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and other interesting things Japanese,
sorted into some common topics.

Entries from 2077 - 2011

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Amida Buddha 阿弥陀如来

Anemones ... アネモーネの朝露

ANIMALS in my Haiku life COLLECTION

April 2007 ... Archives

..... Asian Haiku Trevelogue
China, Taiwan, Thailand and more .....

August 2007 ... Archives

Autumn Days 。。。秋の天高し

Autumn Festival 2005 秋祭り、境神社

Autumn Flowers 2002　秋の花
..... Autumn Flowers 2005 　雨粒と花　Raindrops
..... Autumn 2005

Autumn Leaves 2005 紅葉

Azalea and Shaka つつじとお釈迦様

Badgers / Tanuki in my Garden 2005 狸
..... Tanuki and my cat, Haiku kun

Bamboo 竹の物語

Begging Monk ... Takuhatsu 托鉢

Birds, our Birds 鳥の話. Our Roof.
. . . O-Tsu the Cat on a hot tin roof

Black Sheep 黒き羊 and black swan

Bonsai 盆栽

Bridges .. 橋

Buddha's Footprints (Bussokuseki) 　　仏足石

Buddha in the winter light / February 2009 Tibetan wooden statue

Buddha's Voice Frog 仏の声の蛙

Buds in Winter 冬の命
..... Dry Flowers 冬の命

Camellia / Tsubaki 椿

Carpet Meditations 2007

Cats in Paradise .. O-Tsu and Haiku-Kun お津と俳句くん

Cat and the Mouse .. Fun with my Computer

CHINA 中国の旅
..... My Asian Haiku Travelogue: China
..... Autumn Memories Keilin, Guilin 桂林

Cicada Birthday 050725 　蝉の誕生　semi セミ

Cold Morning 　寒い朝、2006

Cooking a Cat ! 猫と一杯, 2005　夏

Cherry Blossoms <> Sakura .. 桜　桜　桜 2005

Cherry Blossom Lake Saigyo and our Lake 西行法師 2005

Cherry Blossom Road 桜道　2005

Chrysanthemums, Fireworks 花火菊 2005

Clouds in my Valley 谷に雲

Clouds after the Rain Chinese Ink Painting, July 2005 中国の墨絵

Clouds at Lake Tomada 雲と池の早春 2005
.... Small Lake in Autumn colors, Namu Amida Butsu !

Cold coming back 寒戻り　2005年3月

Cold Samui 寒い朝 First time below zero, 2005

Cosmos Flowers 　コスモス、秋桜

Mt. Daisen 2005 , Beachflowers and WIND

Death and Last Haiku

Decoration Flowers Takahashi Temples, 0507

Dew Tsuyu 朝露

Dimensions ヂメンシオン

Dragon Branches ... Gnarled trees of Japan

Fallen Leaves - Ochiba 落ち葉

Fear . . . and quotes to cope

February 2007 ... Archives

First Snow .. 初雪　2005年

First Shrine Visit 2006 Hatsu Mode

First Sunrise 2005 .. 初日の出

FLOWERS in my haiku life !Collection

Frankenfood, frankengrass, franken rice genetically modified problems

GARDEN, my garden in my Haiku life COLLECTION

Ghost Stories お化けの話　：o)

Goldenrod (seitaka awadachisoo) 　　背高泡立草

Google, googling, googeling ... and the memory

Grains of Sand and a bit on the philosophy of the ordinary !

Grasshopper's Wedding Party .... with visitors

Graves in the Mist 霞に墓

Hayama 葉山 the beach close to Kamakura

Harvest Time

Healing Power 癒しと俳句と祈り

Henro Pilgrims in Shikoku 遍路と無縁仏

HOME, my home in my Haiku life COLLECTION

Illusions with Fish 空想と魚

..... My Asian Haiku Travelogue: INDIA

Izumo Kaidoo, the old road to Izumo Katsuyama, Tsuboi, In no sho and many more ...

January 2007 ... Archives

JAPAN, my home in my Haiku life COLLECTION

..... My Asian Haiku Travelogue: JAPAN 1977

Jizoo　地蔵 .. a smiling Stone friend

June 2007 ... Archives
July 2007 ... Archives

... Kamakura, a Haiku Town in Japan 鎌倉と俳句

Kannon, the Bosatsu of Mercy 　観音菩薩
.. .. .. Horseheaded Kannon
.. .. .. Kannon in the winter sun, 2006

Karl the Froggie with his family 　　.. 蛙 ... and his wife Karlina (Hyla japonica)
..... Frog in Buddha's Eye 仏の目にカール君

Karma, the Net of Indra ... grashopper in my teacup

KOAN and Haiku (01) .. 公案と俳句
KOAN and Haiku (02) .. Dreams 夢
KOAN and Haiku (03) .. Original face and Immortality

Koya-san in Wakayama .. Ginko　.. Haiku-walk

Lake and Clouds　　池と雲

Last Fudo Ceremony 2005 Osame-Fudo 　収め不動

Lavender

Leaf, leaves in all seasons

LIFE,
my daily Haiku life COLLECTION

Lily, My Kannon-Lily 観音ユリ
..... July 2006 : Lily in the Rain 2006年の観音百合
Lily in white - seven days of life

Love . . and mimosa 　ミモサと愛情　

LOTUS 蓮、蓮華の花

Magnolia 木蓮　Mokuren

MANDALA .. Just the Beginning　。。曼荼羅

March 2007 ... Archives
May 2007 ... Archives

Medicine Buddha : Yakushi Nyorai 薬師如来

.. .. .. .. Mimasaka Haiku
.. .. .. .. From the Province where I live in Japan.
..... 　Mimasaka, Postal Town of Doi: My Haiku Walk December 2006
美作市土居宿 , 出雲街道

Moss 石に苔
... Moss at Mt. Mitoku, October 2006

Mother, for my mother

Mountain Gods Yama no kami 　山の神

Mountains smiling Yama Warau 山笑う

November 2006

October 2007 ... Archives

Onsen 温泉 Hot SpringHot springs of Japan

Outhouse Joy ..便所の話

Peace, August 6, 2006 Introducing Okamoto Taro　岡本太郎と平和

Philosophy and Haiku

Pine <> Matsu 松の木

Plum Blossoms ... ume ... the Park in Kume

Pottery and Haiku 焼物と俳句

Quietude and the Galactic Ant 　静けさと蟻のクシャミ
..... The Sound of Wind, Sound of Clouds (essay) 風の音、雲の音、お茶の音

QUOTES to enjoy with your haiku life !

Rain dripping ..雨もまだ

Rain, Prayer of Rain on my roof 屋根に雨の祈り, September 2006

Rainy Season Tsuyu 　梅雨さなかに　満福
..... Rainy Season, Whow ! July 2006 2006年のすごい梅雨

Reflections .. Graves in a mirror 。。田舎の墓

Roses and Rosebuds during all seasons

Sea of Clouds 秋の雲海、2005　Autumn

September 2007 ... Archives

Shelter 仏様にまかせる。。。

Shadows in my haiku
More Shadows in my haiku since 2007

Shintoo Shrine 神道と宮

Shiraishi Island, a Pilgrim's Path 。。。白石島の遍路道、June 2006

Silence 静けさ ... Silence 2005

Simple Daily Happiness 簡単な毎日の幸せ

SKY,
the sky in my Haiku life COLLECTION

SNOW
..... snowed in December 2005
Snowman Daruma, Yukidaruma .. .. 雪だるま
First Snow 2006
Snow Circle and water basin Feb. 2006

Spring 2006 2006年の春

Soaring Mind 鳶の話　Tobi

Spiders in Paradise 。。極楽の蜘蛛

Spotlight, the heavenly spotlight

Spring Weeds 2006, a HAIKU WALK 雑草の春の色
..... Spring, Early in 2007 早春　2007年

Stone Meditation .. Hogen, a Chinese Zen Master
Stone Buddhas .. 石仏
... Amida Buddha
　　　　　... Arhats in Stone 五百羅漢
... Buddha's Footprints (Bussokuseki) 仏足石
　　　　　... Buddha's Voice (Shakyamuni)
... Azalea and Shaka (Shakyamuni)
... Lavender leans on Buddha
... Horseheaded Kannon　馬頭観音
... Snow Night Meditation (Shakyamuni)
... Walking with the Gods 神様の散歩道
... STONES,
the stones in my Haiku life COLLECTION
... STONES and ZEN,
the zen stones in my Haiku life COLLECTION

Stone Garden 石庭、小堀作

Stone Wall 我が家の石垣

............ SUMMER

Summer Flowers 夏の花々

Summer Iris 杜若

Summer Metamorphosis 夏の変化

Summer Morning 夏の朝、酔仙翁・スイセンノウ

Summer Sky 夏の空

Sunbeam for us all ! 皆のための太陽
..... Sunset in Pink, August 2006

..... My Asian Haiku Travelogue: TAIWAN

Tanada .. Terraced Rice Fields in my Area 大垪和の棚田

.. .. .. .. .. .. .. Tao, Dao and Haiku 道教と俳句
.. .. .. .. .. .. .. Tao of a useless tree 　

..... My Asian Haiku Travelogue: THAILAND

Tokei-Ji in Kamakura, January 2006

NEW in 2007: Travelogue through Asia
..... Photos and Haiku from my various trips. China, Taiwan, Thailand

Trees, my best friends ..　巨木
................................ Camphor Tree Kusunoki 楠木　くすのき
................................ Tao of a useless tree 　

Trumpet Creeper 　　凌霄花　のうぜんかずら

Tulips 　　チューリップの嵐

Typhoon Tokage in Japan October 23, 2004 　台風トカゲ

Typhoon Nabi 14 September 2005 　台風14号
............................... Green Apples fallen by the typhoon　青林檎
............................... Humans Powerless Katrina 2005
Typhoon 12 - TALAS - September 2011

Universe sparkles .. 宇宙の物語
Unkai　雲海 the sea of clouds in my valley

VALLEY,
my valley in my Haiku life COLLECTION

Voice of Buddha .. .. Frogs Farting :o) 。。蛙の屁

Water kettles from Nambu ... 南部鉄瓶

Weeds, my Wonderful Weeds

Wild Boars Inoshishi　猪の訪問

Windows Temple Window Shapes お寺の窓の形

Winter 200/06, from December 2005 2005/6年の冬

Winter Wonders ..冬物語

Wisdom 知恵と無知恵

Woodpecker きつつき

Yin and Yang Cats ..陰と陽と猫

Zen Riddles with BEE ..ミツバチと禅
.. .. .. .. .. .. Haiku and Moments
ZEN,
the daily zen in my Haiku life COLLECTION

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. QUOTES . .. .. .. .. .. to enjoy haiku even more

Hundred Years with Haiku
Translation from Japanese Haikupoets older than 90 years

Introducing Japanese Haiku Poets　

Saijiki for Buddhist Events and other Rituals .. 『俳句仏教歳時記』

Shikoku Summer 2005 Our own Haiku Pilgrimage　四国遍路

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......................... Some of my Haiku Theory

Contents of the Archives

English Spelling and Punctuation

Gijinka, Personification : some thoughts

One Haiku, two Ideas The Basics

Teaching Haiku to Children / also usuful for adults

Haiku Information Board

my KIGO HOTLINE for you !

My Lessons about Haiku

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.. .. .. Health and Happiness

Daruma teaching visceral wisdom

Mead and your Health, Kneipp and Dioskurides
..... ミードと健康の話、デイオスクリデスの有名な薬学集

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。。。。。。。。　Enjoy My Japan and My Haiku !

© 。。Gabi Greve 2004
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/happyhaiku/

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... 大垪和　ー　道の駅 - My Valley .. Ohaga Chronicles

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Haiku and Happiness ...
Archives 2007 - 2011
Dr. med. Gabriele Greve
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cold morning

2012-01-24T12:42:00.000-08:00

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朝寒やああ朝寒や朝寒や
asa samu ya aa asa samu ya asa samu ya

morning cold
aah this morning cold
morning cold

Matsushima

. Matsushima ya
aa Matsushima ya
Matsushima ya .

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severe frost

2012-01-21T18:29:00.000-08:00

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severe frost -
the sparkling whiteness
of my brown roof

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La Nina blamed for cold, heavy snow

The recent bitter cold and heavy snows have been brought about by the La Nina weather pattern, which lowers the temperature of equatorial sea surface waters, the Meteorological Agency said.

The emergence of La Nina was also observed from December 2005 to February 2006, when around 150 people died as a result of heavy snow across Japan.

While the agency said the current cold air level is not as intense, it is warning of potentially unusual weather as the flow of cold air from China into Japan through early February causes heavy snow along the Sea of Japan coast.

Record snow accumulations for January have been recorded at three observation points in Hokkaido, including Shinshinotsu, where the level reached 213 cm as of Monday. In an average year, it sees around 68 cm of snow pile up.

