Akita International Haiku Network
Gray clouds trail across the sky. In the pale winter sun a flock of geese (Ben Grafström–Akita, Japan)
On March 14, 2011, Victor Gendrano, a haikuist friend of mine in USA, contributed his haiga with his haiku to me. world in grief 悲嘆の世界 prayers of hope 希望の祈り ascend 湧き上がる -- Victor Gendrano (Lakewood, CA, USA) Victor says in his comment on this haiga: The poem in this haiga is in Mainichi's Tsunami poetry archive … Continue reading Haiku about the Great East Japan Earthquake (11)
On April 8, Buddha's Birthday, there was a ceremony held for a newly-built image of Buddha in the graveyard of a Buddhist temple, Shouhei-ji (勝平寺), in Akita-city (秋田市), Northern Honshu, Japan. The chief priest Shunsai Takayanagi (高柳俊哉住職）at the temple of the Sodo sect of Buddhism（曹洞宗）, held the ceremony for the purpose of putting Buddha' … Continue reading Haiku about the Great East Japan Earthquake (8)
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