Akita International Haiku Network
Gray clouds trail across the sky. In the pale winter sun a flock of geese (Ben Grafström–Akita, Japan)
On July 2４, 2010, Brian Birdsell(McSherry) sent me an e-mail, contributing a collection of haiku about summer. Hidenori Thanks for the email. I agree some thoughts of the cool spring weather is rather refreshing right now. I think Akita is getting the same weather as morioka - hot and humid! I plan to go … Continue reading Haiku by Brian McSherry in Iwate, Japan (3)
On January 5, 2010, P K Padhy, an Indian poet, gave a comment on my haiku at my blog as follows: Dear Mr Hiruta, I am delighted to read some of your haiku, especially entwined with picturesque photographs. Japan is the land of Haiku. I wish you may like some of my attempts recently appeared … Continue reading Haiku by P K Padhy in India (2)
On August 12, 2010, I knew about Angelika Kolompar Renville Bygott through facebook, and became a haiku friend of hers. Since then, we have started to share blogs with each other. In her blog, ‘HAIKU LIFE OF ANGELIKA’, she says as follows: “I write about my private and literary life. I compose … Continue reading Haiku by Angelika Kolompar in Canada (1)
On May 18,2010, I received a comment on haiku by Roberta Beary for Int’l Haiku Spring Festival from Michael Dylan Welch as follows: Nice to see these translations of Roberta's poems from the book! Michael Since then we have been exchanging e-mails. First of all, I would like to introduce Michael … Continue reading Haiku by Michael Dylan Welch in USA (2)
On May 20, 2010, Kala Ramesh sent me an e-mail as follows: Dear Hidenori Hiruta san, Sending my work for your site. Please take time over your translation, because I've sent tanka and Haibun too, which might need more time for proper translation, I feel, since they are longer. I'm given you many poems, please choose … Continue reading Tanka by Kala Ramesh in India
In August, 2000, I visited Edinburgh, Scotland, where I enjoyed Edinburgh Festival, and did the sights of the city, including the tour of Edinburgh Castle. Edinburgh Festival Edinburgh Festival is a collective term for several simultaneous arts and cultural festivals that take place during August each year in Edinburgh, Scotland. These festivals are … Continue reading Scots haiku by John McDonald (Part 3)
On April 10,2010, Brian Birdsell(McSherry) sent me an e-mail, contributing a collection of short poems, which he has entitled “Fair Equinox” and divided into 4 seasonal sections. Attached it the “winter poems”. On May 18, 2010, he sent me the second e-mail, saying as follows: Thank you Mr. Hidenori Hiruta for your interest in … Continue reading Haiku by Brian McSherry in Iwate, Japan (Part 2)
First of all, I present you the following haiku I wrote when I visited 角館（かくのだて）(Kakunodate), Akita. Hyakusui’s monument stands in beauty cherry blossoms さくらばな百穂の碑を飾りけり Sakurabana Hyakusui no hi o kazari keri This is a monument inscribed with two tanka poems written by平福百穂（ひらふく ひゃくすい）(Hirafuku Hyakusui)(1877 - 1933), who was a Japanese-style painter … Continue reading Haiku by Hidenori Hiruta in Japan (2)
Professor Kirby Record teaches as director of English for Academic Purposes at Akita International University (AIU) (国際教養大学) in Akita. He also writes haiku. He is a fellow haiku poet of mine. Professor Kirby Record contributed his book of poetry titled ‘A Welcome Coolness’ to me. I post poetry in his book, dividing them … Continue reading Haiku by Kirby Record at AIU in Japan ( Part 4 )
On May 25, Vishnu P Kapoor contributed his haiku through his e-mail. He says in his e-mail: Dear Hiruta san, Thank you so much for your encouraging e-mail. Following are a few of my haiku thoughts for your kind perusal; i hope you enjoy them :- light of dawn- smoke rising from … Continue reading Haiku by Vishnu P Kapoor in India
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