In the city of Aomori, 391 cm of snow had accumulated as of Monday, around 1.7 times more than in an average year and the highest-ever January level.

Average temperatures between Jan. 1 and Jan. 17 were 1.1 degrees below normal in northern Japan, 0.9 degree in eastern Japan, 0.8 degree in western Japan and 0.2 degree in Okinawa.

Saturday, Jan. 21, 2012
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We have been spared the worst of the cold spell for now here in Western Japan, but the cold front is heading down to our region ...
snow and freezing temperatures coming for the next week . . .

Keep warm, dear Friends in Japan and the World.

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From my facebook friend Hideo Suzuki :

another dawn,
sounds of neighbors
warm up I'm alive...
~hideo on a cold and quiet morning

sunshine
sparkles the frost
on neighbor's roof ...
~hideo as time goes by

sparkling frost gone
warmness comes,
bless you sunshine ...
~Hideo to follow Gabi san's haiku

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the sun sparkles
in falling snow
on our smiles
Gennady Nov

severe frost ~
a virtual hanten
comes your way
Elaine Andre ‎

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La Nìña ...
in Coron, predator fish
hunt in the shallows

We observed this while on holiday, but am not sure if this has to do with the climate change.

severe frost ...
the familiar warmth
of my duvet

On the other hand,
I find myself suddenly thinking of Santoka, a real favourite of mine.

severe frost ...
suddenly the sound
of falling rain

early frost ...
my empty agenda
in a drawer

Ella Wagemakers
kigo hotline

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my daily happiness

2012-01-21T16:38:00.000-08:00

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January 14
Hideo san started a little bubble of happiness:

. Joys of Japan - Poetry .

happiness
lives in
small things
~hideo on a freezing morning

happiness -
my cat snuggled
in my lap
Gabi

happiness
a breath of spring
warms the wind
Jimmy ThePeach ‎

happiness -
a breath of Siberia
cools the wind
Gabi

happiness
a breath of cinnamon
dawn
Jimmy ThePeach ‎

幸せが俳句となりて化身せり

happiness has 　
just come out as a haiku,
incarnation　
Esho Shimazu

Happiness
Again the spring
Blossoming cherries

happiness
the little old lady with
a baby’s smile
Gennady Nov

peace
along with happiness
is eternal
Isabelle Loverro ‎

there are days
when it's cold in the kitchen -
I rise to find haiku
Geoff Sanderson

plain old happiness
snuggling neath eiderdown
with two smiling dogs
Patrick Duffey

. . . . . January 17

my daily happiness -
I wake up from a dream
about facebook
Gabi Greve

happiness comes
one after another
like renga of Basho
~hideo dedicated to all poets joined to this round of renga.

happiness ~
the pendulum swings
and swings back
Elaine Andre

happiness
if it is in the man
service goodness

happiness of
earthly delights-
art of haiku

happiness-
long path from
birth to death

happiness
voice on phone
from apart
Gennady Nov

. . . . . January 18

my daily happiness -
the taste of seaweed
and sesame
Gabi Greve

happiness ~
a six year old's
belly laugh
Elaine Andre ‎

happiness –
without a reason
I start to smile
Karen Cesar

computer crash -
a welcome break
from the virtual world

I hope to be back by tomorrow,
this is just an extra maschine to send messages . .
and no-one for repairs near right now.

. . . . . January 21

First and foremost, Joys of Japan- Poetry this is not a haiku workshop ... this is a place to share our life, simple or sophisticated, as best as we can.

For many, English is not the first language and even myself I have problems with the language sometimes.

Let us help each other if we can and enjoy what is offered.
and just skip over the ones you do not like.

Is my haiku relevant for others?
Well, it was relevant for me when I wrote it,
therefore there must be something in the experience . . .

My sensei taught me to write simple, so that the reader can understand the image easily -
if he "likes" the image is another problem, where different readers have different tasts.

a thousand snowflakes
from the same sky -
Joys of Japan
Gabi Greve

fun and odd sometimes
pop up from
Joy of Japan ...
Hideo Suzuki

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haiku in Punjab

2012-01-18T20:42:00.000-08:00

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for the haiku friends of the Punjab

spring festival -
a new beginning
a new awakening

. WKD : Haiku from Punjab .

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- - - QUOTES

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. my QUOTES with HAIKU .

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We must learn that we cannot be loved by all people.
That is the ideal.
In the world of people, it is not often found.
We can be the finest plum in the world,
ripe, juicy, sweet, succulent and offer ourselves to all.

But we must remember
that there will be people who do not like plums.

source :　/www.livinglifefully.com

he likes me
he likes me not -
pickled plums

. friends on facebook .

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There are days
when you don't have a song in your heart.
Sing anyway.

Emory Austin

There are days
when you don't have a haiku in your heart.
Find a haiku anyway.

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grasping at a thought
grasping at nothing
— winter gloves
Kent Dorsey

there're days
when you don't find haiku in your heart
I'll read one for you ...
Hideo Suzuki

there are days
when it's cold in the kitchen
I rise to find haiku
Geoff Sanderson

Shared by friends on Facebook
Joys of Japan

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The teacher who is indeed wise does not bid you
to enter the house of his wisdom
but rather leads you to threshhold of your mind.

Kalil Gibran

at the threshhold
of my mind I find
- haiku

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The opposite of a fact is a falsehood,
but the opposite of one profound truth
may very well be another profound truth.

Niels Bohr

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observing nature -
the profound truth
of haiku

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Hideichi Oshiro

2012-01-18T17:19:00.000-08:00

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Hideichi Oshiro

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Haiku a day helps you work, rest, play
Artist, 101, who gave works to college still on learning curve

NEWBURGH, New York —
In the 1920s, Tokyo high school student Hideichi Oshiro was moved by a haiku by Edo Period poet Matsuo Basho describing the subtle beauty of a wildflower he had come across during a walk in the mountains.

After reading the poem by Basho (1644-1694), "I wanted to make this kind of haiku in my life. Nothing else, just one haiku," the 101-year-old Oshiro said in a recent interview at his Newburgh, New York, home, about 100 km north of Manhattan.

The centenarian poet has completed much more in his lifetime than just one haiku. Oshiro, known to his friends and family as "Hide," continues to write a new poem every morning, as he has done for decades.

Oshiro is also an artist and in November donated his entire life's work, totaling about 750 pieces of art, along with the many volumes of poetry he has published, to Goddard College in Plainfield, Vermont. The artworks include calligraphy, paintings, stories, handmade books, sketches and scrolls.

The private liberal arts college, which is small but known for its progressive nature, has received donations before, but Oshiro's stood out because of what he said when presenting the work at its rural campus Nov. 3.

"He said that the product is only important in how it uncovers for the viewer the process," President Barbara Vacarr said at her office at Goddard. "Most artists who donate their work would be focusing on the framed paintings, the product of their work, and what was so central to what he talked about was the process or development."

Vacarr, a Brooklyn native, was moved by Oshiro's words and their relevance to the mission of her college, which emphasizes "life-long learning." She said it was an honor to "receive not only his gift of his work but also his gift of vocalizing . . . what is at the heart of the learning process here."

Oshiro learned about the college from Carol Curri, a 1997 Goddard graduate who began working with him 10 years ago after the two met at a gallery opening in Newburgh, situated on the Hudson River.

"I had been looking for a place to house his work because that was his wife's dream and his dream," Curri said during an interview at Oshiro's home.

In addition to finding an institution to keep and preserve Oshiro's legacy, Curri has been gathering information with the hope of writing a book about his life story.

Born in 1910 in Hawaii to parents who had gone to work on its pineapple plantations, Oshiro didn't set foot in Japan until age 3, when he was sent to live with his grandparents to receive a Japanese education.

Oshiro went on to attend Aoyama Gakuin Senior High School and then Sophia University, and learned etching, ukiyo-e woodblock prints, gold carving, sculpture and brushwork.

He was introduced to the famous painter Gyokudo Kawai (1873-1957), who taught Oshiro how to use a brush and motivated the young artist to study hard.

Oshiro returned to Hawaii in the 1930s and taught Japanese at a school on Oahu.

He can clearly remember the morning of Dec. 7, 1941, when a group of panicked students came running to him saying: "Japan attacked Hawaii! They attacked us!"

At first, he did not believe it and told the children, "No, it's only war games," but he soon realized the bombs raining down on the school fields were real.

"Japan attacked Hawaii and I'm an American citizen. . . . I couldn't think about anything, only darkness and doom," he solemnly said, shaking his head. The 2001 movie "Pearl Harbor" and its Hollywood "imagination" did not come close to capturing the horror of the actual events that day, he added.

After spending three months in an internment camp, Oshiro chose to join the U.S. Army and was assigned to basic training in Minnesota, where he took night classes at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis.

Oshiro spent six years in the army before leaving to pursue his art career in Paris at the Academie de la Grande Chaumeirie, and eventually settled in New York City, inspired by its vitality.

In New York, Oshiro met his French wife, Catherine Bullier, whom he married in 1969 and who supported his artistic journey both financially and spiritually. The couple ultimately settled in Newburgh, which had a vibrant arts community of its own.

Oshiro had never formally exhibited his art, and his wife simply collected his art pieces down the years. Goddard staff remarked that his work clearly shows the artist's development.
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Oshiro's work, meanwhile, is far from finished even at 101 years old,
and he continues to write a haiku each day.

He hopes that the school will continue its mission to encourage students in exploring the totality of life and how to fully express one's experience through art.

"It's not art, it's just an expression of myself," he said. "Our mind is fantastic, it doesn't want to be oppressed. Let it be free."

By SCOTT DIXON
source : www.japantimes.co.jp

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The motto of my own haiku forum has always been:

A Haiku a day keeps the Doctor away!
And a Happy Haiku works Wonders on a Weary Soul.

. Happy Haiku - Musings about Happiness .

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haiku walk wall street

2012-01-18T16:35:00.000-08:00

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taking a walk
with my haiku friends -
winter in Wall Street

. A Haiku Walk - Ginkoo 吟行 .

銀行　ginkoo, the same sound,
also means the bank where you put your silver, your money . . .

And one more similar sound, but NOT related at all:

Gingko biloba tree 銀杏

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jar of silence

2012-01-17T22:22:00.001-08:00

　　　　

Calligraphy shared by Ponte Ryuurui

黙壷 lit. "jar of silence",
i.e. the small private world on our own

a jar of silence
to hold all my thoughts -
winter solitude

香醇　黙壷子（もっこす） Cheers to Mokkosu!

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壺中日月長
kochuu nichigetsu nagashi

a quote from an old Chinese history book
後漢書 (Gokansho)

Ponte Ryuurui - Beyond Calligraphy

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壷中日月長 (こちゅうにちげつながし,
kochuu nichigetsu nagashi.
It’s a Zen philosophy phrase which teaches us to fill our heart with both,
the small and significant things, making it rich and our life enjoyable.

In a world small as a jar the time passes in peace and harmony
(壷 – lit. a “jar”; here: an allegorical meaning of our heart, that is not bothered with unnecessary thoughts), and all evil is routed around it.

This phrase originated during late Han dynasty period
(漢朝 (206 BCE – 220 AD) in China.
A legend says that a certain old medicine man used to secretly hide in a small jar every night to sleep there. The jar sheltered him from the evilness of the world. One day, he let another person to enter the jar and rest, and the next day that person could not believe how tranquil the tiny world of the jar was. He then ordered a similar jar from the medicine man.
Till today the jar symbolises our own peaceful universe,
that each of us has to find by himself.

source : Ponte Ryuurui - Beyond Calligraphy

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"Silence is the absolute poise
or balance of body, mind and spirit."

Charles A. Eastman (Ohiyesa), SANTEE SIOUX

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pine wood
will begin to change
from the winter sleep
Gennady Nov

silent jar shattered
with thoughts in disarray
I collect the shards
Patrick Duffey

all over the sky
cloud immobile
as silence
Gennady Nov

lɹoʍ uʍop ǝpısdn ǝɥʇ
in my jar of silence –
right side up!
Karen Cesar ‎

a jar of silence-
where have gone
my jasmine tea ...
Hideo Suzuki

a jar of silence~
wrapped in a cocoon
of winter white
Elaine Andre

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born again

2012-01-06T13:14:00.000-08:00

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born again
and again and again -
haiku life

Congratulations from the World Kigo Databast to your new BLOG!
Nick Virgilio Haiku Association
September 2006

source : nvha.blogspot.com/

I was reminded by this today from a friend on facebook.

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first dream

2012-01-02T12:15:00.000-08:00

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2012 - Year of the Dragon

初夢や辰の上に立つ富士の山
hatsu yume ya tatsu no ue ni tatsu Fuji no Yama

first dream -
a dragon at the foot
of Mount Fuji

Katsushika Hokusai　葛飾北斎

I was walking behind an old woman
through a magic forest.
The path was steep.
She walked faster and faster
around the many bends.
Finally we crossed the pass
and there it was.

