уторак, 25. јун 2013.

ken*again







Do-cede  Tatjana Debeljaèki
Mists of Japan
 
Tatjana DebeljaèkiThe Small Tale of a Wizard's Magical Studies  Sarah ReinerNot A Second Too Soon  John Richmond

Encounter With A Character—A New York Story
Donna Hendleman Rubens
The Supernatural Matador  
Quentin PoulsenResting Place  
Dyane Silvester
Approaching the City (1946)  
George Sparling






среда, 12. јун 2013.

Yasuomi Koganei

Please find your June haiku in the list shown below and please enjoy them.
 

 
Yasuomi Koganei
 

2013 6th Haiku Meeting: June 8
Moderator: Catherine Urquhart

all day rain
i know of blackbirds singing
in the secret garden
Simone K. Busch (Germany) (Tokyo)

Regentag
ich weiß vom Amselgesang
im geheimen Garten
Simone K. Busch (Germany) (Tokyo)


splendid May weather
sound of me
lightly beating my futon
Kyoko Kitahara


rice-planting
in terraced paddies
by old girls
Momo Nishimura


across the valley
the old cabin disappears
spring leaves
Stephen M. Block (USA)


the wind has brought
the smell of my village on fire
soaring memories
Tatjana Debeljački (Užice, Serbia)

from the river banks
a flock of birds bursting
into the clear sky
Tatjana Debeljački (Užice, Serbia)


on my daily walk
a curious sparrow follows
one hedge at a time
Royal T. Fruehling (Hawai'i, USA)


break of dawn
the first swan awakens--
dreams in the wing
Viktorija Koprivnjak (13 years) (Croatia)


morning rain
drops on the Mohican
at once I am king
Mensur Sula (13 years) (Croatia)


forest in a mist
the bare tips of a tree
reach the sky
Robert Mic (13 years) (Croatia)


près du plan d’eau
le manteau de pluie du singe -
l’heure du thé vert
Janick Belleau (Canada)

close by the pond
the monkey’s raincoat -
green tea time
Janick Belleau (Canada)

ce matin
son nez dans le bac, la sans-abri
l’air triste
Janick Belleau (Canada)

this morning
her nose in the bin
the homeless woman
Janick Belleau (Canada)


evening camelias
lit by the garden lamp...
in a soft drizzle
Tomislav Maretić (Croatia)

open window –
the sound of raindrops
enters my dream 
Tomislav Maretić (Croatia)


“It's me."
he calls me from far above
hazy moon
Michi Umeda


erbe falciate –
sul bordo della strada
mazzi di fiori
Antonella Filippi (Italy)


mown grass –
at the edge of the road
bunches of flowers
Antonella Filippi (Italy)


early summer breeze
a boy running around
with a paper windmill
Midori Suzuki


colorless afternoon
I dream and drowse upon the couch
a summer cold
Michiko Murai


red rising sun
my teenage dreams
even redder
Ikken Ikemoto


bright sun
my sight blurred
May garden
Masako Okaki


an 80-year old
reaching the summit of Mt. Everest
--my short walk in the May breeze
Kiyoshi Sugita


azalea exhibition
elderly gaiety
Ueno Park in foliage
Hideo Ebihara


on a swing
wider, narrower, wider, narrower
the sky
Takashi Ikari


dandelion fluff
overtakes me
on the way to the station
Motoko Sato


a boy
holding out his hand
to a mannequin in a bikini
Yasuomi Koganei


a summer dawn
rambling through topaz-tinted dreams
of the old days
Sachiko Kondo


Jun
ensuring services for my late brother
after I’m gone
Masaaki Oka


dandelion
playing the song of the sun
on its strings
Juichi Masuda


Dear tired ones,
Come and embrace
the lavender in my garden
Midori Tanaka


young men asleep
in the priority seat
silky rain outside
Yuzu Sugita


this old man
stroking the new
morning glory
Takeo Hanaoka


ancient temple
stupas steeped in song
--a bush warbler
Junko Saeki

среда, 5. јун 2013.

Haiku and T-Shirt Contest Winners and Honorable Mentions


Seward Park Torii T-shirt design contest
Winning design "New Seward Park Torii" by David Berger



Winning Kid's contest design (to go on kids T-shirts)
(name of winner withheld pending permission)

Seward Park Torii Haiku Contest (Japanese)

Judged by Rainier Haiku Ginsha

Winner – Atsumi Yamakoshi

のどかさやパークの湖畔波の音
(nodokasaya pa-kuno kohan no oto)
pastoral view of the park
the sound of waves
lapping the shoreline

Honorable Mentions

湖晴れてセワードパークの花見かな
(mizuharete sewa-doen no hanamikana)
beautiful day on the lake                             
ideal time to view at Seward Park
cherry blossoms in full bloom
  Shoshi Takamura

湖を背にパークの鳥居八重桜  
(mizuwo seni kouentorii yaezakura)
lake in the background
the park torii surrounded
by multi-petal cherry blossoms
Saeko Aoyama

ワシントン湖再び曽比湯鳥居の朱
(washintonko futatabisobiyu toriinoshu)
once again the mighty red torii
soars above
Lake Washington
Yuriko McMahan

Seward Park Torii Haiku Contest (English)

Judged by Michael Dylan Welch, vice president of the Haiku Society of America

Adult Winner – David Berger

sunny afternoon-
some walk Seward Park clockwise
some the other way

The best haiku often exhibit a disarming simplicity, and we certainly see that here. We also feel summerness in this poem, which deftly captures an experience that every park visitor can relate to. This poem also reminds me of a classic haiku by the Japanese master, Issa: “in this world / even among insects, / some sing well, some don’t.” We each have our way of being, or our way of travelling, and ultimately this winning poem is about making Seward Park our own.

