Meguro International Haiku Circle

Let's enjoy Haiku in English with us.

2012 5th Haiku Meeting: May 12
Moderator: Catherine Urquhart

cold day of cherry blossoms --
walking to the station
my back getting warm
Momo Nishimura


May
suddenly, people everywhere
in lighter clothes, in lighter spirit
Junko Saeki


midnight cool
rain to snow
--is this spring?
Navita Kalra (Canada)


nothing more common
than a daffodil except
the first one in spring
Stephen M. Block (USA)

over the walls
of five-seven-five
a ceiling open to the sky
Stephen M. Block (USA)


after the hailstorm --
broken petunias spreading
their fragrance
Tomislav Maretic (Croatia)

boy's day --
looking at the photo album
of my deceased father
Tomislav Maretic (Croatia)


May twelve perigee
moon comes nearer to the earth
for a better look
Royal T. Fruehling (Hawai'i, USA)


Stablo starog
Lesnika podilzi
Mravlja jeza
Tatjana Debeljacki (Serbia)

the old hazelnut tree
shivering
with ant chills
Tatjana Debeljacki (Serbia)


prolaze oblaci
prolaze misli
srcem caj
Zoran Mimica (Croatian)

clouds passing by
thoughts passing by
- sipping my tea
Zoran Mimica (Croatian)


as if by magic
wasps vanish
leaving their elaborate home
Sachiko Kondo


able or not
to be a wicked woman?
flowering spirea
Juichi Masuda


behind purple hydrangea
touching up her face
--a rickshaw girl
Hideo Ebihara


many faces
many minds
shelter from a shower
Ikken Ikemoto


bubbles rising
inside each
a child’s dream
Michiko Murai


a miracle
in bloom
--transplanted wisteria
Hitoshi Ichinose


crossing the bridge
I am at one
with the spring breeze
Michi Umeda


thirty years to go
to match my mother’s life
--peach blossoms
Masako Omaki


Shangri-la Tibetan temple
sky burial hill beyond
--birds into clouds
Midori Tanaka


“How about a drink?”
liquor shop owner sprinkles rice
for sparrows in a row
Maki Hatanaka


50 kids planting
50 trees with 50 smiles
--the fragrant breeze
Yuzu Sugita


shaking his hand
after 30 years of light
and darkness
Shinya Ogata


cherry petals falling
hands together I pray
for their souls
Takashi Ikari


Japanese azaleas
luckily away
from the tornadoes
Kiyoshi Sugita


chorus of frogs
the sudden breeze
of old days
Takeo Hanaoka


breezy garden
single banana plant leaf
beckons me in
Motoko Sato


in the floodlight
a bank-guard checking his pistol --
strong sirocco
Yasuomi Koganei


Tagore songs
flowing freely into my heart
--late spring
Masaaki Oka


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Haiku from the meetings in 2012

Haiku from the meetings in 2011

Haiku from the meetings in 2010

Haiku from the meetings in 2009

Haiku from the meetings in 2008

Haiku from the meetings in 2007

Haiku from the meetings in 2006

Haiku from the meetings in 2005

Haiku from the meetings in 2004

Haiku from the meetings in 2003

Haiku from the meetings in 2002

Essay: Four-dimensional haiku by Yasuomi Koganei

To Web Site of France Haiku Association

Next meeting:
June 9, 2012, 13:30 to 17:00, Meguro Kumin Center Shakaikyoiku-kan (room no.1)
July 14, 2012, 13:30 to 17:00, Meguro Honcho Shakaikyoiku-kan
August 11, 13:30 to 17:00, Meguro Kumin Center Shakaikyoiku-kan (room no.6)
September 8, TBD

Beginners are welcome.

Fee: \1000/meeting (student: free)

Meguro International Haiku Circle is a group member of MIFA, to MIFA click here.


Advance notice of 2013 MIHC International Haiku Festival

1. Date: October 8 (Tue) to 13 (Sun), 2013
2. Place: Tokyo and Kamakura
3. Theme: Pilgrimage to Haiku Holy Places
4. Events:
4-1:Tokyo: Ginko and kukai at Shiki-an and Basho-an, haiku presentation/reading and Koto play, haiga/photo haiku exhibition, speech/presentation by participants, haiku/haiga-creation workshop, Noh play/wadaiko exercises, ginko to Japanese gardens, sightseeing in Tokyo, etc.
4-2: Kamakura: Ginko to Tokeiji temple (R. H. Blyth and Daisetsu Suzuki) and Jufukuji temple (Kyoshi), kukai at Kyoshi-Tatsuko memorial museum, Zen-meditation at Kenchoji temple, ginko to Kotokuji temple (Buddha), etc.

5. Time line: the following is a time line for those who would like to make a presentation at the festival:

5-1.To offer presentation: by November 30, 2012 (Japan time)
5-2. Sending us abstract by email: by March 31, 2013 (Japan time)
5-3. Sending us the manuscript by email: by May 31, 2013 (Japan time)

For more information, please ask Yasuomi Koganei, yix04102@gmail.com