Akita International Haiku Network
Gray clouds trail across the sky. In the pale winter sun a flock of geese (Ben Grafström–Akita, Japan)
謹賀新年 Here is a picture for the new year card, which welcomes the year of Snake. Wish you all a Happy New Year! Here are two haiku by Hidenori Hiruta. 初夢や蛇を敬ひ餅を食ふ 秀法 First dream – to respect Snake and eat rice cake Hidenori 蛇の夢豊かな作と独楽回し 秀法 Snake’s … Continue reading For New Year 2013 (1)
Francis Tugayé, a French artist, kindly sent me a New Year’s e-mail on January 7 as follows. Dear Hidenori San That, through the misty areas, your eyes perceive the best. “Uncertainty” overrides the people all filled with their certainties. Let us be both realistic and (a little) dreamer... and that the year of the dragon … Continue reading For New Year 2012 (3)
On March 13, 2011, Graziella Dupuy, a Facebook friend of mine, who is a French artist, contributed the following photo with French haiku. Michael Dylan Welch, a haikuist friend of mine in USA, wrote the original haiku in English, which is translated into French by Graziella Dupuy. after the quake … Continue reading Haiku about the Great East Japan Earthquake (9)
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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