WHC World Kigo Database <> Newsletter April 2006
Dear Kigo-Friends,
April already, I hope you passed the first day of it safely !
We have a new space for our non-seasonal topics
to discuss here, including translation problems
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/translatinghaiku/
to view the results here
http://haikutopics.blogspot.com/
M. Kei has started a new local saijiki of the Chesapeake Bay, USA .
Our friend in Kenya have been so busy, and plan a great ginko later in March.
Here are the latest additions to the World Kigo Database.
http://tinyurl.com/dltwp
(with the hyperlinks)
http://worldkigo2005.blogspot.com/2006/12/latest-additions.html
Please share this information with your other Haiku Friends.
Feel free to add your information and haiku as comments to the BLOG.
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..................................................................... April 2006
Water Strider, water boatman, water spider, water horse (amenbo 水馬) Japan
..... also whirligig beetles, mizusumashi 水澄
Grave (haka) Japan
Cloud (kumo) Japan
LIST of Non-seasonal Haiku Topics
Target (mato) Japan. Bull's Eye
..... Including Bow, Arrow, Archery.
..... First Arrow, First Archery Competition. Archery on horseback (yabusame).
Earth Day Worldwide
Peacock, Kujaku and Haiku Japan
..... Including Marigold (kujakusoo), fruit flies (kujakubae) and the peacock butterfly (kujakuchoo)
Pheasant (kiji) Japan
………………………………… Chesapeake Bay, USA New Saijiki
Fortune cookies; "Haikookies", O-Mikuji
God of the Rice Paddies (ta no kami) Japan
Mourning Kenya, worldwide
Patrick Wafula, Kenya
LORNA Haiku Club, Kenya
OAKS Haiku Club, Kenya
PEACOCK Haiku Club, Kenya
SPIDER Haiku Club, Kenya
Long Rains (Kenya)
Lent (Europe)
Mothering Sunday, Laetare (Europe)
... ... SPICES from India
Sesame (til, tila, gingili) India goma, goma no hana (Japan)
Light Charcoal Cherry Blossoms, Usuzumizakura 薄墨桜 Japan
Hail (hyoo) Japan , also arare, snow pellets
Greetings from Japan
Gabi Greve
World Kigo Database BLOG
http://worldkigodatabase.blogspot.com/
Have a look at my own Haiku Gallery from April in Japan
http://happyhaiku.blogspot.com/2006_04_01_happyhaiku_archive.html
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