. 2012 - Year of the Dragon .

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Interpretation by Elaine Andre :

Gabi wrote:
I was walking behind an old woman
... (following Wisdom personified)
through a magic forest.
... (the realm of mythology and talismans)
The path was steep.
... (there is much to learn and it is difficult to understand, but notice that this is in the past tense!)
She walked faster and faster
... (the learning process escalates)
around the many bends.
... (even though it is complex)
Finally we crossed the pass
... (Gabi & Wisdom "cross the pass" - understanding the whole of the complexity)
and there it was.
... (the imagery is revealed, manifest)

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Nenga 2012

2012-01-01T16:50:00.000-08:00

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益々福が増す升　－masumasu fuku ga masu masu

more and more good luck in your cup

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In 2012 I will be collecting more information about the dragon.
. . 2012 - Year of the Dragon . .

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Happy New Ears !
The sound of haiku
in the whole wide world !

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March eleven -
the day that changed
my dear Japan

. in retrospect 2011 .

I will continue to collect
the most important news from Japan concerning Tohoku.

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warm winter sun

2011-12-28T16:48:00.000-08:00

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warm winter sun -
the healing power
of a normal day

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snow patterns

2011-12-26T18:34:00.001-08:00

　　　　

pink clouds
over the snow-bent bamboo -
this morning

December 27, 2011
. My Photo Album .

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tanuki snowcap

2011-12-26T13:43:00.000-08:00

　　　　

.
my tanuki
with his usual snow cap -
again this year
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. Winter - photo album .

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hortensia snow

2011-12-25T16:56:00.000-08:00

　　　　

mother rests
under a cover of snow
and sparkles

. Photo Album - Winter 2011/12 .

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- in retrospect 2011

2011-12-24T20:19:00.000-08:00

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March eleven -
the day that changed
my dear Japan

. in retrospect 2011 .

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butter on toast

2011-12-22T18:34:00.000-08:00

　　　　

ice-cold morning -
the butter on my toast melts
ever so slowly

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yoga in the cold

2011-12-21T22:35:00.000-08:00

　　　　

practicing yoga
on this freezing morning -
my yawns get longer

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times to reflect - solstice

2011-12-21T12:34:00.000-08:00

　　　　

times to reflect –
the sounds of winter
in my garden

practising yoga
on this freezing morning -
my yawns get longer

. Winter solstice (tooji 冬至) .

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a friend asked:
Which ones are you hearing today?

‎. . . . the wind in the bear branches
. . . . the sleet on the roof
. . . . the animals in the forest and bamboo groove
and and and more of the special sounds of winter in my valley
. . . . even the birdsong is "winter" in tone

fuyu no oto 冬の音 - the sound of winter
this refers to sounds which we can only hear in winter.

嶋原や笛も大鼓も冬の音
Shimabara ya fue mo ookawa mo fuyu no oto

Shimabara quarters -
the flute and the hand drum
sound like winter
Masaoka Shiki, Meiji 27

雑草を除けば土に冬の音
source : hanamizuki

しも柱土の上ふみ冬の音
この俳句の「冬の音」という書き方がとてもいいと思います。
source :　www.chukai.ne.jp

指先にじんじんと来る冬の音
山岸てい子

ゴルフ玉かさこそ近づく冬の音
中西明子

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debris from Japan

2011-12-20T12:23:00.000-08:00

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Made in Japan -
the debris washes ashore
in Alaska

Japan’s Tsunami Debris Washes Ashore in America

It's been nine months since a tsunami devastated Japan and killed more than 15,000 people. Debris from the disaster is washing ashore thousands of miles from the epicenter, in places you may not expect including right here in America. Last week on the coast of Washington state, nine polyethylene buoys that belonged to a Japanese oyster farmer surfaced.

The debris traveled more than 4,500 miles across the Pacific Ocean to reach the West Coast. Oceanographers say this will not be the last of the debris to wash ashore in the U.S. They say we can expect to see more debris off the coast of California and southern Alaska in the coming years.

It's estimated that 100 million tons of debris, including everything from car parts to furniture to and anything that floats could wash ashore. Human body parts may also be found in the debris, kept afloat by athletic shoes. People who find the personal items are asked to contact authorities, so that they may try and return them to their proper owners.
source : news.yahoo.com/blogs

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There are more horror stories about Japan in the foreign press, as usual.

Medical Journal Article:
14,000 U.S. Deaths Tied to Fukushima Reactor Disaster Fallout
Impact Seen As Roughly Comparable to Radiation-Related Deaths After Chernobyl; Infants Are Hardest Hit, With Continuing Research Showing Even Higher Possible Death Count.
Authors Joseph Mangano and Janette Sherman

. climate-connections.org .
. Japan after the BIG earthquake March 11, 2011　.

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The first line of the poem is inspired by the comment from a "friend", which was quite a shock to read for me.

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camellia in first snow

2011-12-14T23:09:00.000-08:00

　　　　

camellia in first snow -
a sight to share
with facebook friends

snowing with
a laughing face-
camelia

Aju Mukhopadhyay

Tiffany stained glass
delicate but strong
pink frosted camellia

Lisette Root

snow of blossom
gentle gem
the camellia

Isabelle Loverro

just before dawn
frost creeps silently
on a pink camellia

Hideo Suzuki

frosted camelia
the dancers‘ skirt
higher and higher

Stella Pierides

first frost -
a girl picks
the last camellia

Letitzia Iubu

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born too soon
frost and camellia collide . . .
silent white

Elaine Andre

初霜の The first frost of the season
白き静寂 White silence
寒椿 Camellia in coldness

Esho Shimazu

. my Facebook Friends .

. my Photo Album of First Snow .

tsubaki Camellia and Sasanka are tough ones, they flower all winter in my garden and in Japan.

. WKD : tsubaki つばき　椿 Camellia .

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early morning sun -
a frozen bud
thaws into life

..... Morgensonne -
..... eine gefrorene Knospe
..... taut ins Leben

my garden in 2004

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snow and fog

2011-12-13T17:11:00.000-08:00

　　　　

これを見ろ

kore o miro -
the loneliness
of a haiku poet

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dandelion in snow

2011-12-12T14:43:00.000-08:00

　　　　

snow fluffs
on dandelion fluffs -
winter begins

　タンポポの Snow
　綿毛の雪で On dandelion fluffs
　冬を知る Winter has come
Esho Shimazu

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full moon

2011-12-10T03:57:00.000-08:00

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tonight -
as light
as a snowflake

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first snow

2011-12-09T12:49:00.000-08:00

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色白の初雪なれどまだ紅葉

first snow -
a cover of white
on the red leaves

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hidden
in the image -
the meaning

. Ohaga - Winter 2011 / 2012 .

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calligraphy

2011-12-09T12:43:00.000-08:00

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choosing a brush -
choosing a wife
is less difficult

for my calligraphy friends

Searching for a Soul Mate – choosing a calligraphy brush.

source : www.beyond-calligraphy.com

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sunshine in autumn

2011-12-03T22:58:00.000-08:00

　　　　

just one moment
of real sunshine -
autumn in my valley

a hawk soars
in a moment of sunshine -
autumn in my valley

I had just hurried outside and taken these photos
when rain started again . . .

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Osaka elections

2011-11-30T16:16:00.000-08:00

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Osaka elections -
a blind beggar dances
in the street

橋下徹
松井一郎
大阪維新の会
大阪都構想

quote
Maverick pair claim mandate to unify city, prefecture
Hashimoto, Matsui win twin Osaka polls

Populist reform trounced the status quo in Osaka Sunday evening as former governor and Osaka Ishin no kai leader Toru Hashimoto, 42, won the mayoral election and Ichiro Matsui, 47, a senior leader in the same party and Hashimoto's hand-picked successor, clinched the governor's seat.

... "From the beginning, when we formed Osaka Ishin no kai last year, our message has been one of concern for all of Osaka, the city and the prefecture, and our policies have taken that into account," said Matsui.

"We're at the starting line. The next step has begun. Our party has had one policy. But politics means dealing with a variety of opinions and values. What everyone (who supported us) had in common was a desire to realize the goal of one Osaka political entity," Hashimoto said.

However, both candidates admitted that more explanations of what unification will mean for local democracy under Osaka Ishin no kai's merger plans are still necessary.

Opposition within the city bureaucracy to Hashimoto is expected to be particularly strong. ...
source : Japan Times

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frost

2011-11-25T13:52:00.000-08:00

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so much more
than the author intends -
frost on the meadows

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and to change the mood via the kigo

so much more
than the author intends -
first spring sunshine

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autumn weeds

2011-11-15T23:11:00.000-08:00

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my "Paradise Garden"
has so many weeds -
autumn sunshine

　極楽と (Gokuraku to) "Paradise Garden"
　名づけし庭に (Nazukeshi niwa ni) So named [my] garden
　茂りたる (Shigeri taru)　Growing are
　名もなき草に (Namonaki kusa ni) Nameless weeds
　秋の陽は照る (Aki no hi wa teru) Autumn sunshine on them"

Translation from my facebook friend Esho Shimazu

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melody of autumn

2011-11-11T23:21:00.000-08:00

　　　　

my daily walk -
the music of autumn
hangs in the air

Enjoy a short walk in the neighbourhood
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hawk

2011-11-08T16:17:00.000-08:00

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my mountain life -
the hawk sails slowly
in the morning mist

This year we have Mr. and Mrs. Hawk, sitting on the tree stumps near the mailbox, waiting for me to come up.
Then they take off and sail up and down the valley in all their splendor.

Sometimes we whistle to each other and they fly very low over my head!

I wrote about Mr. Hawk way back in 2006

bright autumn sky -
the shadow of a hawk
in my hands

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Translation as a waka by FB friens Esho

見あぐれば (Miagureba) Looking up,　
タカがゆるりと (Taka ga yururi to) The hawk is slowly
空を舞う (Sora o mau) Sailing the sky
朝もやたちこむ (Asamoya tachikomu) Embraced by the morning mist
我が山居かな (Waga yama-i kana) Oh, my mountain life

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my autumn - one leaf autumn

2011-11-03T17:31:00.000-07:00

　　　　

わが秋の道端にある宝かな

not much
and yet
my autumn

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63 persimmons
high up in the tree -
reflecting my life

November 3, my birthday

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review by Susumu Takiguchi, WHR December 2011

not much
and yet
my autumn

Gabi Greve

The Editor’s Choice in this issue of World Haiku Review does not come from usual submissions. Rather, it comes from the flagship of the World Haiku Club: WHCworkshop. This is a general and free discussion forum (mailing list) where members enjoy showing their works, doing c & c, exchange views, debate haiku issues etc.

The author is well-known. A German scholar in Buddhist studies, she lives a paradise-like life (gokuraku=paradise) in an idyll of a countryside in Japan where she has taken up long residence. Her exceptionally keen interest in and devotion to haiku can only be matched by her deep love for her cats.

I am presenting this haiku here for a number of specific reasons. Firstly, it may well pass unnoticed, or be rejected, by poets deeply influenced by American-led haiku trend as it may not mean much to them and/or it may violate their rules: “Show, not tell”, “my” autumn is wrong etc. All too often these rules are poor compensation for not being able to grasp the most important thing about haiku, i.e. haiku spirit or the essence of haiku, which is elusive, obscure and mysterious for them. Gabi Greve is one of the few poets who have been lucky enough to grasp haiku spirit from which her poems naturally emerge. Her haiku do not normally emanate from rules, except for fundamental Japanese haiku conventions (i.e. an integral part of the constitution of haiku) such as kigo. She is a natural. However, this does not mean that one can forget or overlook the fact that she has made tremendous efforts in her study of haiku.

Secondly, if this haiku poem does not much appeal to the American-led haiku followers, one important reason may lie in the power of kigo (season word). For those who deny or are insensitive to kigo, to present this haiku is to cast pearls before swine. At least half the job in the haiku is done by the kigo which silently speaks volumes about the circumstances and the stories associated with it.

Thirdly, as was already indicated, many might object the “my” in line 3 on account of another rule that one’s “self” must not appear in a haiku. The trouble is that this same “my” is what makes this poem a haiku and a superior one at that. Every Japanese haiku poet would react to it favourably. There have been a countless number of haiku having “self” appearing in them. Gabi Greve’s haiku has an especial resonance with Issa of course but the sentiment is universal in Japan.

Fourthly, the excellence of this haiku and the difficulty it might have in being appreciated by non-Japanese haiku poets may both be due to the fact that Gabi Greve has lived in Japan for a long time, speaks good Japanese, trained as a haijin under the tutelage of Japanese haiku masters, studied classical haiku and is versed in all aspects of Japanese culture. In other words, she has learned haiku in the right and proper way. No doubt, other non-Japanese haiku poets living outside Japan would not have such a privilege as she enjoys but they can at least emulate her and make some efforts to learn haiku as properly as their circumstances allow.

