Akita International Haiku Network
Gray clouds trail across the sky. In the pale winter sun a flock of geese (Ben Grafström–Akita, Japan)
First of all, I present you the following haiku I wrote when I visited 角館（かくのだて）(Kakunodate), Akita. Hyakusui’s monument stands in beauty cherry blossoms さくらばな百穂の碑を飾りけり Sakurabana Hyakusui no hi o kazari keri This is a monument inscribed with two tanka poems written by平福百穂（ひらふく ひゃくすい）(Hirafuku Hyakusui)(1877 - 1933), who was a Japanese-style painter … Continue reading Haiku by Hidenori Hiruta in Japan (2)
On June 1, 2010, we received an e-mail from Richard Stevenson in Canada, whose subject is Haikai Submission to Akita International Haiku Network site. He says in his e-mail: Greetings from Southern Alberta! Thought I'd send along a few things. ( A bio note is included at the end): Bio Note Richard Stevenson lives … Continue reading Haiku by Richard Stevenson in Canada
Tsutomu Nimure, a tanka poet, in Akita, Japan, kindly contributed his tanka in celebration of the 1st anniversary of the opening of the Akita International Haiku Network. He introduces himself as follows: Tsutomu Nimure’s way of TANKA As a college student, I had a Japanese class, which dealt Manyoushu. The teacher of … Continue reading Tanka by Tsutomu Nimure for Int’l Haiku Spring Festival 2010 (11)
This is the first time to post tanka on the website. We post tanka poems by Mr. Tsutomu Nimure, and one of tanka poems in 万葉集(Manyoshu),“Collection of Ten Thousand Leaves” , which is the oldest existing collection of Japanese poetry, compiled some time around 759 A.D. during 奈良時代（Narajidai）,“the Nara period ”. First of all, … Continue reading Tanka by Tsutomu Nimure in Akita
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