Akita International Haiku Network
Gray clouds trail across the sky. In the pale winter sun a flock of geese (Ben Grafström–Akita, Japan)
Kala Ramesh is a poet in India, who writes haiku, tanka, haibun, senryu and renku. Here is the latest news about Kala’s haiku activities. Kala’s facebook page says as follows. I conducted 5 haiku sessions at Bookaroo Children's Literary Festival, Delhi from 22 to 26 November, 2012 it went off very well. This link … Continue reading The HAIKU seasons for India by Kala Ramesh
Kala Ramesh is a poet in India, who writes haiku, tanka, haibun, senryu and renku. On September 12, 2012, Kala presented us with her haibun ‘The Touch of Rain in Haiku’. “The Touch of Rain in Haiku” 「俳句における雨の一筆」 By plucking her petals you do not gather the beauty of … Continue reading Haibun by Kala Ramesh in India (1)
On March 11, 2011, we had the most powerful earthquake since records began, which struck the Pacific coast of Northeastern Honshu, Japan, triggering a massive tsunami. Since then I have received e-mails and messages from haiku friends worldwide, in which they have sent their condolences and prayers through haiku, haiga, tanka, short poems, … Continue reading Haiku about the Great East Japan Earthquake (5)
The New Year’s Festival has started with the arrival of Gabi Greve’s rabbit. Gabi's rabbit came to Akita from Okayama on New Year’s Eve, participating in the festival. Gabi says in her haiku: New Year preparations - my rabbit in his coat 我が兎正月用にお召かえ of white Patricia Lidia’s rabbit has got … Continue reading International Haiku New Year’s Festival 2011 (Part 1)
Gabi Greve, a haiku friend of mine, in Okayama(岡山), Japan, kindly contributed her travelogue for the posting on May 23, on the last day of Int’l Haiku Spring Festival 2010. She loves haiku trips around Asia, writing travelogues as shown below. one day in sunshine one day in pouring rain . . . travelling … Continue reading Haiku by Gabi Greve for Int’l Haiku Spring Festival 2010 (12)
Now in Japan we are in a cheerful mood, sharing the beauties and wonders of spring with each other. With the coming of spring, Amur adonis appeared in the fields and camellias opened their flowers, from white to pink and red ones. Plum and cherry blossoms are in full bloom here and there in Tokyo … Continue reading Haiku by Hidenori Hiruta in Japan
On September 4, we received a comment on “Basho’s stay in Kisakata, Akita ( Part 1) from Dr. Gabi Greve. She said in her comment, “lately I enjoy Basho and the Sake no Hosomichi in the following site : http://washokufood.blogspot.com/2009/08/sake-no-hosomichi.html. I wonder what Basho might have eaten at Kisakata.” Dr. Gabi Greve is German … Continue reading Basho’s stay in Kisakata, Akita (Part 2)
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