Akita International Haiku Network
Gray clouds trail across the sky. In the pale winter sun a flock of geese (Ben Grafström–Akita, Japan)
Kala Ramesh is a poet in India, who writes haiku, tanka, haibun, senryu and renku. On September 12, 2012, Kala presented us with her haibun ‘The Touch of Rain in Haiku’. “The Touch of Rain in Haiku” 「俳句における雨の一筆」 Haiku along with its genres like tanka and haibun are nothing … Continue reading Haibun by Kala Ramesh in India (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 kindly contributed to me one of his poetry works, whose title is ‘From Leaf to Leaf: Haiku and Other … Continue reading Haiku by Kirby Record at AIU, Japan (5)
On September 15, Wahyu W. Basjir sent me an e-mail with his brief bio, a photo of his family, and haiku included, as follows: Dear Hiruta-san I was born in Central Java in 1967 and have been spending more than half of my age in Jogjakarta with my wife and three children. As a son … Continue reading Haiku by Wahyu W. Basjir in Indonesia (1)
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