Akita International Haiku Network
Gray clouds trail across the sky. In the pale winter sun a flock of geese (Ben Grafström–Akita, Japan)
The New Year’s Festival has started with the arrival of Gabi Greve’s rabbit. Gabi's rabbit came to Akita from Okayama on New Year’s Eve, participating in the festival. Gabi says in her haiku: New Year preparations - my rabbit in his coat 我が兎正月用にお召かえ of white Patricia Lidia’s rabbit has got … Continue reading International Haiku New Year’s Festival 2011 (Part 1)
Tsutomu Nimure, a tanka poet, in Akita, Japan, kindly contributed his tanka in celebration of the 1st anniversary of the opening of the Akita International Haiku Network. He introduces himself as follows: Tsutomu Nimure’s way of TANKA As a college student, I had a Japanese class, which dealt Manyoushu. The teacher of … Continue reading Tanka by Tsutomu Nimure for Int’l Haiku Spring Festival 2010 (11)
On April 10,2010, I received an e-mail from Brian Birdsell (McSherry). He says in his mail as follows: Hidenori - I received your email from a friend of mine in Akita. I currently live in Morioka and have lived here for the past 6 years. I teach English at a private high school. I … Continue reading Haiku by Brian McSherry for Int’l Haiku Spring Festival 2010 (10)
On July 15, 2009, I received two comments from John McDonald in Edinburgh, UK. He was the first haiku poet to send us comments, saying “Good Luck” and encouraged us to continue posting haiku or articles on haiku. John also presented me with his haiku book, whose title is ‘THE THROU-GAUN CHIEL’. He … Continue reading Haiku by John McDonald for Int’l Haiku Spring Festival 2010 (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)
On the second day of our festival, it is a great pleasure for us to introduce Helen McCarthy, a haiku poet, in London, UK. Helen McCarthy writes books on Japanese animation and comics. She also writes about embroidery (and she hopes to start embroidering her haiku soon.) She gives talks and workshops … Continue reading Haiku by Helen McCarthy for Int’l Haiku Spring Festival 2010 (2)
Int'l Haiku Spring Festival 2010 has just started on May 12 on the website of the Akita International Haiku Network in Akita, Northern Honshu, Japan. At the same time 2010 Bath Japanese Festival , our sister festival, has begun and gives Festival Launch Party in Bath, UK, this evening. Masuda Aika（桝田愛佳）, a haiga painter, … Continue reading Haiku by Roberta Beary for Int’l Haiku Spring Festival 2010 (1)
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