Haiku by Chiyoni.
December 30, 2009
December 27, 2009
Haiga 300
Haiku by Chiyoni(1703-1775): Known as Kaga no Chiyo, is Japan's celebrated female haiku poet. A student of two of Basho's disciples, she worked in an age when haiku was largely a male domain. A poet, painter, and Buddhist nun.
December 25, 2009
December 21, 2009
December 18, 2009
December 15, 2009
Haiga 296
Haiku by Elizabeth Searle Lamb(1917-2005, Feb.): She wrote and served the haiku community since 1963. Past president of HSA, and past editor of Frogpond.
December 11, 2009
December 10, 2009
December 8, 2009
December 6, 2009
Haiga 293
Haiku by Tomizawa, Kakio (1902-1962): One of the key haijins of Shinko Haiku (young and new haiku)movement. The haijins of Shinko Haiku refused the rule of kigo and attempted to modernize haiku, modeling the Western literature. Several of them had sympathy with the socialism or the dadaism.
December 4, 2009
Memorial Haibun
The late Hisako Shimizu is survived by Mr.Kunio Shimizu, 12 children(including myself), 60 grandchildren, and 8 great-grand children(including four of mine).
December 1, 2009
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