Meguro International Haiku Circle
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2010 1st Haiku Meeting: January 16
Moderator: Catherine Urquhart

rows of naked oaks
like upside down
brooms
Shinya Ogata


New Year cards
connecting us after half a century
without meeting
Michi Umeda


florist and dog
exchange greetings
- his tail wagging in the morning chill Maki Hatanaka


whizz whizz
the sound of a skipping rope
cuts the new year silence
Motoko Satoh


cyclamen
buds of hope
one after another
Yoco Togashi


an old lady pulling two dogs
one black, the other white
- mourning?
Hidetoshi Nagami


Buddha on display
puzzled but smiling
at people in white masks
Takeo Hanaoka


white lines
of herons
- water warming
Ikku Aga


pruning sounds
from the garden
- a pause at 3 o’clock
Midori Suzuki


family gathering
kids laughter missing
this New Year’s Day
Masako Omaki


snow flakes swirling
under my umbrella
her scent lingers
Yasuomi Koganei


nodding off
cat and dog on lap
New Year’s Eve
Midori Tanaka


spring thunder …
one fossilized petal
deep and intense
Hajimu Hirakita


slow steady steps
steps that mark the old couple’s path
New Year pilgrimage
Michiko Murai


scent of winter sweet
leads the way to
“the other shore”
Yasuhiko Shirota


New Year card
says he is now in care
- my tomorrow?
Hideo Ebihara


basking in the new year sun
the interplay of
optimism and pessimism
Ikken Ikemoto


traffic-free Tokyo
somewhat rivaling Ayres Rock
in sunset beauty
Masaaki Oka


in my yard
one crimson winter camellia
- a pigeon patrols
Hitoshi Ichinose


silent people reading inside
twinkling ginkgo leaves falling outside
- Tokyo Central Library
Kiyoshi Sugita


the last bus
crawling up the hill
through the winter drizzle
Sachiko Kondo


New Year worship
plum blossoms not sought
but found
Nanako Kubota


new wine in a new vessels?
hopes on under 40's?in the haiku world
Junko Saeki


antiche rovine
la mia ombra che passa
le rende vive
Antonella Filippi (Italy)

ancient ruins
my shadow
brings them alive
Antonella Filippi (Italy)


dark at 6 a.m.
early morning Shama Thrush
whistles wake-up call
Royal T. Fruehling (Hawai'i USA)


New Year’s Day -
the quiet
of the cicada husk
Robert Scott (Australia)


New Year's Day
old year's soup
still good
Zoran Mimica (Austria)


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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 13, 2010, 13:30 to 17:00, room no. 3, Meguro Honcho Shakaikyouikukan
March 13, 13:30 to 17:00, room no. 6, Meguro Kumin Center Shakaikyouikukan
April 10, the same as above
May 8, TBD

Beginners are welcome.

Fee: \1000/meeting (student: \500/meeting)