Akita International Haiku Network
Gray clouds trail across the sky. In the pale winter sun a flock of geese (Ben Grafström–Akita, Japan)
Nobuko Johnson in Washington, USA, loves cherry blossoms and haiku. In March, 2010, she made a haiku trip to Kumamoto（熊本）, Kyushu, Japan and enjoyed the cherry blossom-viewing there. Nobuko Johnson kindly contributed haiku she wrote during her visit there. Some haiku are about the cherry blossoms in full boom shown in the following photo, … Continue reading Haiku by Nobuko Johnson
Gabi Greve, a haiku friend of mine, in Okayama(岡山), Japan, kindly contributed her travelogue for the posting on May 23, on the last day of Int’l Haiku Spring Festival 2010. She loves haiku trips around Asia, writing travelogues as shown below. one day in sunshine one day in pouring rain . . . travelling … Continue reading Haiku by Gabi Greve for Int’l Haiku Spring Festival 2010 (12)
Tsutomu Nimure, a tanka poet, in Akita, Japan, kindly contributed his tanka in celebration of the 1st anniversary of the opening of the Akita International Haiku Network. He introduces himself as follows: Tsutomu Nimure’s way of TANKA As a college student, I had a Japanese class, which dealt Manyoushu. The teacher of … Continue reading Tanka by Tsutomu Nimure for Int’l Haiku Spring Festival 2010 (11)
On April 10,2010, I received an e-mail from Brian Birdsell (McSherry). He says in his mail as follows: Hidenori - I received your email from a friend of mine in Akita. I currently live in Morioka and have lived here for the past 6 years. I teach English at a private high school. I … Continue reading Haiku by Brian McSherry for Int’l Haiku Spring Festival 2010 (10)
On Aril 25,2010, I received a comment from Teddy Wojnicki in Taiwan. Dear Hiruta-San: I'm a Californian living/haikuing in Taiwan. I've just spotted your site /thx to haijinx/. Impressive! Loads and loads of love here. Thanks from all. I'd like to participate in yr International Spring Festival. Plz, send some info my way. Thx, … Continue reading Haiku by Teddy Wojnicki for Int’l Haiku Spring Festival 2010 (9)
On April 20, 2010, Aju Mukhopadhyay, a poet and author, in Pondicherry, India, sent us a comment on the posting ‘International Haiku Spring Festival 2010 ( Akita, Northern Honshu, Japan)’. He said in his comment as follows: This is a very nice site which ably shows many areas of Japanese short verse culture. I … Continue reading Haiku by Aju Mukhopadhyay for Int’l Haiku Spring Festival 2010 (8)
First of all, I would like to introduce a haiku friend of mine, William Sorlien, in Minnesota, USA. Here is a photo of Mississippi ginko walk, downtown St. Paul, September 2009 William Sorlien (Willie) is a construction tradesman residing in Minnesota, USA, which adjoins the cold northern border with Canada, near the center of … Continue reading Haiku by William Sorlien for Int’l Haiku Spring Festival 2010 (7)
On January 25, 2010, I received an e-mail from Dennis M. Holmes through Face Book: Hi, Did we perhaps meet at the World Haiku International Conference, 2002, held in Yuma Town, near Akita? I attended as part of the World Haiku Club. I enjoyed the area very much. It was August; but, the fall … Continue reading Haiku by Dennis M. Holmes for Int’l Haiku Spring Festival 2010 (6)
On July 15, 2009, I received two comments from John McDonald in Edinburgh, UK. He was the first haiku poet to send us comments, saying “Good Luck” and encouraged us to continue posting haiku or articles on haiku. John also presented me with his haiku book, whose title is ‘THE THROU-GAUN CHIEL’. He … Continue reading Haiku by John McDonald for Int’l Haiku Spring Festival 2010 (5)
Let me introduce Patricia Lidia, a haiku poet, in Romania. Our friendship started when I received an e-mail on April 7, 2010. Dear Sir, I am a younger collaborator of Mrs. Marioara Tirenescu and I am the translator of your haiku in Romanian. I took the liberty to translate them by using … Continue reading Haiku by Patricia Lidia for Int’l Haiku Spring Festival 2010 (4)
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