Fifthly, as Gabi Greve has a stringent policy of never sending her haiku poems for publication to magazines and competitions I have taken the initiative of asking her if she would permit me to introduce this particular haiku here to wider audience.

Sixthly, as far as my understanding goes Gabi Greve wishes to be as free as possible from any particular haiku school or haiku style, such as the minimalist, the four-line school, one-liner, S-L-S form or any other rigid and dogmatic position. I thoroughly approve this stance of hers and wish to go so far as to say that many more should follow suit. My way of saying the same thing, as I have done in many of my writings, is:
LET A PARTICULAR HAIKU DECIDE.
Each haiku is different as each child is different. Let each haiku develop as it wants to develop itself without imposing preconceived or fixed rules, ideas, policies etc. This would often solve such questions as the lengths and patterns of each line, choice of words, kigo or not kigo, the order of lines and words. It is just like letting each child develop as it wants to develop instead of imposing parents’ will, decisions, or preconceived ways of child-rearing, especially wishful thinking, or their own unfulfilled wishes. Some people such as, I suspect, Gabi Greve do this naturally or instinctively. Others can learn (with not an insignificant efforts) how to do it. Simply put, give yourself freedom you deserve, and then, and only then, give each haiku freedom it deserves. Do not put the cart (rules, preconceived ideas etc.) before the horse (haiku).

Gabi Greve’s haiku has been presented with her own photograph of a single autumn leaf having all its glorious colours. She experienced an intense sense of autumn in a single leaf. It is not that this leaf represents symbolism of the season. It is the autumn itself. In such a humble and ordinary thing as a leaf the whole season has revealed itself, which is a wonder and a celebration of life and nature. You do not need mountains and mountains of autumn colours. You only need to look around your home. The modest discovery needed no extravagant expression. A few words and simple lines are all that is required. This has nothing to do with the minimalist dogma. The nature has found the most natural words and lines. The haiku of the Editor’s choice in this issue is the result.

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ora ga aki - my autumn

ora ga haru - my spring (Issa )

The world of dew --
A world of dew it is indeed,
And yet, and yet . . .

露の世は露の世ながらさりながら
tsuyu no yo wa tsuyu no yo nagara sari nagara

to write a new poem
but alluding to an original poem (honka)
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. Life, my life (mi no ue) .

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autumn and tea

2011-10-30T14:27:00.000-07:00

　　　　

autumn is coming -
the red and green
of Japan

inspiration and photos from
宝泉院 Temple Hosen-In in Kyoto

source : KyotoTaiken

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smiling friend

2011-10-29T22:36:00.000-07:00

　　　　

my smiling friend
in late autumn sunshine -
memories of the past

. Visit to Mount Osorezan, Aomori .

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donkey happiness

2011-10-20T23:05:00.001-07:00

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One day a farmer's donkey fell down into a well. The animal cried piteously for hours as the farmer tried to figure out what to do. Finally, he decided the animal was old, and the well needed to be covered up anyway; it just wasn't worth it to retrieve the donkey.

He invited all his neighbors to come over and help him. They all grabbed a shovel and began to shovel dirt into the well. At first, the donkey realized what was happening and cried horribly. Then, to everyone's amazement he quieted down.

A few shovel loads later, the farmer finally looked down the well. He was astonished at what he saw. With each shovel of dirt that hit his back, the donkey was doing something amazing. He would shake it off and take a step up.

As the farmer's neighbors continued to shovel dirt on top of the animal, he would shake it off and take a step up. Pretty soon, everyone was amazed as the donkey stepped up over the edge of the well and happily trotted off!

MORAL :
Life is going to shovel dirt on you, all kinds of dirt. The trick to getting out of the well is to shake it off and take a step up. Each of our troubles is a steppingstone. We can get out of the deepest wells just by not stopping, never giving up! Shake it off and take a step up.

What happens to you
isn't nearly as important
as how you react to it.

Remember the five simple rules to be happy:

1. Free your heart from hatred - Forgive.

2. Free your mind from worries - Most never happens.

3. Live simply and appreciate what you have.

4. Give more.

5. Expect less from people but more from yourself.

source : farmer's donkey

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where is autumn

2011-10-13T06:46:00.000-07:00

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rainy morning -
a cup of hot tea
warms my soul

yesterday almost summer
today almost winter ...
where has autumn gone?

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prayer drums

2011-10-12T14:39:00.000-07:00

　　　　

full moon night -
the sound of prayer drums
from the Nichiren temple

The "thump thumthump" of these drums can be quite something, reveberating in a lonely valley.
The temple, close to my home and usually very quiet,
comes alive once a year.

Drum in form of a Chinese fan
uchiwadaiko 団扇太鼓

This drum is used when chanting a special prayer at the Nichiren Sect, the Daimoku 題目.
So this drum is also called Daimoku Daiko　題目太鼓.
The form resembles a Chinese hand fan, hece the name.

. Drums of Japan .

. Saint Nichiren 日蓮
(February 16, 1222 – October 13, 1282)

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hornet sting

2011-10-11T17:28:00.000-07:00

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October 7

hornet sting -
how slowly the poison
invades my body

It happened yesterday morning,
but you should see my leg today!

In the evening my ankle has swollen a lot more and the toes are swollen . . .

October 12

hornet sting -
how slowly the poison
leaves my body

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Basho and the Old Pond

2011-09-28T17:35:00.000-07:00

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an old pond -
the sound of water
as a frog jumps in

an old pond -
the sound of water
as an animal jumps in

an old pond -
the sound of water
as she jumps in

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Reply from Chen-ou Liu, Canada
. source : Happy Haiku Forum .

I wrote an essay on this poem. The question should be asked as follows:

How could there be significant meaning in such a simple poem which merely describes a frog jumping into an old pond?
If I replace “frog” with any other amphibian creature or any creature that can dive into a pond, is it still considered to be great? ”

The following is an excerpt from my Magnapoets essay, titled
The Ripples from a Splash:
A Generic Analysis of Basho’s Frog Haiku
(which can be accessed at http://t.co/7oCtyWS )

furu ike ya kawazu tobikomu mizu no oto

The old pond;
A frog jumps in —
The sound of the water.

First of all, at the denotative level, Basho’s haiku simply says that there is an old pond, that a frog jumps into it, and that the sound of water is heard. Semantically speaking, as is typical of haiku, his poem is made up of two parts through the use of the cutting word, “ya:” “the old pond” and “a frog jumps in --/ the sound of the water.”

The tension is thus created by the collocation of these two parts: the sharp contrast between the static image of an old pond, evocative of stillness and loneliness, and the lively image of an energetic animal that jumps into the pond and makes the water sound. This tension leaves something for readers to ponder, furnishing both meaning and imagery for themselves.

Based on linguistic knowledge of the target language and on literary literacy, a textual analysis of this sort, generally speaking, would give readers a sense of pleasure in understanding this poem, but it would not answer the questions I posed above. There are a lot of poets who write good haiku that leave something unsaid for readers to ponder. However, I don’t see any differences that would be made if Basho changed “frog” to any other amphibian creature or any creature that can dive into a pond. So far, my questions posed above are not answered.

Secondly, at the connotative level, Basho added an extra layer of meaning or surprise by using a kigo, kawazu (frog), in an unusual way. With its circle of associations, kawazu provided a special pipeline to the reader, increasing the complexity and capacity of the poem.
For example, there are some 140 poems classified under the section titled “ponds” in Fubokusho (Selected Poems from the Land of the Rising Sun), a standard waka anthology, none of them depicts a frog. More importantly, read in the context of classical Japanese poetry and the haiku poetics, kawazu is a seasonal word for spring used in poems since ancient times, and had always referred to its singing and calling out to a lover. The preface to the first imperial anthology titled Kokinshu describes “listening to the warbler singing among the blossoms and the song of the frog dwelling in the water” 11 as in the following poem:

On the upper rapids
a frog calls for his love.
Is it because,
his sleeves chilled by the evening,
he wants to share his pillow?

Instead of giving “the song of the frog,” Basho focused on the water sound of a diving frog. He was the first poet ever to defy the poetic essence (honi) of the frog by emphasizing the “splash” that it makes, working against what one would expect from reading classical waka or renga. In juxtaposing these two seemingly incongruous worlds and languages of ga (elegance) and zoku (vulgarity), Basho humorously inverted and recast established cultural associations and conventions of the frog. In doing so, he created a comical effect: a “parody of classical poetry that refers to the frog as expressive of romantic longing.”

A contextualized reading of his poem, like the one I present here, would reveal the greatness of his poem: the psychological impact of the inner tension brought about by the sharp contrast between two parts of the poem and the transformative power of the newness created by parodying established practices and cultural associations. For Basho, his notion of the new “lay not so much in the departure from or rejection of the perceived tradition as in the reworking of established practices and conventions, in creating new counterpoints to the past.” Throughout his life, instead of writing haiku with new kigo, Basho devoted himself to “seeking new poetic associations in traditional topics.”

Basho’s use of parodic allusion that brought to the reader’s mind earlier texts and reworked an old theme in a new setting has enriched Japanese haiku. His frog haiku, which tends to read one-dimensionally by most of Western haiku poets, is two-axis: on the scenic level, the horizontal axis, the poem objectively describes a natural scene, possessing no emotion, but “the sound of water rising from an old pond implies a larger meditative, lonely silence;” on the vertical axis, it is a parodically allusive variation, a haikai twist on the poetic associations of the frog depicted in classical Japanese poetry.

As Haruo Shirane demonstrates in his book titled Traces of Dreams, Basho believed that “the poet had to work along both axes: to work only in the present would result in poetry that was fleeting; to work just in the past, on the other hand, would be to fall out of touch with the fundamental nature of haikai, which was rooted in the everyday world.”

Chen-ou

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old universe -
counting stars
in the pond

Heike Gewi
Yemen

black hole
filled with blinking stars...
after the rain

opie
Texas

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typhoon 15 - Roke

2011-09-18T17:43:00.000-07:00

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pink morning clouds -
a little hope
before the storm

September 19, 2011

. Typhoon 15 - Roke .

And the rain from Typhoon Talas has not been absorbed all yet ...
. . 台風12号 Talas（タラス） .
Worst around September 4.
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reflection of sunshine

2011-09-14T17:21:00.000-07:00

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early morning -
the reflection of sunshine
on a butterfly's wings

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. WKD : Butterfly (choochoo) .

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meditating for peace

2011-09-11T14:16:00.000-07:00

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cicada chorus -
the silence of meditating
for peace

September 11, 2011

. Japan after the BIG earthquake March 11, 2011　.

. WKD : semi shigure 蝉時雨 cicada chorus

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teacher in the woods

2011-09-11T14:13:00.000-07:00

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Listen to all the teachers in the woods.
Watch the trees, the animals, and all living things -
you'll learn more from them than from books.

Joe Coyhis, STOCKBRIDGE-MUNSEE

autumn in the woods -
all teachers are there to help you
find a haiku

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cold morning

2011-09-05T14:51:00.000-07:00

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cold morning -
the changeing colors
of friendship

he rides alone
on his steckenpferd -
summer heat

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end of typhoon 12

2011-09-03T17:12:00.000-07:00

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life goes on -
cicadas announce
the end of the storm

. Typhoon 12 - TALAS .

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Joys of Japan

2011-08-29T19:35:00.000-07:00

　　　　

the joys of Japan -
so many friends
to share them

Joys of Japan
. Japan Friends on Facebook .

Join for more information about Japan.

After the earthquake, we try to find some

. Joys of Japan .

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tora tora tora

2011-08-25T17:13:00.000-07:00

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tiger toys -
the little boy points
to Kitty chan

. Tora トラ　- 虎　- 寅　the Tiger Toys .

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Watonai
captures a tiger -
the New Year begins

Jikoku

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cool at last

2011-08-21T14:16:00.001-07:00

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voices of autumn -
the patter of raindrops
on my rooftiles

The third cool morning in a row -
quite unusual in August.

I have a huge tin roof above me and rooftiles on the tile roof below my window.
The sound on each one is quite intriquing.
This morning, when I opened the window
... you guess which one won the battle.

. aki no koe 秋の声 "the voice of autumn" .　

"sound of autumn" (aki no oto　秋の音)
particularly at night:
wind in trees, plants; patter of leaves, rain; insect cries; and so on
"feeling autumn" (shuuki （秋気).

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a hundred gourds

2011-08-16T18:46:00.000-07:00

　　　　

a hundred gourds
a hundred frogs jumping
a hundred joys

A Hundred Gourds
New Haikai Journal

. source : Facebook .

