Akita International Haiku Network
Gray clouds trail across the sky. In the pale winter sun a flock of geese (Ben Grafström–Akita, Japan)
World Haiku Series 2019 (109) Haiku by Maria Tirenescu rose in the rain - my grand mother sighing near the window Honorable Mention, 73nd Basho Memorial English Haiku Contest 雨の中の薔薇ー 私の祖母がため息をつく 窓の近くで empty room – in the clay vase a dry daisy Selected, The 11th Yamadera Basho Memorial Museum English … Continue reading World Haiku Series 2019 (109) Haiku by Maria Tirenescu
On October 9 and 10, 2011, AIU Festival was held at Akita International University（国際教養大学）in Akita prefecture（秋田県）, Northern Honshu, Japan. The festival, whose theme is HOOP ～世界とハチあわせ！～, had 3Philosophies : Academic（学問）, Culture（文化）, and Entertainment（楽しさ）. The AIU students enjoyed the festival in their own ways. They gave their cultural activities to enjoy a variety of meetings, … Continue reading Haiku from Romanian Poets for AIU Festival 2011 (6)
On October 9 and 10, 2011, AIU Festival was held at Akita International University（国際教養大学）in Akita prefecture（秋田県）, Northern Honshu, Japan. The festival, whose theme is HOOP ～世界とハチあわせ！～, had 3 Philosophies : Academic（学問）, Culture（文化）, and Entertainment（楽しさ）. The AIU students enjoyed the festival in their own ways. They were excited at a variety of meetings, HOOP ～世界とハチあわせ！in … Continue reading Haiku from Romanian Poets for AIU Festival 2011 (5)
The last day, we received a mail of congratulations on the New Year’s festival from William Sorlien’s rabbit in St. Paul, Minnesota, USA. The rabbit says, “Thank you for celebrating the Rabbit Year at a great party.” And at last the rabbits went back home, leaving their message. … Continue reading International Haiku New Year’s Festival 2011 (Part 5)
Let me introduce Patricia Lidia, a haiku poet, in Romania. Our friendship started when I received an e-mail on April 7, 2010. Dear Sir, I am a younger collaborator of Mrs. Marioara Tirenescu and I am the translator of your haiku in Romanian. I took the liberty to translate them by using … Continue reading Haiku by Patricia Lidia for Int’l Haiku Spring Festival 2010 (4)
