On May 20, 2010, we received a comment on ‘Haiku by Aju Mukhopadhyay for Int’l Haiku Spring Festival 2010’ from Kala Ramesh in India. She said in her comment as follows: Hi Thorfinn Tait, I would like to share my published work with you. I do write haiku, tanka, haibun, senryu and renku. I … Continue reading Haiku by Kala Ramesh in India
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International Haiku Spring Festival 2010 (Akita, Northern Honshu, Japan)
Akita International Haiku / Senryu / Tanka Network, whose website is Akita International Haiku Network, was established in Akita, Northern Honshu, Japan, in May, 2009. We established this Network, with the motto, “We all try our best / in our busy, busy lives / to write poetry.” We opened the website in the hope … Continue reading International Haiku Spring Festival 2010 (Akita, Northern Honshu, Japan)
Basho’s cherry blossoms
Since the April flowers have come and gone, the May flowers have been coming out and blooming one after another here in Akita. The other day Thorfinn Tait from the UK happened to see some Enkianthus flowers, called 満天星 (dodantsutsuji) in Japanese. He took a picture of the flower, deeply moved by its beauty. … Continue reading Basho’s cherry blossoms