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. WKD : Gourd Hyootan .
Hyootan sama ひょうたんサマ a gourd festival in Oita

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QUOTE : labels

2011-08-10T22:13:00.000-07:00

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"Everything depends on how you want to look
at what happens in life.
It doesn't make any difference
what is going on 'out there' --
what makes a difference is how you take it."

When asked the secret of how to look at the world afresh,
with delighted eyes, Merlin said,

"You lack innocence.
Having labeled a thing,
you no longer see that thing,
you see its label instead."

source : livinglifefully.com

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Try not to use "labels" when writing haiku!
Try to see that thing, not the label!

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Haiku Jam, Six Labels

. Haiku Jam - Paul Conneally .

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I'm paraphrasing, but I think it was Basho who said

every poem (haiku) should be written
as if it were your "death poem"...

just a thought on this perspective -
love everything you do Gabi!

source : B.B. on facebook

Aim at the sun and you may not reach it;
but your arrow will fly far higher
than if you had aimed at an object
on a level with yourself.

-- F. Hawes

That is an interesting thought.
My Kyudo (Archery) Teacher would say:

.......................... Aim behind the target !

and the Kendo Teacher:

Batteling with five opponents,
use your force as if they were seven.

Can we apply this to Haiku?

Write each haiku as if it was your last one !
There is no tomorrow to reach,
there is only NOW to write.

Shoot each arrow as if it was your last one !
Kobayashi sensei, more than 40 years ago in Kamakura

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QUOTE : what might happen

2011-08-10T22:04:00.000-07:00

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There's an old Egyptian story about a little boy named Miobi who came to a village where the people were very strange. They did little more than moan and groan about almost everything. The fires didn't get lit, the goats didn't get milked, the children didn't get clothed, and the crops didn't get planted, all because the villagers were expecting any time to get eaten by the monster that lived on top of the mountain.

Miobi looked up, and behold — the monster was real. He had a head like a crocodile and a body like a hippopotamus and a tail like a very fat snake. Smoke and fire came from his nostrils. The villagers lived in dread that any day the monster might come down and devour them.

Miobi said to the villagers, "I will go up the mountain by myself and challenge the monster." The villagers pleaded with him not to go, sure that he would never return. Miobi began to climb the mountain, and as he climbed higher and higher and got nearer and nearer, the monster looked smaller and smaller. "This is a very curious phenomenon indeed," thought Miobi.

"When I run away from the monster,
the monster gets larger,
but the nearer I get to it,
the smaller it becomes."

When at last Miobi reached the cave, instead of a gigantic monster, he found a quiet little creature about the size of a toad. It purred. Miobi picked it up and put it in his pocket and headed back down the mountain.

When the villagers saw Miobi safe and sound, they wanted to make him their god for slaying the monster. Miobi explained exactly what had happened and how he had brought the "monster" back down the mountain as a pet. He showed them the little-toad like creature. "What is your name?" the villagers asked. The monster answered, "I have many names. Some call me famine, and some pestilence; some call me war, and some cancer."
Then the little creature yawned and added,
"But most call me What Might Happen."

— R. Wayne Willis in Hope Notes

source : www.spiritualityandpractice.com

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become a rock

2011-07-26T18:28:00.000-07:00

　　　　

夏の海　岩の間に岩となる

natsu no umi iwa no aida ni iwa to naru

summer beach -
among the rocks
I become a rock

written more than 30 years ago in Kamakura

The Haiku Foundation
. become (haiku & transformation) 　　

in a tent in the rain i become a climate

— Jim Kacian

激論つくし街ゆきオートバイと化す
gekiron tsukushi michi-yuki ootobai to ka su
gekiron tsukushi machi yuki ootobai to kasu

Kaneko Tohta, in 1961

having exhausted the heated discussion
I become the motorbike
passing on the road
or
having exhausted the heated discussion
I go out to town
and become a motorbike

Tr. Gabi Greve

This seems about the haiku poets enthusiastically discussing the development of modern haiku until late into the night.
When the author walks along the road, he "becomes" the bike that passes him.

昭和３６年、「金子兜太句集」より。

この昭和30年代は俳句論の盛んな頃であった。「造型俳句論」を著し、また、この年には現代俳句協会が分裂し、俳人協会が発足している。連日連夜、激論が交わされていたことであろう。目覚めて、街を歩く時、オートバイと化していると詠まれている。激論を尽くした爽快感を風の抵抗感を楽しむ、オートバイと化すとは、とても面白い。
風を切ってオートバイに乗っているようであり、そして、爆音を立ててオートバイ自身にもなった感じでしょう。激論を飛ばしたあと、意気盛んに、肩を揺すって歩く氏の姿が髣髴します。
source : www.shuu.org

. Kaneko Tohta, Kaneko Tota 金子兜太 .

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春日差し　わが心　空となり

spring sunshine -
my heart becomes
the sky

Gabi Greve, 2006
. haru no kokoro .

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typhoon Ma-On

2011-07-18T21:12:00.000-07:00

　　　　

typhoon is here -
the bamboo is doing
an extra dance

. 台風6号 Typhoon Nr. 6 - Ma-On .

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Some more of my typhoon haiku

staring at rainclouds
moving on my monitor <>
typhoon approaching

Gabi Greve
Japan
2007-07-07 - Typhoon Nr.04 Man-Yi
http://agora.ex.nii.ac.jp/digital-typhoon/news/2007/TC0704/

after the typhoon -
the spider's web back
in more rain

Gabi Greve
Japan
2007-07-17

typhoon usagi -
a wild rabbit leaves
its footprints

Gabi Greve
Japan
2007-08-03 - Typhoon Usagi
http://haikuandhappiness.blogspot.com/2007/08/typhoon-usagi.html
http://agora.ex.nii.ac.jp/digital-typhoon/news/2007/TC0705/

rainy morning ...
the sea of clouds wraps around
distant mountains

Typhoon Nr. 15 is approaching !

Gabi Greve
Japan
2008-09-28 - Typhoon Nr.15 Fung Won
http://agora.ex.nii.ac.jp/digital-typhoon/news/2008/TC0815/

sandwiched
between two typhoons ...
unhappy rain

Gabi Greve
Japan
2009-08-10 - Typhoon Nr.09 Etau
http://ohaga.blogspot.com/2009/05/typhoon-season-2009.html
http://agora.ex.nii.ac.jp/digital-typhoon/news/2009/TC0909/

glued to the TV ...
typhoon number 18
heading my way

Gabi Greve
Japan
2009-10-08 - Typhoon Nr.18 Melor
http://agora.ex.nii.ac.jp/digital-typhoon/news/2009/TC0918/

rainclouds racing
all over Japan -
first typhoon

Gabi Greve
Japan
2011-05-11 - Typhon Nr.1 Aere
http://agora.ex.nii.ac.jp/digital-typhoon/news/2011/TC1101/

and see here
http://happyhaiku.blogspot.com/2006/07/dragon-typhoon.html
http://happyhaiku.blogspot.com/2004/11/typhoon-tokage-in-japan.html
http://happyhaiku.blogspot.com/2005/06/shelter.html
http://happyhaiku.blogspot.com/2005/09/typhoon-nabi-14.html
http://happyhaiku.blogspot.com/2006/08/gomi-and-akuta-and-hayama.html
http://happyhaiku.blogspot.com/2006/08/after-storm.html
http://happyhaiku.blogspot.com/2006/09/typhoon-break.html
http://happyhaiku.blogspot.com/2006/09/wonderful-weeds.html
http://happyhaiku.blogspot.com/2006/10/shall-we-typhoon.html
http://happyhaiku.blogspot.com/2011/07/typhoon-ma-on.html

http://worldkigodatabase.blogspot.com/2006/08/typhoon-hurricane.html

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first cicada

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first cicada -
the hot day seems
even hotter

. WKD : Cicada (semi 蝉)

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only worries -

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. . . . . today the first cicada in my valley,
the first really hot summer day
with more than 36 degrees centigrade
now at 4 in the afternoon
... and my husband in hospital,
not able to help put up any shades
for the summer heat ... ufff
... this is going to be a tough week ahead ...
no mind for haiku at the moment ... only worries ....

only worries -
the hotter the day
the more

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MY NEW HAIKU BLOG

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MY NEW HAIKU BLOG

The latest entries have moved here now
http://haikuandhappiness.blogspot.com/

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I used this new BLOG until May 2011.
Now I am Back Here!

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Contents of my HAIKU THEORY archives
(backup only, December 2009)

My advise for starters

keep the three lines : short long short
use one season word (kigo)
use one cut marker (kireji)

Write about a personal experience, not a philosophical thought or idea.
Try to pay attention to the small things in life with all their details,
the seasonal changes of your daily human life.
Every moment of your life counts!
Be Here and Now !

The Basics, the Essence ... of Japanese Haiku
! Click HERE !

The more I study in this field, the more I make a difference between Japanese haiku (a well defined genre with rules (yakusokugoto) to cherish
and
non-Japanese language haiku (mostly English, but also many other world languages now), which have created their own sets of rules and regulations to keep or ignore. Let us call them E-Haiku.

I will try and update these musings as I come along the problems.

Adjectives used in haiku

AHA, the HAIKU MOMENT Haiku no shunkan ?　俳句の瞬間　？？

Anthropomorphism - Pro and Con 　Personification, Gijinka 擬人化

Beginners Mind 初心 shoshin Zen Mind, Beginners' Mind

Categories of a Japanese saijiki

Cause and Effect, C&E　。。 and the CUT

Counting Five Seven Five ... why NOT in English
..... Counting on your fingers ... in Japanese !

Creativity ... within the limits ?

CUT and Cut marker, kire, kireji ... the Basics of cutting words

DEFINITIONS ... Trying to define HAIKU ...
... also : desk ku, desk haiku

Details: How many details to pack in one haiku?

EGO and how not to anihilate it in haiku

Emotions ... Loneliness, sadness, melancholy and more Sabishisa, kanashisa and more

English-language haiku 英語ハイク eigo HA.I.KU / eisaku HA.I.KU 英作ハイク .. as seen in Japan

5 7 5 ... 5-7-5 ... five seven five ... How to cope with this problem :)

Footnotes - for translations and regional haiku

Freedom of expression within the limits ...

Ginkoo, tips for a Haiku Walk 吟行

Grammar Points of Japanese haiku

Haiga and Photo Haiku (shahai) 俳画　と写俳

Haiku Doo, my Way of Haiku 俳句道

"Haiku without Kigo ??? " Definitions, classifications ... !!!!!

Hacket about Haiku Advise from James W. Hackett

Hokku and Haikai ... Back to the Roots !

hon-i, hon'i 本意 (ほんい) the basic meaning the traditional poetic essence

Hundred Frogs and The Sound of Water (Mizu no Oto)

I, the first person (ware, watakushi) used in haiku Japan

Imagination, Reality, Phantasy

Implied kigo, implied season

Inspiration or Desku ?

Juxtaposition, combination and the CUT ... toriawase, ichibutsu jitate, kire

Kanji, Chinese Characters and learning about Haiku 漢字

Karumi かるみ(軽み) lightness . . light-heartedness

Kidai and Kigo　季題と季語

Kigo, seasonal words ... the Basics Discussion about the use of two or more kigo in one haiku

KIRE, the CUT in English haiku A Translator's Nightmare .. :o)
..... KIRE 切れ字, the CUT in Japanese haiku

"Learn from the Pine" .. .. the twisted meaning of words of wisdom

Localism About the use of local and regional words.

MA　間, the pause created by a cut marker ... lately interpreted as "dreaming room"

Metaphor, simile and ... no gotoku, no gotoshi .

Missing, what am I missing? Understanding Japanese haiku.

Moment the ominous "haiku moment"

Motivation ... Why do YOU want to write Japanese haiku?
Why do you READ haiku ?

Modern Haiku - Gendai Haiku　現代俳句協会 in Japan

Negative Verb Forms . . . to use or not to use ?

NHK HAIKU ... NHK 俳句

Numbers and Dates used in Haiku ... numbers used in kigo

One Line, One Sentence Haiku ... the traps of wrong translations
One Word Haiku and One Word Haiga

Onomatopoetic Words used in Haiku

Philosophical Haiku ... trying to figure it out

Pivot ... its use in waka and haiku

PLACE NAMES used in Haiku Japan and Worldwide
..... ..... Utamakura, Place Names in Japanese Poetry 歌枕 "Poetry Pillow Words"

Plagiatism .. and Unison Haiku (shoowa　唱和), using the same lines, Déjà vu ...

POETS, Introducing Japanese Haiku Poets　

Polishing a haiku after writing it down
..... Teacher's advise, tensaku 添削教室

Question mark ... KA か and more about punctuation.

