and his wife Karen Sohne, a haiku poet, who has written haiku in English for over 20 years. It was at a symposium by the Haiku International Association (HIA)（国際俳句交流協会） in Tokyo that we met for the first time. The title … Continue reading Haiku by Marshall Hryciuk (Part 1)
Professor Kirby Record teaches as director of English for Academic Purposes at Akita International University(AIU)(国際教養大学) in Akita. He also writes haiku. He is a fellow haiku poet of mine. On October 11 and 12, we participated in AIU Festival and exhibited works of haiku posted on the website, giving haiku activities, such as … Continue reading Haiku by Kirby Record (Part 1)
The Haiku International Association(HIA)（国際俳句交流協会）, a nonprofit organization aimed at promoting haiku globally, celebrated the 20th anniversary of its establishment with a symposium titled Haiku Worldwide ― Present and Future on November 28, Tokyo. First of all, HIA President Akito Arima (会長有馬朗人) gave a speech of celebration as a greeting. Secondly, they announced … Continue reading Haiku at HIA Haiku Contest and Symposium (2009)
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