Akita International Haiku Network
Gray clouds trail across the sky. In the pale winter sun a flock of geese (Ben Grafström–Akita, Japan)
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
On March 12, 2021, Adjei Agyei-Baah, my haiku friend sent to me his email, saying as follows. Dear Hidenori San, I trust you are well and keeping safe. Please find attached the February 2021 Issue of The Mamba Journal. We hope you will enjoy this issue and share with friends. Best regards, AAB I sincerely hope … Continue reading The February 2021 Issue of The Mamba Journal
The Mamba : Journal of Africa Haiku Issue 9 March 2020 On March 6, 2020, Adjei Agyei-Baah and Emmanuel Jessie Kalusian as editors kindly offered the Issue 9 of The Mamba (the journal of Africa Haiku) for the 9th memorial service of the Great East Japan Earthquake. We would like to share the journal with each … Continue reading The Mamba : Journal of Africa Haiku
World Haiku Series 2019 (3) Haiku by Adjei Agyei-Baah dry savannah the dotted castles of anthills The Mamba, March 2016 Issue 乾燥したサバンナ 点々とした蟻塚の城 moving in circles the tethered goat runs out of bleat The Mamba, September 2016 Issue 輪になって 繋がれたヤギが走る ヤギの絶叫 harmattan the cowherd fades into dust The Mamba, March … Continue reading World Haiku Series 2019 (3) Haiku by Adjei Agyei-Baah
In 2014, Adjei Agyei-Baah in Ghana won The Akita Chamber of Commerce and Industry President Award in the 3rd Japan-Russia Haiku Contest. Here are the certificate and photo haiku. Africa Haiku Network In 2015, Africa Haiku Network was founded by two great minds namely Emmanuel Jessie Kalusian and Adjei Agyei-Baah Home … Continue reading Africa Haiku Network
On June 7, the Akita International Haiku Network finally published the journal of the 6th Japan-Russia Haiku Contest, whose editor is Ben Grafström, Lecturer at Center for Promotion of Educational Research and Affairs, Akita University. Here's his personal blog... ...and a link to some of his photography. Here is part of Journal of the Akita … Continue reading Journal of the Akita International Haiku Network “Serow”
Haiku Workshop by Adjei Agyei-Baah in Ghana Finally, below are the pictures and the best 30 haiku from the haiku workshop Adjei Agyei-Baah facilitated with students of the Creative Writing Class of the Department of English, University of Ghana, Legon on 17th April 2017. The workshop was co-facilitated by Ms. Celestine Nudanu, Adjei's fellow haikuist from … Continue reading Haiku Workshop by Adjei Agyei-Baah in Ghana
On May 23, 2014, Adjei Agyei-Baah, Kumasi, Ghana, submitted his haiku for the English section of the 3rd Japan-Russia Haiku Contest. leafless tree― lifting a cup of nest to the sky Adjei’s haiku was judged and selected for Akita Chamber of Commerce and Industry President Award by Fay Aoyagi. Fay Aoyagi: A naturalized US citizen … Continue reading “Afriku” by Adjei Agyei-Baah in Ghana
Let haiku be on the UNESCO list! On December 10, 2015, Mr. Adjei Agyei-Baah in Ghana, kindly sent me an e-mail as follows. Dear Hiruta san, I must say Basho’s bug has also caught up with our continent Africa and to be more specific my part of the land, Ghana that … Continue reading Let haiku be on the UNESCO list! (39)
The yearly pamphlet Akita – the Land of Poetry『詩の国秋田第６号』, whose 6th volume is posted as an e-pamphlet, features haiku special from the English haiku submitted to the 3rd Japan-Russia Haiku Contest in 2014. A great number of haiku fans willingly sent their haiku in English to the contest from 46 countries including Japan. … Continue reading Haiku Special from the 3rd Japan – Russia Haiku Contest (9)
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