Meguro International Haiku Circle

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2012 First Haiku Meeting: January 21
Moderator: Catherine Urquhart

a cup of hot coffee
on a chilly morning ---
counting my blessings
Junko Saeki


thoughts on
the departing year
Karajan LP crackles
Ikken Ikemoto


plane trees
line winter’s walkway
-- a perfect perspective
Takashi Ikari


sunset ---
black silhouettes of geese
over the snowy fields
Tomislav Maretic (Croatia)

in the winter sun,
now green, now blue
the mallard’s head
Tomislav Maretic (Croatia)


not a myth to him
the fact of global warming
stranded polar bear
Royal T. Fruehling (Hawai'i, USA)


first snow in the capital
-- reading a letter
from Hokkaido
Kiyoshi Sugita


raking leaves ---
the scent
of nostalgia
Michiko Murai


icicles ---
if only
I could have tusks
Tenshi Sakai


hard frost ---
two sparrows warm themselves
chirping
Vasile Moldovan (Romania)


the naked rowan
discloses the empty nest
of our two magpies
Hanne Hansen (Denmark)


friendship
finally restored
--- a new year’s card
Midori Suzuki


if asked
“Why the hurry”, I would reply
“The sun is sinking”
Shinya Ogata


through the bush
a heron eyes a fish
--- spring afternoon
Hideo Ebihara


he seems happy
nobody blames me
so, why this uneasiness?
Masako Omaki


buds on bare branches
looking up earnestly
once I was young
Sachiko Kondo


after the performance
his silhouette dancing
on the cold moon
Maki Hatanaka


new year cards
full of joyful pictures
of overseas
Takeo Hanaoka


the wrecked cruise ship
no tsunami
no captain
Yasuomi Koganei


snowy morning
almost drowned
in the scent of winter sweet
Yasuhiko Shirota


pouring tea
wrapped in the steam
--- winter morning happiness
Midori Tanaka


new year sun
glinting in the dragon’s eye
--- sublime cloud
Sugita Yuzu


red berries of spear flower
adorning my room
right into the new year
Masaaki Oka


the long line of white breath
stretching to the shrine
New Year’s Eve
Momo Nishimura


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Haiku from the meetings in 2012

Haiku from the meetings in 2011

Haiku from the meetings in 2010

Haiku from the meetings in 2009

Haiku from the meetings in 2008

Haiku from the meetings in 2007

Haiku from the meetings in 2006

Haiku from the meetings in 2005

Haiku from the meetings in 2004

Haiku from the meetings in 2003

Haiku from the meetings in 2002

Essay: Four-dimensional haiku by Yasuomi Koganei

To Web Site of France Haiku Association

Next meeting:
February 11, 2012, 13:30 to 17:00, Meguro Kumin Center Shakaikyoiku-kan
March 10, 2012, the same as above
April 14, 2012, the same as above
May 12, TBD

Beginners are welcome.

Fee: \1000/meeting (student: free)

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


Advance notice of 2013 MIHC International Haiku Festival

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

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

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

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