Akita International Haiku Network
Gray clouds trail across the sky. In the pale winter sun a flock of geese (Ben Grafström–Akita, Japan)
Haiga by Christina Chin 1 a sprinkling of dew from the canopy cicadas cry 散布 天蓋からの露 蝉の鳴き声2 intoxicating the drunken sailor in full bloom 酔わせている 酔った船乗り 満開3 deep and seductive the tantalising fragrance of Don Juan 深くて魅惑的 気をもませる香り ドンファンの4 a butterfly on the ivory silk lilac fragrance ~ Cantos蝶 アイボリーのシルクに ライラックの香り5 moth wings raising the … Continue reading Haiga by Christina Chin
Dear Haiku Friends, We hope that you are spending your time with haiku in your own ways. We also live with haiku in our lives. What haiku means to each other's life might be different. But even in our drastically changing surroundings, we have been writing haiku this year too, because we regard haiku as … Continue reading World Haiku Series 2022 : Guidelines
World Haiku Series 2022 : 募集要項 Dear Haiku Friends, We hope that you are spending your time with haiku in your own ways. We also live with haiku in our lives. What haiku means to each other's life might be different. But even in our drastically changing surroundings, we have been writing haiku this year … Continue reading World Haiku Series 2022 : 募集要項
Ten English Haiku paste from Japan my little son falls in love with tooth-brushing first published on Japan Society 日本からのペースト 私の幼い息子が恋に落ちる 歯磨きに pulling down I visit my native place in the Land of Nod 古い家の取り壊し 故郷を訪ねる 夢の国で end of August vacations fly away wing or no wing 8月末 休暇は飛び去る 翼が有っても無くても years gone the day we … Continue reading Haiku by Chen Xiaoou in China (17)
Tamil Haiku விட்டுக்கொடுக்கும் பண்பை வளர்க்கின்றன ஒற்றையடிப் பாதைகள் Give up attitude is developed by one-foot roads 譲る態度 引き出される 一人通路 அடுத்த வேளை சமையலுக்கு ஏதுமில்லை சமைந்தாள் மகள் Nothing is left for the next cooking daughter attained puberty 何も残っていない 次の料理のために 思春期を迎えた娘 வீசாத வலைக்குள் சிக்குண்டு தவிக்கிறது மீனவனின் பசி Stranded in an unspread net Fisherman's hunger 立ち往生 広げられていないネット 漁師の飢え கட்டுமரங்கள் ஓய்வெடுக்கின்றன … Continue reading Haiku by Kaa.Na.Kalyanasundaram in India (2)
* house library haiku collections never aligned 家の図書室 俳句集 整列しない * the fireflies ... the grandmother's story lit the room 蛍 おばあちゃんの話 部屋を照らした A joint collection, Ludbreg, Croatia, 2021. * bougainvillea in full bloom end of holidays ブーゲンビリア 満開 休日の終わり * a crafty barista different latte art leaf in each cup of coffee 巧妙なバリスタ 別のラッテ … Continue reading Haiku by Mihovila Čeperić-Biljan in Croatia
Ten English Haiku windless season flowers awaiting bees’ visit 風のない季節 待っている花 ミツバチの訪問 this morning how dark my bedroom is the magic beanstalk 今朝 寝室のなんて暗いことよ 魔法の豆の木 breeding season orange weavers turn not so orange 繁殖期 機織鳥は そんなにオレンジ色ではない the cuckoo trusts her eggs to their foster parents カッコウ 卵を任せる 里親に shark’s long journey three weeks’ food stored … Continue reading Haiku by Chen Xiaoou in China (16)
An Online Tool for Educators Teaching Haiku As an online tool for educators teaching haiku, we recommend this video created by David McMurray (professor at International University of Japan) and his seminar students. The video teaches students how to write haiku and photo-haiku and how to participate in haiku contests. The video demonstrates how seminar … Continue reading Online Videos for Photo-haiku Contests in Matsuyama and Kagoshima!
The Situation in Kharkiv Last month the situation in Kharkiv got worse. A few weeks ago a missile dropped right on the plant building in front of my home. This experience is unforgettable. Powerful explosion woke me up at 4 am. Through my window I saw fire higher than three floored buildings. Some windows in … Continue reading Haiku by Vladislava Simonova in Ukraine (5)
On August 9, 2022, the August 2022 issue of the Argeș culture magazine was published in Romania. In this magazine Florin Golban created a haiku page for Florin Cezar Ciobîcă from Romania and Hidenori Hiruta from Japan with the help of Ms. Mona Iordan, who kindly translated the texts. Please check out the page by … Continue reading Haiku by Hidenori Hiruta in Japan (6)
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