Haiku beyond Earth「天上俳句会」Haiku in Canada by Terry Ann Carter (7)

Haiku in Canada:

History, Poetry, Memoir

　

Terry Ann Carter

　

　

For my haiku family in Canada and around the world

　

When all is said and done,

we’re really just walking each other home…

　

Ram Dass (1931-2019)

　

Chapter 6: Regional Groups of Haiku Canada (3)

　

Solstice Haiku – Whitehorse, Yukon Territory

　

Haiku by Kathy Munro

　

Katherine Munro (“Kathy,” born Katherine Jane Munro, June 15, 1960, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; haigō kjmunro), full-time parent, retired, and poet.

In 2014, she founded solstice haiku, a monthly haiku discussion group in Whitehorse, Yukon Territory, that she continues to facilitate, and since January 2018 she has curated a weekly feature for Troutswirl, The Haiku Foundation’s blog. Her debut poetry collection is contractions (2019). Munro resides in Whitehorse.

　

The Yukon Artists @ Work cooperative:

for the exhibition’s catalogue (2020)

　

snowflake

the lost child

in the group

　

雪片や行方不明の子の如し

seppen ya  yukue fumei no  ko no gotoshi

　

The 18^th HIA Haiku Contest (2016)

　

入選 (Honorable Mentions)

　

Kjmunro (Katherine Munro) (Canada)

kｊマンロゥ（カナダ）

　

dark night　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　

every raindrop a star 　　　　　　　　　　　　

falling

　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　

闇夜

雨一粒一粒星の

降る

　

https://akitahaiku.com/2017/12/09/

　

World Haiku Series 2019 (89)

　

Haiku by Katherine J. Munro

　

breeze in the treetops

my neighbour’s wind chimes

then mine

　

(Haiku Canada Review, 2015)

　

梢のそよ風

私の隣人の風鈴

その時私の風鈴に

　

low winter sun

through this kitchen window

snowflakes float

　

(Wah, 2014)

　

 低い冬の太陽

このキッチンの窓から

雪片が漂う

　

paper cup flowers in the garden

　

(DailyHaiku, 2014)

　

庭の紙のコップのような花

　

spring sun

cat naps rotate

through the house

　

(World Haiku Review, 2013)

　

 春の太陽

猫のお昼寝

家の中

　

untouched snow

the driveway

of our new house

　

(Haiku Canada Review, 2013)

　

手つかずの雪

私たちの新しい家の私道

　

https://akitahaiku.com/2020/04/09/

　　

　

Kathy’s process of writing a haiku from an article in What’s Up Yukon

(April 10, 2019):

　

Sometimes a haiku arrives in my head fully formed, requiring no revision, but, more often, when something that I observe or experience strikes me as something to write about, I create half a haiku. Then I can spend some time editing and revising it to create the final version. In some cases, this takes years. Usually, it is more like hours or days.

　

Magpie Haiku & Tanka Poets – Calgary

　

Haiku by DeVar Dahl

　

holding hands

for the first time

cherry blossoms

　

2010 Best Canadian Haiku

The Vancouver Cherry Blossom Haiku International Contest

　

初めての手の握り合いさくらばな

hajimete no  teno nigiriai  sakurabana

　

Haiku by Meghan Jones

　

after the hailstorm

rose petals strewn

throughout the garden

　

雹嵐バラの花びら庭中に

hyōarashi  bara no hanabira  niwajū ni

　

Haiku by Bruce Ross

　

a solitary crow

from tree to tree

first snow

　

Bashō Festival 2011 Runner Up

　

初雪に一羽の烏木から木へ

hatsuyuki ni  ichiwa no karasu  ki kara ki e

　

　

秋田国際俳句ネットワーク

蛭田 秀法

Hidenori Hiruta

Akita International Haiku Network