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 (3) Haiku by Adjei Agyei-Baah dry savannah the dotted castles of anthills The Mamba, March 2016 Issue 乾燥したサバンナ 点々とした蟻塚の城 moving in circles the tethered goat runs out of bleat The Mamba, September 2016 Issue 輪になって 繋がれたヤギが走る ヤギの絶叫 harmattan the cowherd fades into dust The Mamba, March … Continue reading World Haiku Series 2019 (3) Haiku by Adjei Agyei-Baah
World Haiku Series 2019 (2) Haiku by Adam Šuligoj father's room I step out of the shadow of his empty chair 父の部屋 私は父の空の椅子の影から出る first summer day splash! splash! autumn 最初の夏の日 ザブン！ザブン！ 秋 glassy moon we know each other well insomnia ガラスのような月 私たちはお互いをよく知っている 不眠症 dripping faucet I cannot stop … Continue reading World Haiku Series 2019 (2) Haiku by Adam Šuligoj
World Haiku Series 2019 (1) Haiku by Adam Kajzer Kisakata the scent of rice fields wafts in the morning haze 象潟 田んぼの香り 朝もやの中に漂う yellow sands Basho's bare feet trudging step by step 黄色の砂 芭蕉の素足がとぼとぼ歩いている 一歩ずつ scented rice floats in the warm wind reaching the hills 香る稲 温かな風の中をかすかに流れる 丘に達する … Continue reading World Haiku Series 2019 (1) Haiku by Adam Kajzer
The Results of the World Haiku Series 2019 Preface Matsuo Bashō「松尾芭蕉, 1644-1694」 arrived at Kisakata 「象潟」on the evening of August 1, 1689, when a misty rain started to fall, obscuring Mount Chōkai 「鳥海山」. During his stay he wrote haiku about Kisakata. 象潟の雨や西施がねぶの花 Kisakata in rain! Seishi is reminded by The … Continue reading The Results of the World Haiku Series 2019
Introduction 330 years have passed since Matsuo Bashō「松尾芭蕉, 1644–1694」visited Kisakata「象潟」on the evening of August 1, 1689. Now, the statue of Bashō is erected in the garden of Kammanji Temple「蚶満寺」in Kisakata, Nikaho City「にかほ市」, Akita Prefecture「秋田県」. If Bashō were to be here, the greatest master of haiku would be greatly surprised to find that … Continue reading World Haiku Series 2019 : Guidelines
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