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. Here are tanka written by Kala Ramesh. sugarcane sticks out from bullock carts I sense its sweetening my baby, feeling you through my stomach wall サトウキビが突き出ている 雄牛の引く荷馬車から 私はそれが甘くなるのを感じます 私の赤ちゃん、あなたを感じます 胃壁を通して the weight of … Continue reading Tanka by Kala Ramesh in India (3)
Kala Ramesh is a poet in India, who writes haiku, tanka, haibun, senryu and renku. Here are tanka written by Kala Ramesh. Ganga melting from glaciers becomes the waterness of water… I take the holy dip ガンジス川 氷河から溶け 成る 水の中の水に 私は聖なる水にちょっと浸る the ganga rumbling through mountains and … Continue reading Tanka by Kala Ramesh in India (2)
Here is an e-mail from Chen-ou Liu,Canada. 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 to submit the following … Continue reading Senryu by Chen-ou Liu in Canada (1)
Minoru KONO （幸野稔）, Professor Emeritus, Akita University, is a tanka poet. His tanka was exhibited at the AIU Festival 2010 held on October 10-11 at Akita International University（国際教養大学）. Emeritus Professor KONO says in his brief bio as follows: Biodata about KONO Minoru In my high school and university days, I secretly … Continue reading Tanka by Minoru KONO in Japan (1)
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)
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
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)
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