Renku, renga, haikai, linked verse 連句, 連歌、俳諧

Rhyme, rythm, alliteration too-in 頭韻

Riddles and Haiku The Real, the Surreal, the Metaphysical and you name it !
..... Koan and Haiku

Rules for Haiku ?! A general discussion. Add your opinion !

Seasons, haiku seasons and their relation to kigo

Senryu and Haiku ー　川柳と俳句
..... and ... "miscellaneous verse", zappai 雑俳

Sensei, a Japanese Haiku Teacher . and how about it outside Japan.

Shasei .. 写生 sketching from nature ka cho-fuei (kachoo fuuei 花鳥諷詠)
..... Snapshots versus oil paintings, "as it is" versus judgement

Shinko Haiku: Young and New Haiku 新興俳句
Gendai Haiku

Spelling Japanese Language, the Hepburn SystemWriting in Romaji

Spelling and writing Haiku in English
capital letters, exclamation marks, punctuation and more

Spirit, the HAIKU SPIRIT ... haikai no makoto

Stimulation of the brain through poetry ... ... smell the coffee !

Teaching haiku to children, with many references
Also good for adults !!!!!

Tentori　点取り ... writing haiku to get good points

Tsukinami Haiku 月並み俳句 Mediocre haiku, written to impress a certain audience ...

Tontoism Just short or a grammar mistake ?

Tradition ... How to incorporate a tradition and culture that is not your own?

Translating Haiku Forum .. Introduction

Translating ... some Tips on the Trade

Translating ... Discussion of Haiku by Oshima Ryota

Two ideas in one haiku ... the basics

Verbs used in Haiku

Wordless Poem Wordless Haiku

Yugen (yuugen 幽玄) Depth and mystery and more. Aesthetics coming from the Noh Theater.

Wabi and Sabi (wabi sabi) The Japanese Aesthetics of Solitude 侘び寂び　侘寂　わびさび

Zappai 雑俳, zakku 雑句 ... Miscellaneous short poems

ZEN and Haiku ... well, well, well

ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo

LINKS to Japanese Haiku Poets and famous haiku translations !!!!!

LINKS to Dictionaries and translations helps

LINKS to Kiyose, Saijiki and more about KIGO

LINKS to further articles by Gabi Greve. Happy Haiku Forum

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[ 達磨散歩]

Daruma and Japanese Culture

Taking a walk through Japanese Culture
with Daruma san as our guide.

The AMIE server has taken care of these Daruma files for a long time, but has closed down at the end of 2009.
I have now recovered all the files and add the new LINKS to my BLOG.

Thank you, Amie and Kyobashi san!

www.amie.or.jp/daruma/daruma-new1.html

On these pages, I will present you information about Daruma san in English. I will try to give you an overview of various topics related to Daruma san. So you can get an understanding of how Daruma san even now influences Japanese art and the lives of Japanese people on an everyday level and learn about folk art, ceramics, festivals and other things as you read along. I am your guide, Gabi Greve, born in Germany, a long-time collector of Daruma artefacts, long-time resident of Japan since 1977 and long-time student of Buddhist art.
Contact me in English, German or Japanese:

Gabi Greve, GokuRakuAn, Okayama, Japan, January 2010

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★ A Visit to Konpira San in Shikoku　　　　　　春の金毘羅さんと達磨さん
http://darumapilgrim.blogspot.com/2004/12/konpira-san-in-shikoku.html
　　
★ Daruma-Hunting in Takamatsu Visiting Temples Nagao-ji and Ookubo-ji　　
http://darumadollmuseum.blogspot.com/2004/11/takamatsu-dolls.html

　　
★ Daruma-ji ― A Temple in Nishi Izu　　　　　　達磨寺：西伊豆の散歩　　
http://darumapilgrim.blogspot.com/2004/11/daruma-dera-in-nishi-izu.html
　　　　
★ Hoorin-ji ― The Daruma Temple in Kyoto　　　　　　
法輪寺：京都のだるま寺 ― お寺参　　
http://darumapilgrim.blogspot.com/2004/11/hoorin-ji-temple-in-kyoto.html

★ Jindai-ji - A Daruma Market and Sanskrit　　　　　　
深大寺の達磨市と梵字 ― お寺参り
http://darumamuseum.blogspot.com/2010/02/jindai-ji-temple.html

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　　　　★ Akubi ― Daruma Yawning 　
　　　　　　あくびの達磨 ― 退屈散歩
http://darumasan.blogspot.com/2004/11/akubi-daruma-yawning.html

　　　　★ Anzan ― Daruma, Birth and Childrearing
　　　　　　安産, 子育てと達磨さん
http://darumapilgrim.blogspot.com/2004/12/o-mamori-amulettes-and-talismans.html

　　　　★ Aritayaki ― Daruma of Arita Pottery
　　　　　　有田焼と達磨さん ― 焼物散歩
http://darumamuseum.blogspot.com/2010/02/aritayaki.html

　　　　★ AYAME- Iris Daruma from Kashiwa 　
　　　　　菖蒲だるま　柏だるま　
http://darumadollmuseum.blogspot.com/2004/11/kashiwa-daruma.html

　　　　★ Bentoobako ― Lunchbox with Daruma
　　　　　　だるま弁当箱 ― 駅弁の散歩
http://darumasan.blogspot.com/2006/08/bentoo-lunchbox.html

　　　　★ Bizenyaki ― Bizen Pottery and Daruma san
　　　　　　備前焼とだるまさん ― 焼物散歩
http://darumamuseum.blogspot.com/2010/02/bizenyaki.html

　　　　★ Byoobu and Tsuitate - Daruma on a Screen
　　　　　　屏風, 衝立とだるま ― 美術散歩
http://wkdsaijikieuropa.blogspot.com/2007/10/folding-screens.html

　　　　★ Daruma Ichi - Daruma Markets in Japan
　　　　　　だるま市, ダルマ市　―　お正月散歩
http://darumadollmuseum.blogspot.com/2004/11/markets-to-sell-daruma.html

　　　　★ Dorei - Clay Bells with Daruma
　　　　　　土鈴にだるま ― 玩具散歩
http://darumasan.blogspot.com/2004/12/winter-daruma-clay-bells.html

　　　　★ ENGI-MONO - Things for Good Luck 　
　　　　縁起物とだるま
http://darumasan.blogspot.com/2005/09/engimono-for-good-luck.html

　　　　★ Floriade in Holland - Daruma at the Flower Show
　　　　　　オランダのフロリアードと達磨さん― お花の散歩
not to be recovered

　　　　★ Fushimi Tsuchiningyoo - Clay Dolls from Fushimi
　　　　　　伏見人形とだるま ― 人形散歩
http://darumadollmuseum.blogspot.com/2004/11/fushimi-clay-dolls.html

　　　　★ Fusuma - Daruma on a Sliding Door
　　　　　　襖絵とだるま ― 美術散歩
http://darumamuseum.blogspot.com/2010/02/fusuma.html

　　　　★ Goshiki Daruma and Color Symbols
　　　　　　五色だるま ― 色彩散歩
http://darumamuseum.blogspot.com/2010/02/goshiki-five-colors.html

　　　　★ Haiku and Daruma
　　　　　　俳句とだるま ― 散歩より吟行
http://darumasan.blogspot.com/2005/12/haiku-and-daruma-san.html

　　　　★ Hakata Dolls and Daruma
　　　　　　博多の人形と張子のだるま ― 玩具散歩
http://darumadollmuseum.blogspot.com/2004/11/hakata-dolls.html

　　　　★ Hibachi - Daruma Brazier to Keep You Warm
　　　　　　火鉢とだるま ― 寒季散歩
http://darumasan.blogspot.com/2005/11/hibachi.html

　　　　★ Himeji no Daruma - Daruma from Himeji
　　　　　　姫路のだるま ― 張子散歩
http://darumadollmuseum.blogspot.com/2004/11/himeji-daruma.html

　　　　★ Hyootan, Namazu and Daruma - The Gourd, the Catfish and Daruma
　　　　　　瓢箪、鯰とだるま ― 公案散歩
http://darumamuseum.blogspot.com/2008/06/gourd-hyootan.html

　　　　★ Ishi (1) - Stones and Daruma
　　　　　　石とだるまさん(1) ― 自然散歩
http://darumasan.blogspot.com/2006/06/ishi-stones.html

　　　　★ Ishi (2) - Stones and Daruma
　　　　　　石とだるまさん(2) ― 磨崖仏散歩
http://www.fudosama.blogspot.com/2006/06/magaibutsu.html

　　　　★ Jimotsu - What is Daruma holding?
　　　　　　持物 ― 達磨さんがなにを持っていますか？
http://darumamuseum.blogspot.com/2010/02/jimotsu-what-is-daruma-holding.html

　　　　★ Kakebotoke - Votive Plaques and Daruma
　　　　　　懸仏と達磨 ― 古美術散歩
http://darumamuseum.blogspot.com/2010/02/kakebotoke-votive-plaques.html

　　　　★ Kamakurabori - Daruma and Laquerware
　　　　　　鎌倉彫り ― 漆の散歩
http://darumamuseum.blogspot.com/2010/02/kamakurabori.html

　　　　★ Kanban ― Shop Signs with Daruma
　　　　　　看板とだるま― 江戸商人の散歩
http://darumasan.blogspot.com/2006/02/kanban.html

　　　　★ Kasukabe .. Kasugabe - Daruma Dolls from Kasukabe
　　　　　　春日部だるま ― 張子散歩
http://darumadollmuseum.blogspot.com/2004/11/kasugabe-dolls.html

　　　　★ Kasuri - Ikat-Weaving with Daruma Patterns
　　　　　　絣(かすり)とだるまさんの模様
http://darumamuseum.blogspot.com/2008/06/kasuri.html

　　　　★ Katana (1) - Daruma and the Japanese Sword
　　　　　　日本刀とだるま― 武芸散歩-1
http://darumamuseum.blogspot.com/2010/02/katana-1-sword.html
　　　　★ Katana (2) - Tsuba, Menuki, Daruma and the Sword
　　　　　　刀、鍔、目抜きとだるま― 武芸散歩-2
http://darumamuseum.blogspot.com/2010/02/katana-2-tsuba-menuki.html

　　　　★ Katsu!! ― Koan and Daruma
　　　　　　喝と達磨さん ― 公案散歩
http://darumamuseum.blogspot.com/2010/02/katsu-koan.html

　　　　★ Kimono ― Daruma as Cloth Design
　　　　　　着物とだるま ― 和服散歩
http://darumasan.blogspot.com/2005/03/kimono-yukata-nagajuban.html

　　　　★ Koogoo - Daruma as an Incense Container
　　　　　　香合とだるま ― 香道散歩
http://darumasan.blogspot.com/2005/11/incense-and-daruma.html
　　　　★ Kooro - Daruma as an Incense Burner
　　　　　　香炉とだるま ― 香道散歩
http://darumamuseum.blogspot.com/2008/01/incense-burner.html

　　　　★ Koraku-En and Daruma - An Autumn Walk
　　　　　　後楽園とだるまさん ― 晩秋の散歩
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　　　　★ Kumano and Nachi ― Hunting for Stone Daruma
　　　　　　熊野と那智のだるま狩り自然散歩
http://wkdhaikutopics.blogspot.com/2007/05/kumano.html

　　　　★ Kurashiki and Daruma
　　　　　　倉敷とだるま ― 晩秋の散歩
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　　　　★ Kutaniyaki ― Daruma of Kutani Pottery
　　　　　　九谷焼と達磨 ― 焼物散歩
http://darumasan.blogspot.com/2006/02/kutaniyaki-pottery.html

　　　　★ Matsu ― The Pine and Daruma
　　　　　　松と達磨 ― 古木散歩
http://darumamuseum.blogspot.com/2010/02/matsu-pine.html

　　　　★ Matsuyama no Hime Daruma - Princess Daruma from Matsuyama
　　　　　　松山の姫だるま ― 張子散歩
http://darumadollmuseum.blogspot.com/2004/11/matsuyama-princess-daruma.html

　　　　★ Me-ire - Painting Eyes for Daruma
　　　　　　達磨の目入れ ― 伝統散歩
http://darumamuseum.blogspot.com/2010/02/me-ire-painting-eyes.html

　　　　★ Meoto Daruma and Takasago - Daruma and a Happy Couple　(Part 1)
　　　　　　夫婦だるまと高砂 ― 人生散歩
http://darumamuseum.blogspot.com/2010/02/meoto-and-enmusubi.html

　　　　★ Meoto Daruma, Enmusubi and more Happy Couples 　(Part 2)
　　　　　　夫婦だるま、縁結びだるま ― 人生散歩
http://darumamuseum.blogspot.com/2010/02/meoto-and-enmusubi.html

　　　　★ Mikawa Daruma, Daruma from Toyokawa and Toyohashi
　　　　　　三河のだるま達:　豊川人形、豊橋人形 ― 人形散歩
http://darumadollmuseum.blogspot.com/2004/11/mikawa-dolls.html

　　　　★ Mimikazari ― Daruma and his Earrings
　　　　　　耳飾りと達磨さん
http://darumamuseum.blogspot.com/2008/07/earrings.html

　　　　★ MINI Daruma and a Tiny Encyclopedia about Daruma
　　　　　　ミニミニ辞典 ― 知識散歩
. WHO is Daruma ?

