Akita International Haiku Network
Gray clouds trail across the sky. In the pale winter sun a flock of geese (Ben Grafström–Akita, Japan)
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!
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 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
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[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**
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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
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
祝「日露俳句コンテスト」5周年 秋田市長 穂 積 志 Congratulations on the 5th Anniversary of the Japan-Russia Haiku Contests Motomu Hozumi, Mayor of Akita City Let me send you my hearty congratulations on the 5th anniversary of the Japan-Russia Haiku Contests. It is also a great honour to … Continue reading 詩の国秋田 Akita – the Land of Poetry 2016.10 vol. 8
Let haiku be on the UNESCO list! In May, 2014, the 3rd Japan -Russia Haiku Contest was held in celebration of the 29th National Cultural Festival in Akita 2014. Only one haiku was allowed to be submitted per haiku poet, and there were three sections of Japanese haiku, Russian haiku, and English haiku. One of … Continue reading Let haiku be on the UNESCO list ! (3)
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