Honorable Mentions
(listed in order of merit)

snowberries and rosehips
remain—
rain of maple flowers
Erica Howard

This poem presents strong images, something that’s vital for  effective haiku. But listen, too, to this poem’s sounds: snow and rose, and remain and rain, plus the consonance of each “r” in the poem, plus a few “s” sounds. We get a robust sense of the season in this mellifluous  poem.

sheltering forest—
the great horned owl’s
deep whoo whodoo
Angela Terry

It’s fun to play with sounds in some haiku. And here’s a haiku about sound. We get to experience the owl for ourselves through this poem, with the added environmentalist reminder that the forest is needed to shelter this majestic bird.

blooming cherry blossoms
line the road—
an eagle returns home
Te Wayne Tsuki Kaneko-Hall

Key techniques for writing haiku are to have two juxtaposed parts, clear and primarily objective images, plus a seasonal reference. We see all three techniques in use here. Haiku do not need to be 5-7-5 syllables in English—they don’t even count syllables in Japanese, but sounds, and a poem of 17 syllables in English is actually much longer than a traditional haiku in Japanese. What matters more are the other techniques I’ve mentioned, which help to create experiential immediacy, as we see in this poem.

nothing to see
through the bright fog
but the black cormorant
Erica Howard

Direct immediacy of a notable image experienced through one of the five senses. Perhaps we see the fog more clearly because of that black cormorant.

the smell of rain
on the tops of the mountains
colors of autumn
Tatjana Debeljački

For a brief moment the experience of this poem is the smell of rain, suggesting that it isn’t raining yet, but soon will be. Before the clouds arrive, we can see off into the mountains where fall colors tinge just their tops. We know autumn is coming, and with it the autumn rains.

on every bench
kids in T-shirts eat cookies
mallards raft offshore
David Berger

A summer moment. The mallards, it seems, are hoping for handouts. Even if not, the birds are enjoying each other’s company just as the kids are. It’s easy to picture this scene in Seward Park.

Thank you to each of the poets who entered the Seward Park Torii Haiku Contest for adults, and for each of their moments of imagistic seasonal celebration.


Youth Winners - Emily Goodman and Ryanne L  Jones

no matter what season
the sun glistens sometime
the sun is always there

This is a Seattle poem, a city where it’s often cloudy, even if it’s not raining. The clouds make us appreciate the sun even more, in every season of the year. When we’re outdoors, at a place like Seward Park, we long for the sun even on rainy days, and can know that it’s still there behind the clouds, all the more appreciated when it does begin to glisten on the water that surrounds the park.

Honorable Mentions
(in no particular order)

the lily pads grow
the sun shines through the water
everything is calm
Shannan Leitner

A clear, immediate, and serene image—a moment of stillness, with an intimate view of sunlight through water by lily pads. You can easily imagine a frog jumping in!

the leaves are falling
crumbling as people stomp them
rainy, cold and wet
Shannan Leitner

lots of umbrellas
rain beating down like a drum
slipping on wet leaves
Shannan Leitner

The previous two poems capture the feeling of our Pacific Northwest rain.

everything is warm
this is a great time to swim
I can go outside
Christopher Wiehle

Pure and direct in its simple appreciation of summer pleasures, to the point of feeling disarming.

cold breeze on my nose
children playing in the snow
silent falling snow
Laila Pickett

A strong sense of winter is emphasized by the “o” sounds of cold, nose, and snow. It may be cold, but not too cold for children to enjoy the snow.

swimming in the lake
at the very crack of dawn
the sand already hot
Laila Pickett

Yes, it gets hot in Seattle too, and this poem presents the tactile experience of hot summer sand, and the joys of taking an early morning lake swim.

the park gets full
people at the beach
lifeguards come back
Emily Goodman

This poem remembers the lifeguards of the previous year, and celebrates the moment when they return to the beaches. Maybe this is when summer officially begins.

Seward Park—you can go
spring, fall, summer and winter—
lots of things to do
Benjamin Krownbell and Simon Kiner

While most haiku focus on just one here-and-now experience, this poem reminds us that the park has much to offer all year round.

swimming in the pond
dad is at the BBQ
grillin’ cheese hot dogs
Ryanne Jones

Can you get more summery than this?

orange red glowing orb
setting over placid water
falling yellow leaves
Emily Goodman and Ryanne Jones

The color of the sun echoes the color of the falling leaves in this harmonious image of autumn.

splashing in water
sunny days finally here
fragrant barbecue
Ryanne Jones and Emily Goodman
Who could resist splashing in the water on such a sunny summer day? And with a barbecue awaiting you, too!

Thank you to each of the children and youth who entered the Seward Park Torii Haiku Contest for those age 14 and under. It’s a pleasure to read your moments of seasonal experience, whether set in Seward Park or in places like it. Try writing more haiku as a way to record keen moments of  awareness of the world around you and its unfolding seasons.

Michael Dylan Welch
Sammamish, Washington
www.graceguts.com / www.nahaiwrimo.com