　　　　★ Nagoya no Daruma - Daruma from Nagoya
　　　　　　名古屋のだるま― 玩具散歩
http://darumadollmuseum.blogspot.com/2004/11/nagoya-dolls.html

　　　　★ Nogata Daruma, Tsuyazaki Clay Dolls and Folkart of Fukuoka Prefecture
　　　　　　直方だるま、津屋崎土人形 ― 福岡県民芸散歩
http://darumadollmuseum.blogspot.com/2004/11/nogata-dolls.html

　　　　★ Okinawa, Daruma and Folkcraft
　　　　　　沖縄の達磨 ― 民芸散歩
http://darumadollmuseum.blogspot.com/2004/11/okinawa-dolls.html

　　　　★ Oribeyaki ― Daruma of Oribe Pottery
　　　　　　織部焼と達磨 ― 焼物散歩
http://darumamuseum.blogspot.com/2010/02/oribe-pottery.html

　　　　★ Ryokan san and Tamashima Daruma
　　　　　　良寛さんと玉島だるま ― 歴史散歩
http://darumapilgrim.blogspot.com/2006/05/ryokan-san.html

　　　　★ Sake and Shochu - Ricewine, Schnaps and Daruma
　　　　　　酒、焼酎と達磨　―　晩酌散歩
http://darumasan.blogspot.com/2006/12/sake-and-daruma.html

　　　　★ Santa Claus and Daruma San －Merry Christmas!
　　　　　　サンタさんとダルマさん ― クリスマス散歩
http://darumamuseum.blogspot.com/2009/12/santa-claus.html

　　　　★ Sanukibori ― Carving from Sanuki Area in Shikoku
　　　　　　讃岐彫り　四国の金毘羅さんの名産
http://darumapilgrim.blogspot.com/2004/12/konpira-san-in-shikoku.html

　　　　★ Sekiri Daruma carrying one sandal
　　　　　　靴を持っている達磨さん：隻履達磨
http://darumamuseum.blogspot.com/2007/02/sekiri-one-sandal.html

　　　　★ Senkootate - Daruma as an Incense Stick Holder
　　　　　　線香立てとだるま ― 香道散歩
http://darumamuseum.blogspot.com/2010/02/senkootate-incense-holder.html

　　　　★ Suiteki ― Water Dropper, Hiraga Gennai and Daruma
　　　　　　水滴,平賀源内と達磨 ― 文学散歩
http://darumasan.blogspot.com/2005/11/suiteki.html

　　　　★ Takamatsu Daruma ― Papermachee Dolls, Clay Dolls and Small Kites
　　　　　　高松だるま ― 張子、土人形とミニ凧
http://darumadollmuseum.blogspot.com/2004/11/takamatsu-dolls.html

　　　　★ Takamatsu and Yakuri Daruma
　　　　　　高松張子、八栗だるま ― 張子散歩
http://darumadollmuseum.blogspot.com/2004/11/yakuri-daruma.html

　　　　★ Takeda no Hime Daruma - Princess Daruma from Takeda
　　　　　　竹田の姫だるま ― 張子散歩
http://darumadollmuseum.blogspot.com/2004/11/takeda-princess-daruma.html

　　　　★ Tako Kites with Daruma Design
　　　　　　凧にだるま ― 空の散歩
http://darumasan.blogspot.com/2006/02/kites-tako.html

　　　　★ Tanuk i ― A Badger posing as Daruma
　　　　　　狸だるま ― 動物散歩
http://darumamuseum.blogspot.com/2007/06/tanuki-scrotum.html

　　　　★ Te-aburi - Daruma as a Handwarmer
　　　　　　手あぶりとだるま ― 寒季散歩
http://darumamuseum.blogspot.com/2010/02/teaburi-hand-warmer.html

　　　　★ Tokkuri ― Drinking Hot Sake with Daruma
　　　　　　徳利とだるま ― 焼物散歩
http://darumamuseum.blogspot.com/2007/12/sake-flask-tokkuri.html

　　　　★ Tsurukame ― Crane, Tortoise and Daruma for Good Luck
　　　　　　鶴亀とだるま― 縁起物散歩
http://darumamuseum.blogspot.com/2010/02/tsurukame.html

　　　　★ Uto no Hime Daruma - Princess Daruma from Uto
　　　　　　宇土の姫だるま ― 張子散歩
http://darumadollmuseum.blogspot.com/2004/11/uto-princess-daruma.html

　　　　★ Wakasa Daruma ― Daruma of Laquer and Agate Stone
　　　　　　若狭のだるま― 漆と瑪瑙
http://darumasan.blogspot.com/2010/02/wakasa-laquer.html

　　　　★ Yakimono ― Daruma in Japanese Pottery
http://darumasan.blogspot.com/2006/09/yakimono-pottery.html

　　　　★ Yakko Daruma ― 奴だるまの津山の花見
http://darumadollmuseum.blogspot.com/2004/11/yakko-daruma.html

　　　　★ Yukidaruma ― Daruma as a Snowman
　　　　　　雪だるま― 冬の散歩
http://darumamuseum.blogspot.com/2008/05/snowman-daruma.html

　　　　★ Yunomi ― Drinking Tea with Daruma
　　　　　　湯のみとだるまさん― 焼物散歩
http://darumamuseum.blogspot.com/2007/03/cups.html

To the Daruma Discussion Forum　
だるまフォーラムへ
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Darumasan-Japan/

To the Daruma Photo Album　
だるま写真館へ
http://www.flickr.com/photos/gabigreve2000/sets/

To Musings about Happiness, a Haiku Forum
癒し俳句フォーラムへ
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/happyhaiku/

Checking for DARUMA SANPO,
I found this little one taking its tiger for the new year for a walk !

http://item.rakuten.co.jp/sichiyo/yz-be7766/

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Camphor Tree Kusunoki

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rough times
leaving their scars -
old camphor tree

schwere Zeiten
hinterlassen Spuren -
alter Kampferbaum

oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

a holy rope
marks the deity -
a thousand living years

ein heiliges Seil
schmueckt die Gottheit -
tausend Jahre Leben

oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

楠木や　千年万年の　傷の跡

大麻比古神社,大楠木
Oasahiko Shrine, Kusunoki

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My full story of this shirne is here:
Daruma Doll Museum : Ooasahiko Shrine Naruto

More about the sacred rope to God's ear,
the Shimenawa 注連縄

Shikoku Summer 2005 Our own Haiku Pilgrimage May 2005

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Kusunoki Masatsura 楠木正行
(1326 – February 4, 1348),

along with his father Masashige and brother Masanori, was a supporter of the Southern Imperial Court during Japan's Nanbokucho Wars.

Masatsura was one of the primary military leaders who revived the Southern Court in the 1340s. The Court had had little to no resources for three years; the strategy was too focused on defending their base at Yoshino, and not on gaining allies, land, or income. The Kusunoki family, and Masatsura in particular, fought to gain power and support for the Emperor.
In 1347, Masatsura led an attack on bakufu (shogunate) sympathizers in Kii Province and ended up attracting supporters from Kii, as well as Izumi and Settsu Provinces. When the Shogun's Northern Court sent Hosokawa Akiuji to stop him, Masatsura met Hosokawa and defeated him in the battle of Sakainoura.

After several more campaigns against the bakufu, Masatsura was killed in the Battle of Shijō Nawate, in February 1348 at the age of 22.
Before he died, he composed a death poem:

帰へらじと兼ねて思へば梓弓
亡き数に入る名をぞとどむる

kaeraji to kanete omoeba azusayumi
nakikazu ni iru na o zotodomuru

I have a feeling
I will not be returning,
so among the names
of those who died by the bow
I inscribe my own.

©　More in the WIKIPEDIA !

I could not return, I presume,
So I will keep my name
Among those who are dead with bows.

source : Mitch Campbell 2009

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The warrior Kusunoki Masashige 楠木正成 (died 1337)
had a small statue of Marishiten in the decoration of his helmet. Others say so did Yamamoto Kansuke 山本勘助, Maeda Toshiie 前田利家and other samurai of old. Others used the small figure of a wild boar and the swastika.

. MARISHITEN　摩利支天

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observance kigo for early summer

Nankoosai 楠公祭 (なんこうさい) Nanko Festival
Festival for Lord Kusunoki
Nankoo matsuri （なんこうまつり）

May 25
(from May 24 to May 26)

Main shrine festival in honor of Kusunoki Masashige,
at Minatogawa Jinja in Kobe. 湊川神社　神戸
Masahige is believed to have died here.

More than 1000 people take part in the parade. Their costumes and equipment is all re-made like in the Kamakura period.
16 samurai as members of the Kusunoki clan take part riding on horseback.

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Homepage of Minatogawa Shrine
with a video of the festival
http://www.minatogawajinja.or.jp/festival/
http://www.minatogawajinja.or.jp/

. Saijiki for Japanese Festivals

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. Kusunoki Jinja 楠木神社 .
andl the tanuki badger legend

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fallen leaves of the camphor tree,
kusu ochiba 楠落葉

this is a kigo for early summer, belonging to the group of
tokiwa ki no ochiba (tokiwagi ochiba)
ときはぎのおちば常磐木落葉.

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August Six Okamoto Taro

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August Six -
can we ever stop the
forces of war ?

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Hiroshima, August Six, 1945

岡本太郎　明日の神話
Okamoto Taro : Ashita no Shinwa

An important antiwar mural painted in Mexico by famed Japanese modern artist, Taro Okamoto (1911 - 1996), has been rediscovered after thirty five years. In Spanish the work is known as Mito del Mañana (Myth of Tomorrow), and in Japanese, Ashita no Shinwa - but like all great works of art, Okamoto’s painting speaks a universal language.

The gigantic mural depicts the exact moment of an atomic bomb explosion, with the focus of the work being an anonymous human reduced to skeletal form and burning under an atomic sun.

Okamoto’s mural was originally painted in the lobby of what was to be a high-rise luxury hotel in Mexico City, but the developer encountered financial troubles that prevented the building’s completion. Okamoto’s wall painting, dismantled and put into storage, eventually disappeared - and it remained missing until just recently. In 2003 the mural was found abandoned in a yard for building materials located in a suburb of Mexico City.

The Taro Okamoto Memorial Museum in Japan sent a team of restorers to Mexico to evaluate the condition of the artwork, and found that it was suffering minor damage. Calling the piece "Taro’s magnum opus", the institution obtained the rights to the mural earlier this year. The mural has been shipped to Japan where museum staff and experts began restoration work in July, 2005. Okamoto’s mural will eventually be placed on public display at the end of 2006.

The Taro Okamoto Memorial Foundation for the Promotion of Contemporary Art released a statement that in part read, "Okamoto believed that the myths of the future develop at moments of cruelty and tragedy. This mural speaks from his deepest thoughts, from his heart." While the world’s first atomic bombing of civilian population centers occurred in August 1945 when the U.S. devastated Hiroshima and Nagasaki with nuclear fire, it would be a mistake to see Okamoto’s artwork as fixated on those terrible events.

Rather, his striking mural is a warning to all humanity, and the message is more relevant today than ever before. That we’ve grown accustomed to living with a nuclear Sword of Damocles hanging above us all is really the core meaning of the mural’s title - and our continued apathy only assures that tomorrow is indeed a myth.

© Mark Vallen
Art for a Change

People in Pain

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Peace and War and Haiku

KIGO : Hiroshima Day also: Nagasaki Day, Japan

1911年（明治44年）2月26日 - 1996年（平成8年）1月7日

google logo on February 26, 2011, his birthday

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kanji for gabi

2010-07-05T00:49:00.000-07:00

The kanji for Gabi.

The BI kanji was made by my archery sensei, to balance the stroke count with the GA.

There is a three-day moon in autumn, called GABI

gabi 蛾眉（がび） "eyebrow like a moth"
This is also an alternate name for a beautiful lady.

. aki no tsuki 秋の月 moon in autumn

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A mountain in China

がびさん Gabi San 【峨眉山／峨嵋山】
Mount Eimei

Mount Emei (Chinese: 峨嵋山; pinyin: Éméi Shān; Wade–Giles: O2-mei2 Shan1, pronounced [ɤ̌měɪ̯ ʂán])
is a mountain in Sichuan province, China.
Mount Emei is often written as 峨眉山 and occasionally 峩嵋山 or 峩眉山 but all three are translated as Mount Emei or Mount Emeishan: 峨嵋 means "lofty brow", but the mountain's name is merely a toponym that carries no additional meaning.
©　More in the WIKIPEDIA !

