Akita International Haiku Network
Gray clouds trail across the sky. In the pale winter sun a flock of geese (Ben Grafström–Akita, Japan)
World Haiku Series 2020 (6) Haiku by Arvinder Kaur the gentle swing of a poppy - hopping bees ( published at The Mainichi July 15,2020 ) 穏やかな揺れ ケシの 飛び回るハチ mother's funeral - the breeze gently caressing my hair ( Honourable mention 23'rd Mainichi Haiku Contest ) 母の葬式 そよ風がやさしく 私の髪を愛撫する self … Continue reading World Haiku Series 2020 (6) Haiku by Arvinder Kaur
Ishida Mitsunari （石田三成）is familiar in Akita Prefecture, Japan, as is shown in Hidenori Hiruta's e-book “HAIKU Surmounting 山上” published as (English Edition) Kindle版 through Amazon on September 9, 2019. Hiruta's haiku book has a page on a present sent from Ishida Mitsunari to Satake Yoshinobu（佐竹義宣）, the first lord of the Akita Domain. Here is a copy … Continue reading 石田三成辞世420周年：the 420th Anniversary of Ishida Mitsunari’s Farewell Tanka
World Haiku Series 2020 (5) Haiku by Pravat Kumar Padhy standing apart-- fresh blossom embraces closely its petals Country Roads, May 4, 2020 離れて立っている 新鮮な花が抱きしめる 花びらをしっかりと lockdown-- I drag my shadow away from the windowpane behind the mask: haiku in the time of Covid-19, Spring Moon Press, 2020 封鎖 … Continue reading World Haiku Series 2020 (5) Haiku by Pravat Kumar Padhy
World Haiku Series 2020 (4) Haiku by an'ya crescent moon at rest in the arms of a full moon 三日月 腕の中で休息 満月の motionless sky twilit limbs release a bald eagle 動かない空 薄明かりの手が解き放す 白頭ワシを ascending with its most noble prize – common crow 上昇 最も見事なほうびを持ってー 普通のカラス … Continue reading World Haiku Series 2020 (4) Haiku by an’ya
World Haiku Series 2020 (3) Haiku by Angiola Inglese isolation- sixty-four spaces on the chessboard The Heron Nest Volume XXII, Number 3: September 2020 隔離 64スペース チェス盤に cicada song - deep roots of the bindweed THE ZEN SPACE - JUL 01 2020 蝉の鳴き声 深い根 ヒルガオの half bloom of … Continue reading World Haiku Series 2020 (3) Haiku by Angiola Inglese
2020年12月 短歌 December 2020, Tanka All rights reserved ©Rika Inami 稲美 里佳 1. 光吸ふ琥珀ちりかふ万華鏡 君と我との一体変化 a kaleidoscope sucking light and scattering amber… it’s you and I transforming into one 2. たまよする松はかはらず常盤なれ有尽の身のいろ秋にさめゆき though … Continue reading 稲美里佳の短歌：Tanka by Rika Inami (40)
World Haiku Series 2020 (2) Haiku by Adam Wahlfeldt spring moon singing her first lullaby as a grandmother 春の月 初めての子守唄を歌っている 祖母として day after sermon slowly darkening the rose petals 説教の翌日 ゆっくりと暮れていく バラの花びら a summer rainfall as the mosquitos find my neck the … Continue reading World Haiku Series 2020 (2) Haiku by Adam Wahlfeldt
World Haiku Series 2020 (1) Haiku by Satoru Kanematsu Satoru Kanematsu kindly and delightedly presented a 6-page haiku leaflet on COVID-19 to the World Haiku Series 2020. Here is a photo of Mr. Satoru Kanematsu. Here is a page of ABOUT THE … Continue reading World Haiku Series 2020 (1) Haiku by Satoru Kanematsu
The Results of the World Haiku Series 2020 Bashō's Farewell Haiku On November 28, 1694, Matsuo Bashō became critically sick with a stomach illness and died peacefully, surrounded by his disciples. He did not compose any formal death poem on his deathbed, but the following haiku he wrote four days before his death was recorded … Continue reading The Results of the World Haiku Series 2020
2020年11月 短歌 November 2020, Tanka All rights reserved ©Rika Inami 稲美 里佳 1. ミネルヴァの知は冴えたるか深秋の彩り統べる黒き梟 Minerva's wisdom must be clearer… Dark Owl integrating the colours in deep autumn ------------------------------------------------- <宮沢賢治の里行/ Drive to Miyazawa Kenji home town> 12 November 2020 私は先日、宮沢賢治の里、岩手県花巻市にある宮沢賢治童話村とイーハトーブまでドライブしてきました。宮沢賢治は日本を代表する天才詩人であり作家です。童話作家と紹介されていますが、その作品には仏教とキリスト教を主とした彼の深い信仰と思想が籠められています。詩であれ童話であれ、読むたびに、私は彼の澄んだ心の深さと優しさに心を打たれています。今回の投稿は、宮沢賢治童話村とイーハトーブを訪ねて詠った10首を投稿致します。尚、彼についてのより多くの説明はWikipediaにリンクさせて頂きました。 宮沢賢治について https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%AE%AE%E6%B2%A2%E8%B3%A2%E6%B2%BB The other day in the early … Continue reading 稲美里佳の短歌：Tanka by Rika Inami (39)
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