Month: November 2021

Haiku by Albanian Poet, Reshida Coba

Haiku ...to Japan All rights reserved ©Reshida Coba   bakery man enjoying egg after egg - early morning パン屋の職人 卵を次から次に楽しむ 早朝 on father’s beads threaded one – by - one h i s s o r r o w s 父の数珠に 一つずつ糸で縫い合わされている 彼の悲しみ h a i k u - shrinking the world in three lines 俳句 … Continue reading Haiku by Albanian Poet, Reshida Coba →

稲美里佳の短歌：Tanka by Rika Inami (51)

2021年11月 短歌 November 2021, Tanka All rights reserved ©Rika Inami 稲美 里佳   1 諸共に夢の秋路を行かばやと我がフォト今しクラウドに上ぐ together hoping to go on the path of dreamy autumn now I upload my photos to the cloud 2 しづみゆく季(とき)の華かな乱れ咲く蓼の艶(あで)いろ野に明るめり flowers of waning season… glossy pink smartweeds blooming wildly and brightening the field 3 山神の賜(たまもの)とふ莢蒾（ガマズミ）の珠（たま）ちりばむる谷をゆきたり I go on a valley studded … Continue reading 稲美里佳の短歌：Tanka by Rika Inami (51) →

Update: 10th Annual Akita International Haiku Contest (2021)

On behalf of the Akita International Haiku Network, THANK YOU to all the poets who submitted haiku to our 2021 haiku contest. There were nearly 500 submissions from over a dozen countries. The contest judges are now reading your haiku carefully. We hope to notify you of the results by the end of December. Please … Continue reading Update: 10th Annual Akita International Haiku Contest (2021) →

Haiku by Chen Xiaoou in China (6)

polly seeds in beak the parrot takes wings towards the sun (Note for Editor: POLLY means PARROT. POLLY SEED signifies SUNFLOWER SEED, since parrots love eating the seeds) くちばしに向日葵の種 オウムが羽ばたく 太陽に向かって lakeside park her dog and mine running shoulder to shoulder 湖畔の公園 彼女の犬と私の犬が走っている 肩を並べて sleeping late my dog barks me up for morning exercise 寝坊する … Continue reading Haiku by Chen Xiaoou in China (6) →

CLOSED: 2021 Akita International Haiku Contest

Thank you for your support! The 2021 Akita International Haiku Contest is now CLOSED to new submissions. 535 poets from all over the world submitted haiku to this year's contest. We, the Akita International Haiku Association, are truly honored to receive their haiku and are grateful that the poets shared them with us. Timeline of … Continue reading CLOSED: 2021 Akita International Haiku Contest →