Akita International Haiku Network
Gray clouds trail across the sky. In the pale winter sun a flock of geese (Ben Grafström–Akita, Japan)
Let haiku be on the UNESCO list! On January 16, 2015, Ms. Djurdja Vukelic Rozic kindly sent me an e-mail as follows. Dear Hidenori-san, sorry if I'm tiring you with these messages. There are so many wonderful texts around here in Croatia, and I had luck to meet some great haiku … Continue reading Let haiku be on the UNESCO list! (23)
Let haiku be on the UNESCO list! Here is a letter of support of the campaign from Ms. Tereza Salajpal, Koprivnica, Croatia. The former half is written in Croatian, and the latter half in English. We sincerely wish to appreciate and share it with each other. Dear Hidenori-san, Tereza asked me to … Continue reading Let haiku be on the UNESCO list! (14)
Let haiku be on the UNESCO list! Here is a letter of support for the campaign from Mr. Naselje Garča in Bosnia and Herzegovina, translated into English by Ms. Đurđa Vukelić-Rožić. Dear Ladies and Gentlemen, With very few words one may paint an image – and there you have Haiku! When, … Continue reading Let haiku be on the UNESCO list! (9)
Let haiku be on the UNESCO list! Here is a letter of support for the campaign from Ms. Ljudmila Milena Mršić through my haiku friend’s e-mail. On January 10, 2015, I received such a nice e-mail from Mr. Stjepan Rozic, Croatia. It says as below, with a letter of support for the … Continue reading Let haiku be on the UNESCO list! (8)
Let haiku be on the UNESCO list! On January 10, 2015, I received such a nice e-mail from Ms. Djurdja Vukelic Rozic, Croatia, which pleased me very much. Ms. Rozic, one of my best haiku friends, kindly suggested to us that they would like to write letters of support to let haiku be … Continue reading Let haiku be on the UNESCO list ! (6)
Here is an e-mail sent from Ms. Djurdja and Stjepan in June this year. Thank you dear Hidenori Hiruta-san. Now we returned from another haiku meeting, this time in Ludbreg, a small town in the North of Croatia, The Centre of the Earth. Again we met our dear haiku pals, shared a day … Continue reading Haiku by Dubravko Korbus in Croatia (1)
On June 9, Ms. Djurdja Vukelic Rozic , my haiku friend in Croatia, sent me an e-mail as follows. Dear Hidenori-san, thank you for your kind message. Yesterday we were in the town of Krapina, there we have annual haiku meeting to the memory of Croatian foremost haiku poet Dubravko Ivancan (1931-1982), who wrote such … Continue reading Haiku by Dubravko Ivancan in Croatia (2)
