The Akita International Haiku Network holds the 4. Japan-Russia Haiku Contest in celebration of the great success of the 29. National Cultural Festival in Akita 2014. This is because the 3. Japan-Russia Haiku Contest ended in a great success as part of the 29. In 2012, the 1.

Now and now and now. In every poem, there must be a forest. Dark, deep for things to hide in. Behind each leaf, an eye. Behind each eye, a leaf. In every forest, there is a wolf. In every poem, there must be a forest. Which was first the footprints. Cold night and dark early.

Fan Letter from Patrick McManus. In a room lit by stars, your arms, gentle, insistent, draw me in to nestle against you. The moon arches its back and the midnight sky. Curls around it to enfold it, pulling it close and holding it there. A night breeze ruffles and lifts my hair;. Your soft sleeping breath against my shoulder stirs my heart. Should she have touched herself less? She sat in one corner of the sofa, as the night drew on, considering t.

By twitery on July 15, 2010. By twitery on July 15, 2010.

To see the world through Haiku. January 4, 2012 by Maryam. Pale touch of the sun. 8216;n cold lashes on grey buildings. January 16, 2011 by Maryam. A willow in the snow. PS This one is not purely mine, first two lines came from my status in facebook with no intention to make it haiku, then my dear friend Mona. Added the third line and made this a haiku. September 24, 2010 by Maryam.

A place to track our experience in Shanghai, from my point of view.