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Gray clouds trail across the sky. In the pale winter sun a flock of geese (Ben Grafström–Akita, Japan)
World Haiku Series 2019 (1) Haiku by Adam Kajzer Kisakata the scent of rice fields wafts in the morning haze 象潟 田んぼの香り 朝もやの中に漂う yellow sands Basho's bare feet trudging step by step 黄色の砂 芭蕉の素足がとぼとぼ歩いている 一歩ずつ scented rice floats in the warm wind reaching the hills 香る稲 温かな風の中をかすかに流れる 丘に達する … Continue reading World Haiku Series 2019 (1) Haiku by Adam Kajzer
The Results of the World Haiku Series 2019 Preface Matsuo Bashō「松尾芭蕉, 1644-1694」 arrived at Kisakata 「象潟」on the evening of August 1, 1689, when a misty rain started to fall, obscuring Mount Chōkai 「鳥海山」. During his stay he wrote haiku about Kisakata. 象潟の雨や西施がねぶの花 Kisakata in rain! Seishi is reminded by The … Continue reading The Results of the World Haiku Series 2019
Haiku by Hidenori Hiruta (5) All rights reserved ©Hidenori Hiruta 蛭田 秀法 Haiku Walks in Kainosawa Hot Spring (貝の沢温泉) Let me show you around Kainosawa Onsen through photo haiku. Hot spring mark aflame with red leaves dodan azaleas Kaino-sawa「貝の沢」: the name of a place at the foot of Mount Taihei in the east of … Continue reading Haiku by Hidenori Hiruta (5)
November 2019, Tanka 2019年11月 短歌 All rights reserved ©Rika Inami 稲美 里佳 1. <Time Traveler/ 時の旅人＞ 一閃に時の旅人舞ひ降りて陽だまりの光の子とあそぶ a flash a time traveler alights on the bench playing with photons in the sunny spot ※日欧産業協力センター後援(EU-Japan Center)の 「NewSpace2060 国際イラストレー ション俳句大会2019」、ソリューションクリエーターズ賞受賞作品。 Solution Creators Prize on EU-Japan NewSpace 20160 International Illustrated Haiku Competition 2019 … Continue reading 稲美里佳の短歌：Tanka by Rika Inami (27)
October 2019, Tanka 2019年10月 短歌 All rights reserved ©Rika Inami 稲美 里佳 1 あらくさの下葉深きゆ湧き出づる虫の音ジーと道貫けり * welling from the depth of wild grasses’ lower lobe … the chirping of insects’ songs through the path 2 風ゆれて黄花コスモスさはだちぬ今日の元気とシャッターをきる a gentle breeze… yellow cosmos smiling to me … I activate a camera shutter … Continue reading 稲美里佳の短歌：Tanka by Rika Inami (26)
Introduction 330 years have passed since Matsuo Bashō「松尾芭蕉, 1644–1694」visited Kisakata「象潟」on the evening of August 1, 1689. Now, the statue of Bashō is erected in the garden of Kammanji Temple「蚶満寺」in Kisakata, Nikaho City「にかほ市」, Akita Prefecture「秋田県」. If Bashō were to be here, the greatest master of haiku would be greatly surprised to find that … Continue reading World Haiku Series 2019 : Guidelines
Introduction More than six years have passed since “Haiku by Hidenori Hiruta (3) ” was posted on the website on February 23, 2013. These six years Hidenori Hiruta spent his time mainly on organizing the Japan-Russia Haiku Contest, holding the Haiku conference every year, or issuing the yearly pamphlet of the Akita International Haiku … Continue reading Haiku by Hidenori Hiruta (4)
September 2019, Tanka 2019年9月 短歌 All rights reserved ©Rika Inami 稲美 里佳 1 盆過ぎて篠突く雨のアラームに黒雲ながめ行方を追へり after Bon alarm of a pelting rain from my smartphone… I watch leaden sky and chase clouds 2 夏去りぬ葉月の嵐に蹴散らされ風鈴の音の虚ろにさはぐ summer is over blown up by August storm lost in a flash a wind-bell …chiming...chiming... in vain... … Continue reading 稲美里佳の短歌：Tanka by Rika Inami (25)
Haiku by Đurđa Vukelić Rožić in Croatia (2) sunny August day – a man and his dog pass away together 八月の太陽のよく照る日 ― 男と犬が 一緒に亡くなる road accident – a fireman rinses a rainbow off the asphalt 道路事故 ― 消防士が虹を洗い落とす アスファルトから sunny day – a flock of wooly … Continue reading Haiku by Đurđa Vukelić Rožić in Croatia (2)
August 2019, Tanka 2019年8月 短歌 All rights reserved ©Rika Inami 稲美 里佳 1 熱帯夜に御霊（みたま）こもるか忘れまい原爆の日われらに刻まれ the spirits staying at tropical night never forget the day of atomic bombing …carved in our memory 2 孫さんが農を継ぐとふ頼もしや過疎化の町のハイテクの農 hopeful! he says that his grandsons will inherit agriculture … high technology farming in a depopulated town … Continue reading 稲美里佳の短歌：Tanka by Rika Inami (24)
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