Akita International Haiku Network
Gray clouds trail across the sky. In the pale winter sun a flock of geese (Ben Grafström–Akita, Japan)
meteor yesterday and today the same wish (The Haiku Foundation) 流星 昨日と今日 同じ願い housewarming the moon drops in empty-handed (The Mainichi ) 新築祝い 月が立ち寄る 手ぶらで new poem with each word a little bit less of me (Failed Haiku) 新しい詩 各語で 私みたいな所がちょっぴり少ない twilight deepens Grandma's wrinkles (The Mainichi) たそがれ 深くなる おばあちゃんの皺 memories pop up here and … Continue reading World Haiku Series 2021 (3) Haiku by Bakhtiyar Amini
All published in 2021 opening up the tentative pink of each bud 開く 仮のピンク色 各蕾 after the rain stops rain from the branches 雨が止んだ後 雨 枝から the point of an icicle last summer’s rain 氷柱の地点 去年の夏の雨 howling gale the last of last year’s nest flies off ヒューヒューうなる強風 去年の最後の巣 飛び去る mountain cafe miso clouds the broth … Continue reading World Haiku Series 2021 (2) Haiku by Alan Peat
drifting clouds the thought of going home lingers (The Mainichi, January 25, 2021) 漂う雲 家に帰る思いに ずっとふける the stillness of a heron's nest winter moon (Wales Haiku Journal, January 30, 2021) 静けさ サギの巣に 冬の月 mother’s tombstone emerges from the fallen leaves a cicada (Honorable Mention – The 24th Mainichi Haiku Contest) 母の墓石 落ち葉から出てくる 蝉 afternoon breeze … Continue reading World Haiku Series 2021 (1) Haiku by Agus Maulana Sunjaya
Instead of Matsuo Basho, it is my greatest delight and honor to announce the results of the World Haiku Series 2021. We would like to express our great gratitude to the authors who kindly and delightedly sent their fine works of haiku, photo haiku, or haiga. We are also willing to share their excellent works … Continue reading The Results of the World Haiku Series 2021
wagon lurches along awakened sleepers soon fall into sleep again ワゴンがよろめきながら進む 眠りこけた御者が目覚め すぐまた眠りこける falling blossom pauses in the air snapshot on my camera 散る花 空中で一時停止 私のカメラでスナップショット in my hand and so far away the flying kite 私の手にいながら とっても遠いところに 揚がっている凧 dews glittering in the morning sun spider web 露がきらめいている 朝日で 蜘蛛の巣 grinding rocks into sands on … Continue reading Haiku by Chen Xiaoou in China (7)
Haiku ...to Japan All rights reserved ©Reshida Coba bakery man enjoying egg after egg - early morning パン屋の職人 卵を次から次に楽しむ 早朝 on father’s beads threaded one – by - one h i s s o r r o w s 父の数珠に 一つずつ糸で縫い合わされている 彼の悲しみ h a i k u - shrinking the world in three lines 俳句 … Continue reading Haiku by Albanian Poet, Reshida Coba
On behalf of the Akita International Haiku Network, THANK YOU to all the poets who submitted haiku to our 2021 haiku contest. There were nearly 500 submissions from over a dozen countries. The contest judges are now reading your haiku carefully. We hope to notify you of the results by the end of December. Please … Continue reading Update: 10th Annual Akita International Haiku Contest (2021)
The reminder of the World Haiku Series 2021 reminds me of Bashō’s Visit to Kisakata written in “The Narrow Road to Oku”, so first of all, I would like to tell you about it as follows. According to “The Narrow Road to Oku”, Matsuo Bashō (1644-1694) arrived at Kisakata, Nikaho City, Akita Prefecture on the … Continue reading Reminder : World Haiku Series 2021
polly seeds in beak the parrot takes wings towards the sun (Note for Editor: POLLY means PARROT. POLLY SEED signifies SUNFLOWER SEED, since parrots love eating the seeds) くちばしに向日葵の種 オウムが羽ばたく 太陽に向かって lakeside park her dog and mine running shoulder to shoulder 湖畔の公園 彼女の犬と私の犬が走っている 肩を並べて sleeping late my dog barks me up for morning exercise 寝坊する … Continue reading Haiku by Chen Xiaoou in China (6)
Introduction The World Haiku Series began in 2019, when 330 years passed since Matsuo Bashō (1644–1694) visited Kisakata on the evening of August 1, 1689. Now, the statue of Bashō is erected with the statue of Seishi in the garden of Kammanji Temple in Kisakata, Nikaho City, Akita Prefecture. If Bashō were to be there, … Continue reading World Haiku Series 2021 : Guidelines
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