Akita International Haiku Network
Gray clouds trail across the sky. In the pale winter sun a flock of geese (Ben Grafström–Akita, Japan)
On February 2, we received an e-mail from Lars Palm, whose title is ‘Some haiku from Lars Palm’. In his mail Lars Palm introduced himself to us as follows: my name is Lars Palm & I live in Malmö, in southern Sweden where I work in health care, write (in english since spring 2005), … Continue reading Haiku by Lars Palm in Sweden
Miss Masuda Aika (桝田愛佳）began painting haiga in her elementary school days. In summer, 2008, her mother, Ms. Masuda Junko (桝田純子), and David Ferron, an ALT (Assistant Language Teacher) in Akita City, Akita, Japan, took up haiga by Masuda Aika as their haiga project. We posted their haiga project on the website, dividing it into … Continue reading Haiga by Masuda Aika ( Part 5 )
Miss Masuda Aika (桝田愛佳）began painting haiga in her elementary school days. In summer, 2008, her mother, Ms. Masuda Junko (桝田純子), and David Ferron, an ALT (Assistant Language Teacher) in Akita City, Akita, Japan, took up haiga by Masuda Aika as their haiga project. We posted their haiga project on the website, dividing it into … Continue reading Haiga by Masuda Aika ( Part 4 )
First of all, we post the latter part of Alan Summers’ Travelogue on World Haiku Festival 2002. As we mentioned in the former part, Alan Summers is founder / tutor of With Words which promotes the love of words through a number of inclusive literacy and literature events; courses; activities; workshops; writing walks; and … Continue reading Alan Summers’ Travelogue on World Haiku Festival 2002 (Part 2)
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