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Teaching children

2010-06-06T22:13:00.000-07:00

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Teaching Children

Here is a great book that will tell you all the tricks of the trade.

Haiku: Asian Arts and Crafts for Creative Kids
by Patricia Donegan

Editorial Reviews
Although this looks like a picture book for young readers, it is actually a comprehensive introduction to haiku that poetry students of many ages can enjoy. Donegan, a poet who lives in Japan, begins by explaining basic concepts (what it means to "look though haiku eyes") before she goes on to describe the seven elements of traditional haiku.

The remainder of the book offers haiku projects and exercises, accompanied by lengthy explanations, hints, and even word charts to help children create poems. The somewhat stilted color illustrations may put off older readers, and some exercises contain fill-in-the-blank sections, a format that's not ideal for library circulation.

But Donegan presents a great deal of information clearly and with authority, and her enthusiasm for her subject is contagious, particularly when she describes what writing haiku encourages us to do: "see and appreciate the world around us more." A glossary and a haiku resource guide round out this excellent choice for children as well as teachers seeking fresh materials for poetry units.

Gillian Engberg
Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0804835012/ref=pd_bxgy_img_a/102-3897064-7920138?%5Fencoding=UTF8

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Teaching Poetry in General
http://www.poetryteachers.com/

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............................... haiku are:

Very short: just three lines usually fewer than twenty syllables long.

Descriptive: most haiku focus sharply on a detail of nature or everyday life.

Personal: most haiku express a reaction to or reflection on what is described.

Divided into two parts: as they read haiku aloud, students should find that each includes a turning point, often marked by a dash or colon, where the poet shifts from description to reflection, or shifts from close-up to a broader perspective.

Teaching Haiku : Can You Haiku?

Haiku are best as three lines, short - long - short
better not attempt to make it 5-7-5 sylables, it dose not fit other languages than Japanese.

Read my explanation:
THEORY : Why 5-7-5 ? or rather, why not !

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Some beginners advise from Gabi:

Try to get out with a notebook and pencil in hand.
Make notes about all the big and small things that come your way.
Make the notes fit into two lines, either
long / short
or
short / long

Soon you will have a good colletion of " haiku seeds " ( haiku no tane ).
Back home you can consult your saijiki to find an appropriate kigo to enhance the mood of what you were observing. Thus your kigo vocabulary will improve over time.
This kind of "composing" haiku is called "combining of images" (toriawase).
The combination of the two ideas must not be too close, but also not too far removed either to reverberate with each other.

If you write haiku with no combined images (toriawase), but only one theme (idea) in three lines (ichibutsu jitate), you will have to focus your lense on the subject at hand very very VERY closely to find an image that is quite unique and that has not been expressed yet in haiku before.

toriawase ... combining two images
often translated as "juxtaposition"

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...................................... Some Links

Teaching Haiku Poetry
by
Michael P. Garofalo
(not all links given are up to date any more)

2nd Grade ... 3rd Grade ... 4th Grade ... 5th Grade 6th Grade ... 7th Grade ... 8th Grade ... 9th Grade 10th Grade ... 11th Grade ... 12th Grade General - Children ... General - Adult ... College Quotations

Aloha Basho ! Teaching kids in Hawaii
A long PDF file, takes time to load, but very instructive!

Japanese Haiku Poetry Resources
Resources and Links Separated by Age
source : www.card1616.com

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in the order as I found them

Teaching Haiku 01 Spring

Teaching Haiku 02 Autumn

Teaching Haiku 03 : Japan, Patrice M. Flynn

Teaching Haiku 04 : Ocean

Teaching Haiku 05 : Can You Haiku?

Teaching Haiku 06 : by Anita Matson

Teaching Haiku 07 : Master Basho’s Spirit

Teaching Haiku 08 : The Rhythm of Haiku

Teaching Haiku 09 : A Bibliography of Haiku Poetry

...................... More reading for adults, my own essays:

One Haiku, two Ideas The Basics

English Spelling and Punctuation

One-Line Haiku : three sections, three lines

THEORY : Counting on your fingers: 5-7-5 Cultural Differences

THEORY : Why 5-7-5 ? or rather, WHY NOT in English!

Japanese Spelling and the Hepburn System Romaji

Tips for a GINKOO, a Haiku Walk 吟行

Technical Support and Haiku Theory ARCHIVES

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Writing & Editing Workshop, by Randy M. Brooks

World Children's Haiku JAL

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November 2006, a Japanese Haiku Lesson

I attended a lesson of our local Misaki Grammar School, where a Japanese teacher was introducing the 18 kids how to make haiku for the first time. After explaining shortly about 5 7 5 which the kids knew from reading haiku, he gave some examples of kigo. Kireji were not introduced at this first lesson.

Now he gave the kids sheets with little boxes, divided in 5 7 5 from top to bottom. Writing in hiragana, they could make perfect haiku. They were asked to use only two sets of boxes, either the first and second one (5 7) or the second and third one (7 5) to write anything they were inspired to, considering the following:

The line they did not use should read either :
ureshi na, tanoshi na (it makes me happy)
OR
kanashi na (it makes me sad)

After about 10 minutes, all had made their sentences within the boxes. Now the teacher gave them some examples to exchange the happy/sad lines for an appropriate kigo. Since we are now at the change of seasons, they could use either autumn or winter kigo.

The happy ones would be for example
high autumn sky, bright winter day

the sad ones were more in the versions of
fallen leaves of the persimmon tree, winter rain and such.

The kids got time again to erase the happy/sad lines and replace them with a kigo of their choice.

The results of this lesson will be announced next week, when we have the official KUKAI, haiku meeting.

The whole lesson, inlcuding my talk about the international side of worldwide haiku and introducing them to their very own haiku page

Misaki School Haiku Club
美咲中央小学校　俳句　活動

lasted more than two hours and I was surprized at the eagerness of these little ones (about 11 and 12 years), hoping to get their haiku online next week.
They studied the globe, finding Germany, America, India and Kenya! And wondered why it was time for spring kigo in Australia now.
Introducing them to Worldwide Haiku will surely make a big difference in their small country lives.

In the follow-up session, the Kukai, children were asked to comment on the anonymous haiku. They had to stand up and state their mind, quite a feast for any Japanses! I thought it was the best part of it, kind of social training.

秋うらら　世界一周　一しゅんで　
　
bright autumn day -
around the world
in just one moment

五年　M.T. 5th grade

Gabi Greve, November 2006

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sugar and salt

2010-05-22T23:48:00.000-07:00

　　　　

which is sugar ?
which is salt ?

scroll down if you can not tell !

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sugar or salt ...
let the ant find
the difference

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. Koan and Haiku 公案と俳句　

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counting voices

2010-05-19T14:22:00.001-07:00

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. . . we have quite an overcast sky tonight, rainy season approaching .. no counting of stars, but

counting the voices
of one million frogs ...
rainy season approaching

for my friend Louis

Louis Osofsky : Facebook

Louis Osofsky : SH

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Lupinus

2010-05-10T19:05:00.000-07:00

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lupinus ...
just one in my garden
one in my heart

They used to grow abundantly in our garden in Germany, but I never managed to get them to grow here in my valley in Japan
... until this spring and early summer !

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kigo for early summer

rupinasu ルピナス lupinus, Lupinie
tachifujisoo 立藤草（たちふじそう）"standing wisteria"
noborifuji 昇り藤（のぼりふじ） "wisteria climbing up"

Japanese tend to see the lupinus, which is not ingenious to Japan, as a kind of "downside up wisteria".

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Lupins or lupines (North America) are the members of the genus Lupinus in the legume family (Fabaceae).
The genus comprises between 200 and 600 species, with major centers of diversity in South America and western North America, in the Mediterranean region and Africa.

Bluebonnet lupins, notably the Texas Bluebonnet (Lupinus texensis) are the state flower of Texas, USA.
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bluebonnets gone...
even my cacti beds scorch
in this long drought

opie

The Texas bluebonnet is the state flower of Texas. This year, it only made a short appearance, due to the drought.
Texas, 2011

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. WKD : North America Saijiki .

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march thirtyfirst

2010-03-31T00:38:00.000-07:00

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march thirtyfirst ...
the first salad with
fresh chives

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daily bread

2010-03-21T16:29:00.000-07:00

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my daily bread
on the empty table . . .
spring equinox

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Hina Matsuri

2010-03-03T15:33:00.000-08:00

　　　　

hina matsuri ...
google japan
at its best

http://www.google.co.jp/

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March 3 (the double three date)
third month, third day

. Hina Doll Festival (hina matsuri) 　
雛祭り、ひなまつり

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Robin D.Gill sent me this contribution

可愛いも初心の内ぞ、雛祭り
可愛いで生きる権利を今日守る
キュットが悪口になる世にこの日
世の中のデカイモノ禁止、女子の日
桃酒飲む爺婆とちびっ子しかいない日
さんざんに言われて何時からキュット忌
アニメよりいいものあったを、ひなまつり

二、三十年前、クラシック音楽ばかり好きお鼻が高い米保守派コラムニストGeorge　Willが、米カントリ・ミュージックを誉めこけたが。楽観主義一辺倒のアメリカで、絶滅寸々の人権、the right to be unhappy 不幸せに生きる権利を、みごとに守りきっているのは、失恋のみならず、日常の暮らしの辛さをしみじみと歌う涙頂戴カントリーばかりではないか、と。不景気の今では、この人権こそ米にも無事でしょうが、cute で生きる、cuteを好き、cuteを敬う、cuteを崇めることは、ゲイばかりの専権となりがち。可愛いっくていいではないか、と堂々いう大人は少ない。ということを、数年前から、毎年の雛祭り、思う。

こっそりと押入れを出る女子の日

secretly
she comes out of the closet ...
Girl's Festival Day

思えば、日本は世界のキュットの御都だ。そのために、日本は好き、又嫌い。大学と企業のウェブサイトを廻れば、線美まったくない無味乾燥の経理学向きなフローチャットか、二、三才の子供しか喜ばないアニメっぽいごちゃごちゃしかない。前者で吐け気になり、後者で悲しくなる。キュットが、あるべきした人形の棚から出歩いては、怪物になってしまった。必然的にそうなったではない。コンピューターのハードとソフト関係の大者に趣味よきの一人だけおられたら、CADは別なものになったはずです。遠くから三月三日を祝うが、同時に、さんざんとやられてきた日本の風味というか、審美目というか、それを悲しみ、いたむ日である。

無目鼻棚下ば大目鼻なり

(Tr. by Gabi Greve)

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Michigan Map

2010-02-14T20:48:00.000-08:00

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Michigan map ...
the things I learn
with facebook

Haiku friends have founded HAIKU MICHIGAN on facebook

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Michigan State Profile

Population
With 10,120,860 residents in 2005, Michigan is the 8th most populated state in the U.S.
The total population of Michigan grew 1.8 percent from 2000 to 2005 – less than the U.S. average of 5.3 percent.
Michigan is becoming more diverse. The percentage of Whites is declining while the percentages of Hispanics and Asians are growing.

Michigan - Cities and Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs)
The four largest cities (Metropolitan Areas) in Michigan are Detroit, Grand Rapids, Lansing-East Lansing, and Flint.
Detroit had an estimated population of 4,488,335 in 2005 – the 10th largest MSA in the U.S.
The estimated population in Grand Rapids in 2005 was 771,185 – the 65th largest metropolitan area in the U.S.
Lansing (the capital of Michigan) was the 104th largest metropolitan area with 455,315 residents.
Flint had a population of 443,883 – the 107th largest city in the U.S.
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Cherry blossom logo

2009-03-05T16:30:00.000-08:00

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Last Apple Tree

2007-01-27T23:47:00.000-08:00

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He had been tending his many orchards for many years. Getting older, things got more difficult and one by one, he had to cut down the many trees in his orchards.
Today I observed the old farmer below in my valley :

winter cold -
he felled his last
apple tree

Winterkälte -
er fällt den letzten
Apfelbaum

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The sad reality of rural Japan 2007, where the old get older rapidly and there are no young ones to take over. So the weeds, badgers and wild boars thrive ...

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Yawning Daruma

2007-01-27T18:23:00.000-08:00

Mandala Plate

2007-01-22T22:22:00.000-08:00

　　

winter's eve -
the mandala on
my dinner plate

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Heron in Temple

2007-01-22T17:07:00.000-08:00

　　

寺の冬　鷺も餌に　つかぬもの

winter in the temple -
even the heron can get
no food

I dedicate this haiku to all the water birds who lost their natural habitat thanks to the activities of the human race.

My Article about
Takano Shrine 高野神社

Heron and Egret (aosagi, shirosagi), Kigo for Haiku

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