Haiga 411

Haiku by myself. Photo by Issac Guitlerrez Pascual.

The Baker's Dozen, English poem anthology, published

i am so happy that the anthology is finally finished and published. Collections of my haiku and haibun are included in it. My works are followed by a thesis by Dr. Shirane of Columbia Univ. about haiku and Japanese literature. Poetry works by 12 other poets are in the anthology. Quite a publication.

The anthology is on sale at Amazon> http://amzn.to/dtBvCg

Haiga 410

Senryu by myself. The photo is from a series of shots on Haitian amputee football. Here is the URL: http://blogs.denverpost.com/captured/2010/10/27/haitian-amputee-football/2519/
Big earthquake, and these handicaps. Often times, I am amazed at how much humans can take, and still find some joy in difficult circumstances.

Haiga 409

Haiku by myself. Photo by @hawaii I heard in the news that Hawaiian Air Line, Hawaii's local carrier, has now a direct flight from Honolulu to Haneda, a Tokyo airport. Back in my student time, I used to ride Hawaiian on bare feet. Welcome, good old HAL.

Haiga 408

Haiku by myself. Photo by Rodrigo abd. We see unsettling situations in the world. Just hope that people concerned stop and think what this world is made for originally. Certainly not as a place of conflicts among the inhabitants. We all seek happiness and this world is made for the life of happiness. Arms never achieve happiness, they only result in more piles of negative emotions like hate and anger. Moderation of mind is the only way to the goal.

Haiga 407

Haiku by myself. I do not know where this photo is from or who to give credit to, but sure looks like a good shot, hence the haiku.
I will be out of town and out of touch on computer for about a week. No update for the period. Sorry about that.

Haiga 406

Haiku and artwork by myself on miners rescue in Chili. A great work of humanity.

Not a bird, not a fish,
I am meant to walk
in the sun

New haiga ebook

I am distributing a sample ebook of "Narrow Road to the Deep North" by Matsuo Basho.
The ebook is in pdf format, can be viewed on any PC, and Mac, or any other compatible e-reader devices. The sample pdf is about 1.1MB, and contains six color haiga plus a map of Japan. If you are interested in this free sample. email me.
The feature of the full version is that it contains all haiku+haiga by Basho, which you can print out in good quality, and full English text of the book. I can add Japanese text upon request.

Haiga 405

Haiku by myself. Photo by Ricky Pike. The photo was taken by tossing a camera in the air, according to the photographer. A risky way to take picutre but interesting image results. This image reminded me of paintings done by Jackson Pollock, who was active in 1950's in NY.

Haiga 404

Haiku by Michael McClintock (USA). What is the differnce between summer moon and autumn one? I guess the former is sharper than the later, hence this haiga.

Haiga 403

Haiku by Alenka Zorman of Slovenia. She sent to me a birthday haiku yesterday. I liked it right away and made this haiga.
I came to know Alenka san through haiga collaboration. This was many years ago. Since then, we made many haiga, and this is the newest one.

Haiga 402

Haiku, haiga by myself. I made this haiga for the summer greeeting card. Dr. Kanae, an Egyptian ancient histroy specialist, joined my haiga, contributing his haiku that links to my haiku.

Haiga 401

Haiku by Basho. Artwork by myself. Autumn is a season to appreciate the moon. Basho appreciated the moon, and apparently sake as well.

Haiga 400

Haiku by myself. Photo from "Waltz of the Flowers". The 400th haiga today. I have been waltzing with haiku all along.