Online Videos for Photo-haiku Contests in Matsuyama and Kagoshima!

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! →

稲美里佳の短歌：Tanka by Rika Inami (60)

2022年8月 短歌 August 2022, Tanka All rights reserved ©Rika Inami 稲美 里佳   Five pieces of tanka for Tatsumi Hijikata The other day, I visited the Kamaitachi Art Museum, where photos of Tatsumi Hijikata, the founder of Butoh, a dance genre, are displayed. Photographer is Hosoe Eikoh. The museum was opened in 2016 in the former … Continue reading 稲美里佳の短歌：Tanka by Rika Inami (60) →

Haiku by Hidenori Hiruta in Japan (6)

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) →

Haiku by Chen Xiaoou in China (15)

Ten English Haiku Year of Tora adding wings to a powerful tiger 寅年 翼を加える 力強い虎に raindrops sweet melody falls upon my ears 雨滴 心地よい旋律が降る 私の耳に a white feather wavers onto the snow the sound of silence 白い羽 雪の上で揺れる 沈黙の音 visiting a museum of teeth at shark’s mouth 訪問 歯の博物館 サメの口に dark forest going further away … Continue reading Haiku by Chen Xiaoou in China (15) →

Haiku by Vladislava Simonova in Ukraine (4)

On the radio air raid alarm sounds swallows are flying ラジオで 空襲警報音 ツバメが飛んでいる Explosions in the night I pray for those who were alive today　 　 夜の爆発 私は祈ります 今日生きていた人達のために Note: I meant people who were alive at the beginning of the day but died because of explosions. I hear rumbling sounds and think about those … Continue reading Haiku by Vladislava Simonova in Ukraine (4) →

Book Announcement! “Scaring Crow” Haiku by Adjei Agyei-Baah

Adjei Agyei-Baah, the winner of Akita Chamber of Commerce and Industry President Award of the 3rd Japan-Russia Haiku Contest 2014, published the book titled “Scaring Crow Haiku Adjei Agyei-Baah” with a Foreword by Hiroaki Sato as Buttonhook Press 2022 Chapbook Series Poetry: All forms & styles Haiku. His book was dedicated to Paul MacNeil. Dedication To … Continue reading Book Announcement! “Scaring Crow” Haiku by Adjei Agyei-Baah →

稲美里佳の短歌：Tanka by Rika Inami (59)

2022年7月 短歌 July 2022, Tanka All rights reserved ©Rika Inami 稲美 里佳   <横手市の羽黒町へ3首/ Three pieces of tanka to Haguro-Cho, Yokote City> 　先日、所用で横手市に行きました。その折、かつて横手城下の武家屋敷があった羽黒町を少々散策しました。羽黒町には現在、武家屋敷は現存しておりませんが、横手市と市民の方々のご尽力により、今なお古の風情と面影が保たれています。      The other day, I went to Yokote City on an errand. During my visit, I took a short ramble through Haguro-Cho, where there used to be a samurai residence under Yokote Castle. … Continue reading 稲美里佳の短歌：Tanka by Rika Inami (59) →

Haiku by Vida Jalili in Iran

10 Haiku by Vida Jalili Cold morning ... Every violet is sunken In his shadow English Speaking Union of Japan - Haiku (ESUJ-H) March 2022 寒い朝 すべてのバイオレットが沈んでいる 彼の影に A long night... In the shade of cypress trees The snow is also black English Speaking Union of Japan - Haiku (ESUJ-H) February 2022 長い夜 ヒノキの木陰で 雪も黒い … Continue reading Haiku by Vida Jalili in Iran →