Akita International Haiku Network
Gray clouds trail across the sky. In the pale winter sun a flock of geese (Ben Grafström–Akita, Japan)
On Aril 25, 2010, I received a comment from Tad Wojnicki in Taiwan. Dear Hiruta-San: I'm a Californian living/haikuing in Taiwan. I've just spotted your site /thx to haijinx/. Impressive! Loads and loads of love here. Thanks from all. I'd like to participate in yr International Spring Festival. Plz, send some info my … Continue reading Haiku by Tad Wojnicki in Taiwan (Part 2)
Dr. Akito Arima （有馬朗人）is President of the Haiku International Association (HIA)（国際俳句交流協会）(http://www.haiku-hia.com), a nonprofit organization aimed at promoting haiku globally. Dr. Arima also leads the haiku group Ten’I (Providence)（天為）(http://haikunet.info). On December 2, I received HAIKU INTERNATIONAL NO.91 published on November 30, 2010. In the magazine they reported the results of the 12th … Continue reading Haiku at the 12th HIA Haiku Contest (2010): the Results
First of all, I would like to introduce a haiku friend of mine, William Sorlien, in Minnesota, USA. Here is a photo of Mississippi ginko walk, downtown St. Paul, September 2009 William Sorlien (Willie) is a construction tradesman residing in Minnesota, USA, which adjoins the cold northern border with Canada, near the center of … Continue reading Haiku by William Sorlien in USA (2)
On September 15, Wahyu W. Basjir sent me an e-mail with his brief bio, a photo of his family, and haiku included. On October 2, I posted his haiku with his brief bio and a photo of his family in the website. On October 20, I received another mail, in which Wahyu contributed his … Continue reading Tanka by Wahyu W. Basjir in Indonesia (1)
Let me introduce Kaa Na Kalyanasundaram, an Indian poet, who sent me the following mail on October 28. Dear Hidenori Hiruta, I am very much glad of your mail. I am late but I wish to put forth my bio and also haiku poems for your perusal and publishing. BIO:(Haiku poet Kaa.Na.Kalyanasundaram, Chennai, … Continue reading Haiku by Kaa Na Kalyanasundaram in India (1)
On May 20, 2010, I received a comment on our website from Narayanan Raghunathan. He says in his comment as follows: Dear Hiruta-San: I humbly request you to visit our site http://www.wonderhaikuworlds.com/ Please translate Haiku which you like into Japanese. Please post your Haiku and translation on our site: It will surely get translated … Continue reading Haiku by Narayanan Raghunathan in India (2)
John McDonald in Edinburgh writes haiku in Scots, one of the two languages native to Scotland as well as in English. Last year John presented me with his three scots haiku books, whose titles are ‘THE THROU-GAUN CHIEL ‘, ‘FUME O PEAT REEK’‘, and ‘TUIM TIN TASSIE’. He has … Continue reading Scots haiku by John McDonald (Part 4)
Professor Kirby Record teaches as director of English for Academic Purposes at Akita International University (AIU) (国際教養大学) in Akita. He also writes haiku. He is a fellow haiku poet of mine. Professor Kirby Record kindly contributed to me one of his poetry works, whose title is ‘From Leaf to Leaf: Haiku and Other … Continue reading Haiku by Kirby Record at AIU, Japan (5)
On September 15, Wahyu W. Basjir sent me an e-mail with his brief bio, a photo of his family, and haiku included, as follows: Dear Hiruta-san I was born in Central Java in 1967 and have been spending more than half of my age in Jogjakarta with my wife and three children. As a son … Continue reading Haiku by Wahyu W. Basjir in Indonesia (1)
On July 2４, 2010, Brian Birdsell(McSherry) sent me an e-mail, contributing a collection of haiku about summer. Hidenori Thanks for the email. I agree some thoughts of the cool spring weather is rather refreshing right now. I think Akita is getting the same weather as morioka - hot and humid! I plan to go … Continue reading Haiku by Brian McSherry in Iwate, Japan (4)
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