The Akita International Haiku Network is happy to announce that volume 4 of our haiku journal Serow is just released! We know many people were eagerly awaiting it and we wholeheartedly apologize for taking so long to publish it. We planned to finish it in April, but alas, that was not to be.Please visit the … Continue reading Serow Volume 4!
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World Haiku Series 2020 (12) Haiku by Christina Chin
World Haiku Series 2020 (12) Haiku by Christina Chin a kiss beside the shoji screen b u t t e r f l i e s Published in Akitsu Quarterly Journal キス 障子のそばで 蝶々 checkered light under the trellis petrea volubilis Published in Cantos 2020 多彩な光 格子の下 … Continue reading World Haiku Series 2020 (12) Haiku by Christina Chin
World Haiku Series 2020 (4) Haiku by an’ya
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
Out now: Serow, Volume 3!
Latest edition! (click HERE for pdf)
Call for Submissions: HAIGA, PHOTO HAIKU **NEW DEADLINE**
[日本語は下です] The editors of Serow: Journal of the Akita International Haiku Network are asking for HAIGA submissions to be included in our next edition, Serow Vol. 3 due out in early summer 2020. HAIGA may be attributed to multiple people (for example poet, artist, and/or calligrapher). Please include FULL NAMES, hometowns, and email contact info for … Continue reading Call for Submissions: HAIGA, PHOTO HAIKU **NEW DEADLINE**
詩の国秋田 Akita – the Land of Poetry 2017.10 vol.9
目 次 「日露俳句コンテスト」の永続を! 武道修練道場・北士館館長 七尾宗専(武道家・俳人) 第6回日露俳句コンテスト 余話 第3回国際俳句大会 概況 「芭蕉の夢」 国際俳句交流協会会員 蛭田秀法 さらに、日露俳句コンテストに句を寄せ、日露俳句大会や国民文化祭記念・国際俳句大会に参加。また、天為秋田支部主催の吟行や句会に参加し、主宰の有馬朗人先生(国際俳句交流協会会長)や国内外の参加者と交流を深めた。 武道へのあこがれは、少年時代に父が宮本武蔵の晩年の自画像と『五輪書』を見せてくれたことから生じた。そして、中学生の頃、隣県の岩手の片田舎から柔道の名人「三船十段出現」という新聞記事を見て、武道を志すことを誓った。三船久蔵十段は「柔道の神様」とあがめられていた。 昭和33(1958)年春、中学を終えて上京、苦学の中、東京倫武館本部の道場に入門、修行に励み、13年後に師範代に昇格。その後、武道全般について学んだ。 Martial Arts Profile of Sosen Nanao (Director of the Hokushikan Dojo) Mr. Sosen Nanao was born in 1943 in the town of Futatsui, Akita … Continue reading 詩の国秋田 Akita – the Land of Poetry 2017.10 vol.9
稲美里佳の短歌:Tanka by Rika Inami (2)
More info (日本語) 羽後町ホームページ https://www.town.ugo.lg.jp/sightseeing/detail.html?id=1012&category_id=41 More info (English) Ugo Town Homepage https://www.town.ugo.lg.jp/sightseeing/detail.html?id=340 編集 蛭田秀法 Edited by Hidenori Hiruta
第3回国際俳句大会:The 3rd International Haiku Forum
The 3rd International Haiku Forum Aims: The 1st International Haiku Forum was held in celebration of the 29th National Cultural Festival in Akita 2014 at the Akita International University in Japan, October 25, 2014. As a result, cultural exchanges through haiku have spread throughout the world. The next … Continue reading 第3回国際俳句大会:The 3rd International Haiku Forum
“Afriku” by Adjei Agyei-Baah in Ghana
On May 23, 2014, Adjei Agyei-Baah, Kumasi, Ghana, submitted his haiku for the English section of the 3rd Japan-Russia Haiku Contest. leafless tree― lifting a cup of nest to the sky Adjei’s haiku was judged and selected for Akita Chamber of Commerce and Industry President Award by Fay Aoyagi. Fay Aoyagi: A … Continue reading “Afriku” by Adjei Agyei-Baah in Ghana
Tanka and Haiku by Bitariy Subirin in Russia
Mr. Vitaliy Svirin submitted his haiku to the Russian section of the 5th Japan-Russia Haiku Contest. Mr. Svirin also sent his poetic works of tanka, haiku and photo haiku. He is a karate instructor, loving to play chess as a hobby. He enjoys writing tanka and haiku, studying Japanese, and publishes his tanka and … Continue reading Tanka and Haiku by Bitariy Subirin in Russia