Akita International Haiku Network
Gray clouds trail across the sky. In the pale winter sun a flock of geese (Ben Grafström–Akita, Japan)
In the posting this time, I take up AIU Festival 2010 held on October 10-11 at Akita International University（国際教養大学）and the haiku presentation by students at the AIU class of Japanese literature. AIU Festival 2010 (Part 3) The theme is shown in the following photos: Here is a photo … Continue reading Haiku by Students at AIU (7)
In the posting this time, I take up AIU Festival 2010 held on October 10-11 at Akita International University（国際教養大学）and the haiku presentation by students at the AIU class of Japanese literature. AIU Festival 2010 (Part 2) The theme is shown in the following photos: Here is a photo … Continue reading Haiku by Students at AIU (Part 6)
Dr. Akito Arima （有馬朗人）is President of the Haiku International Association (HIA)（国際俳句交流協会）(http://www.haiku-hia.com), a nonprofit organization aimed at promoting haiku globally. Dr. Arima also leads the haiku group Ten’I (Providence)（天為）(http://haikunet.info). On December 2, I received HAIKU INTERNATIONAL NO.91 published on November 30, 2010. In the magazine they reported the results of the 12th … Continue reading Haiku at the 12th HIA Haiku Contest (2010): the Results
In the posting this time, I take up AIU Festival 2010 held on October 10-11 at Akita International University（国際教養大学）and the haiku presentation by students at the AIU class of Japanese literature. AIU Festival 2010 (Part 1) The theme is shown in the following photo: Here is a photo … Continue reading Haiku by Students at AIU (Part 5)
First of all, I would like to introduce a haiku friend of mine, William Sorlien, in Minnesota, USA. Here is a photo of Mississippi ginko walk, downtown St. Paul, September 2009 William Sorlien (Willie) is a construction tradesman residing in Minnesota, USA, which adjoins the cold northern border with Canada, near the center of … Continue reading Haiku by William Sorlien in USA (2)
On September 15, Wahyu W. Basjir sent me an e-mail with his brief bio, a photo of his family, and haiku included. On October 2, I posted his haiku with his brief bio and a photo of his family in the website. On October 20, I received another mail, in which Wahyu contributed his … Continue reading Tanka by Wahyu W. Basjir in Indonesia (1)
Let me introduce Kaa Na Kalyanasundaram, an Indian poet, who sent me the following mail on October 28. Dear Hidenori Hiruta, I am very much glad of your mail. I am late but I wish to put forth my bio and also haiku poems for your perusal and publishing. BIO:(Haiku poet Kaa.Na.Kalyanasundaram, Chennai, … Continue reading Haiku by Kaa Na Kalyanasundaram in India (1)
In September, 2010, I received an e-mail from Chen-ou Liu. Dear Mr. Hidenori Hiruta I came across your website while looking for the haiku written in different languages. I was amazed by your efforts in spreading a love for Japanese short form poetry. I wish you success in all your endeavors. And I would like … Continue reading Tanka by Chen-ou Liu in Canada (1)
On May 20, 2010, I received a comment on our website from Narayanan Raghunathan. He says in his comment as follows: Dear Hiruta-San: I humbly request you to visit our site http://www.wonderhaikuworlds.com/ Please translate Haiku which you like into Japanese. Please post your Haiku and translation on our site: It will surely get translated … Continue reading Haiku by Narayanan Raghunathan in India (2)
John McDonald in Edinburgh writes haiku in Scots, one of the two languages native to Scotland as well as in English. Last year John presented me with his three scots haiku books, whose titles are ‘THE THROU-GAUN CHIEL ‘, ‘FUME O PEAT REEK’‘, and ‘TUIM TIN TASSIE’. He has … Continue reading Scots haiku by John McDonald (Part 4)
