Akita International Haiku Network
Gray clouds trail across the sky. In the pale winter sun a flock of geese (Ben Grafström–Akita, Japan)
World Haiku Series 2020 (6) Haiku by Arvinder Kaur the gentle swing of a poppy - hopping bees ( published at The Mainichi July 15,2020 ) 穏やかな揺れ ケシの 飛び回るハチ mother's funeral - the breeze gently caressing my hair ( Honourable mention 23'rd Mainichi Haiku Contest ) 母の葬式 そよ風がやさしく 私の髪を愛撫する self … Continue reading World Haiku Series 2020 (6) Haiku by Arvinder Kaur
Ishida Mitsunari （石田三成）is familiar in Akita Prefecture, Japan, as is shown in Hidenori Hiruta's e-book “HAIKU Surmounting 山上” published as (English Edition) Kindle版 through Amazon on September 9, 2019. Hiruta's haiku book has a page on a present sent from Ishida Mitsunari to Satake Yoshinobu（佐竹義宣）, the first lord of the Akita Domain. Here is a copy … Continue reading 石田三成辞世420周年：the 420th Anniversary of Ishida Mitsunari’s Farewell Tanka
World Haiku Series 2020 (5) Haiku by Pravat Kumar Padhy standing apart-- fresh blossom embraces closely its petals Country Roads, May 4, 2020 離れて立っている 新鮮な花が抱きしめる 花びらをしっかりと lockdown-- I drag my shadow away from the windowpane behind the mask: haiku in the time of Covid-19, Spring Moon Press, 2020 封鎖 … Continue reading World Haiku Series 2020 (5) Haiku by Pravat Kumar Padhy
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
World Haiku Series 2020 (3) Haiku by Angiola Inglese isolation- sixty-four spaces on the chessboard The Heron Nest Volume XXII, Number 3: September 2020 隔離 64スペース チェス盤に cicada song - deep roots of the bindweed THE ZEN SPACE - JUL 01 2020 蝉の鳴き声 深い根 ヒルガオの half bloom of … Continue reading World Haiku Series 2020 (3) Haiku by Angiola Inglese
World Haiku Series 2020 (2) Haiku by Adam Wahlfeldt spring moon singing her first lullaby as a grandmother 春の月 初めての子守唄を歌っている 祖母として day after sermon slowly darkening the rose petals 説教の翌日 ゆっくりと暮れていく バラの花びら a summer rainfall as the mosquitos find my neck the … Continue reading World Haiku Series 2020 (2) Haiku by Adam Wahlfeldt
World Haiku Series 2020 (1) Haiku by Satoru Kanematsu Satoru Kanematsu kindly and delightedly presented a 6-page haiku leaflet on COVID-19 to the World Haiku Series 2020. Here is a photo of Mr. Satoru Kanematsu. Here is a page of ABOUT THE … Continue reading World Haiku Series 2020 (1) Haiku by Satoru Kanematsu
The Results of the World Haiku Series 2020 Bashō's Farewell Haiku On November 28, 1694, Matsuo Bashō became critically sick with a stomach illness and died peacefully, surrounded by his disciples. He did not compose any formal death poem on his deathbed, but the following haiku he wrote four days before his death was recorded … Continue reading The Results of the World Haiku Series 2020
On November 28, 1694, Matsuo Bashō became critically sick with a stomach illness and died peacefully, surrounded by his disciples. He did not compose any formal death poem on his deathbed, but the following haiku he wrote four days before his death was recorded as the last poem during his final illness, which is generally … Continue reading Reminder : World Haiku Series 2020
In May, 2017, Željko Funda, kindly presented his haiku book “birds have feathers, lizards have the sun ” haibunnies to me. Željko Funda is also one of the authors who kindly and delightedly sent his nice haiku to the World Haiku Series 2019. Firstly, let me show you a few pages of his book, … Continue reading Haiku by Željko Funda : “birds have feathers, lizards have the sun ” haibunnies
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