Category: Haiku

World Haiku Series 2019 (3) Haiku by Adjei Agyei-Baah

World Haiku Series 2019 (3) Haiku by Adjei Agyei-Baah   dry savannah the dotted castles of anthills The Mamba, March 2016 Issue   乾燥したサバンナ 点々とした蟻塚の城   moving in circles the tethered goat runs out of bleat The Mamba, September 2016 Issue   輪になって 繋がれたヤギが走る ヤギの絶叫   harmattan the cowherd fades into dust The Mamba, March … Continue reading World Haiku Series 2019 (3) Haiku by Adjei Agyei-Baah →

World Haiku Series 2019 (2) Haiku by Adam Šuligoj

World Haiku Series 2019 (2) Haiku by Adam Šuligoj    father's room I step out of the shadow of his empty chair   父の部屋 私は父の空の椅子の影から出る   first summer day splash! splash! autumn   最初の夏の日 ザブン！ザブン！ 秋   glassy moon we know each other well insomnia   ガラスのような月 私たちはお互いをよく知っている 不眠症   dripping faucet I cannot stop … Continue reading World Haiku Series 2019 (2) Haiku by Adam Šuligoj →

World Haiku Series 2019 (1) Haiku by Adam Kajzer

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

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)

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) →

The 2019 Akita International Haiku Contest ・ 2019年度秋田国際俳句コンテスト

INTRODUCTION 日本語の案内は英文の下にあります The Akita International Haiku, Senryū, and Tanka Network organized the Japan-Russia Haiku Contest with great success for 7 years. This tri-lingual (Japanese, Russian, and English) contest always yielded beautiful poetry from poets all over the world. This year, however, we are re-launching the haiku contest simply as "Akita International Haiku Contest" and will … Continue reading The 2019 Akita International Haiku Contest ・ 2019年度秋田国際俳句コンテスト →

World Haiku Series 2019 : Guidelines

    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 →

Haiku by Hidenori Hiruta (4)

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) →