Akita International Haiku Network
Gray clouds trail across the sky. In the pale winter sun a flock of geese (Ben Grafström–Akita, Japan)
E-book : 3.11 Memorial Haiku 追悼 On March 11, 2020, the Akita International Haiku Network published an e-book 3.11 Memorial Haiku 追悼 in prayer. This is because a student of mine, Ms. Makiko Utsumi, lives in Higashi- Matsushima City, Miyagi Prefecture, having lost her son’s wife in the Great East Japan Earthquake on March … Continue reading E-book : 3.11 Memorial Haiku
World Haiku Series 2019 (61) Haiku by Hidenori Hiruta 1. Prayers leaving for the universe 3.11 tsunami 天と地に広がる祈り大津波 2. First fishing leaving the port with prayers on 初漁や祈りを乗せて岸を出づ 3. Blueberries bearing the buds of hope on the tsunami area 津波跡ブルーベリーの希望の芽 4. Prayers illumined on the … Continue reading World Haiku Series 2019 (61) Haiku by Hidenori Hiruta
World Haiku Series 2019 (30) Haiku by David McMurray Photo-haiku 1: McMurray and haiku friends in Matsuyama Shiki museum in the flower seller's hands a few scented coins 子規記念博物館 花の売り子の手に いくつかの香水をつけたコイン Photo-haiku 2: Looking for the moon in a lonely winter sky the island lighthouse 月を探す 孤独な冬の空に 島の灯台 Photo Haiku 3: Sepia … Continue reading World Haiku Series 2019 (30) Haiku by David McMurray
The Results of the World Haiku Series 2019 Preface Matsuo Bashō「松尾芭蕉, 1644-1694」 arrived at Kisakata 「象潟」on the evening of August 1, 1689, when a misty rain started to fall, obscuring Mount Chōkai 「鳥海山」. During his stay he wrote haiku about Kisakata. 象潟の雨や西施がねぶの花 Kisakata in rain! Seishi is reminded by The … Continue reading The Results of the World Haiku Series 2019
Haiku by Hidenori Hiruta (5) All rights reserved ©Hidenori Hiruta 蛭田 秀法 Haiku Walks in Kainosawa Hot Spring (貝の沢温泉) Let me show you around Kainosawa Onsen through photo haiku. Hot spring mark aflame with red leaves dodan azaleas Kaino-sawa「貝の沢」: the name of a place at the foot of Mount … Continue reading Haiku by Hidenori Hiruta (5)
Introduction 330 years have passed since Matsuo Bashō「松尾芭蕉, 1644–1694」visited Kisakata「象潟」on the evening of August 1, 1689. Now, the statue of Bashō is erected in the garden of Kammanji Temple「蚶満寺」in Kisakata, Nikaho City「にかほ市」, Akita Prefecture「秋田県」. If Bashō were to be here, the greatest master of haiku would be greatly surprised to find that … Continue reading World Haiku Series 2019 : Guidelines
Introduction More than six years have passed since “Haiku by Hidenori Hiruta (3) ” was posted on the website on February 23, 2013. These six years Hidenori Hiruta spent his time mainly on organizing the Japan-Russia Haiku Contest, holding the Haiku conference every year, or issuing the yearly pamphlet of the Akita International Haiku … Continue reading Haiku by Hidenori Hiruta (4)
