Month: January 2024

Why is Haiku Printed on Tea Bottles? –Special lecture by ITO EN representatives

*Readers of this article at the Akita Haiku International website are warmly invited to send up to 6 haiku before February 29, 2024 to the 35th ITO EN haiku contest via this online link: https://itoen-shinhaiku.jp/en/requirements/ Why is Haiku Printed on Tea Bottles? --Special lecture by ITO EN representatives On January 26th, Mr Sueshita and Mr. … Continue reading Why is Haiku Printed on Tea Bottles? –Special lecture by ITO EN representatives →

World Haiku Series 2022 (127) Haiku by Zana Coven (Italy / Bosnia Herzegovina)

HAIKU OF ZANA COVEN our blue Earth abundance of air free for all *** Amazon forest let's the trees breath we breath too *** wonderful world oceans, mountains, flowers all for a good life *** little seed thrown on the ground a new life in arrive *** burned wood plant some new trees around  - … Continue reading World Haiku Series 2022 (127) Haiku by Zana Coven (Italy / Bosnia Herzegovina) →

World Haiku Series 2022 (126) Haiku by Yuko Hirota

Haiku by Yuko Hirota the Earth not everyone aware of its generosity この星の　 慈しみ受け 慈しまず　 thinking nothing in the twitter of sparrows さえずりに 浸りて霞みゆく 畏敬 the Earth no living things without enjoying its energy この星の 小さきものの 底力 bullfrogs croak the full moon on the pond undulating 牛蛙 池に満月 波打ちて the Earth no lovers with its … Continue reading World Haiku Series 2022 (126) Haiku by Yuko Hirota →

World Haiku Series 2022 (125) Haiku by Xenia Tran

Haiku by Xenia Tran eyes so blue the child’s first glimpse of the sea 目がとても青い 子供の最初の一瞥 海の (Presence Issue #72, March 2022; Dawn Returns, Haiku Society of America Member’s 2022 Anthology) second-hand bookstore – a blue and yellow candle lit in the corner 古本屋 青と黄色のキャンドル 隅で照らされている (Haiku Dialogue, The Haiku Foundation, 9 March 2022) here … Continue reading World Haiku Series 2022 (125) Haiku by Xenia Tran →

World Haiku Series 2022 (125) Haiku by Xenia Tran (Scotland)

Haiku by Xenia Tran eyes so blue the child’s first glimpse of the sea (Presence Issue #72, March 2022; Dawn Returns, Haiku Society of America Member’s 2022 Anthology) second-hand bookstore – a blue and yellow candle lit in the corner (Haiku Dialogue, The Haiku Foundation, 9 March 2022) here – the silenced still speak war … Continue reading World Haiku Series 2022 (125) Haiku by Xenia Tran (Scotland) →

World Haiku Series 2022 (124) Haiku by Vladislav Hristov

Haiku by Vladislav Hristov зимно езеро все тъй червена мъртвата кои winter lake still bright red the dead koi 冬の湖 まだ真っ赤 死んだ鯉 Mainichi, March 7, 2022 … в тишината между две експлозии разпукан нар in the silence between two explosions cracked pomegranate 沈黙の中で 2つの爆発の間 ひびの入ったザクロ Heliosparrow, May 4, 2022 … кокичета пробиват старите листа раждане … Continue reading World Haiku Series 2022 (124) Haiku by Vladislav Hristov →

Prize-giving Ceremony of the 3rd English Haiku Contest for Junior and Senior High School Students

The International University of Kagoshima happily held the prize-giving ceremony of the 3rd English Haiku Contest for Junior and Senior High School Students on December 2, 2023 as below. https://www.iuk.ac.jp/renkei/regional/archives/109 2024.01.15 鹿児島国際大学 地域総合研究所 第３回「中学生・高校生英語ハイクコンテスト」 表彰式 鹿児島県内の中学生や高校生を対象にした第3回「中学生・高校生英語俳句コンテスト」の表彰式を、12月2日に本学坂之上キャンパスで開催しました。表彰式には、67校2,672句の中から選ばれた受賞者及び関係者約50人が出席。小林潤司学長が受賞者へ賞状と副賞を送りました。 高校生写真俳句部門　学長賞 鹿児島中央高校2年 小吉真世さん 受賞作品： Departure in the morning All I have with me is　 my shadow　 和訳： 出発の朝 持ち物は … Continue reading Prize-giving Ceremony of the 3rd English Haiku Contest for Junior and Senior High School Students →

World Haiku Series 2022 (124) Haiku by Vladislav Hristov (Bulgaria)

Haiku by Vladislav Hristov зимно езеро все тъй червена мъртвата кои winter lake still bright red the dead koi Mainichi, March 7, 2022 … в тишината между две експлозии разпукан нар in the silence between two explosions cracked pomegranate Heliosparrow, May 4, 2022 … кокичета пробиват старите листараждане на сина ми  snowdrops pierce the old … Continue reading World Haiku Series 2022 (124) Haiku by Vladislav Hristov (Bulgaria) →

稲美里佳の短歌：Tanka by Rika Inami (77)

2024年1月 短歌 January 2024, Tanka All rights reserved ©Rika Inami 稲美 里佳 <令和6年 能登半島地震へ5首 / Five pieces tanka to 2024 Noto Peninsula Earthquake > このたびの能登半島地震で被災された皆様に心よりお見舞い申し上げます。お亡くなりになられた方のご冥福をお祈りしますとともに、一日も早い被災地域の復興と皆様が穏やかな日常生活に戻られますよう心より祈念申し上げます。 短歌は日々のテレビニュースや新聞から情報を得て詠いました。写真は岩手県小岩井農場のイルミネーションです。 I would like to express my heartfelt sympathy to the victims of the Noto Peninsula earthquake. I pray for the repose of the spirits of those who lost their … Continue reading 稲美里佳の短歌：Tanka by Rika Inami (77) →