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The
World Haiku Festival 2002
Basho Journey: PRELUDE (5) |
Now Open - a Kukai for
WHC members!
"Oku no Hosomichi Kukai"
for WHF2002/Basho Journey
As members of WHC and their
friends set off on a long-waited journey of “Oku no Hosomichi”, following in
Basho’s footsteps during mid September, others will join in the world-wide WHC
special kukai in celebration of the great master’s achievements, especially
the diary itself. Everyone is invited and encouraged to try to write haiku poems
in the spirit of Basho and, in particular, following the day-to-day progress of
his journey in North Japan, which we wish to trace either physically or in our
imagination.
The
special Oku no Hosomichi Kukai is now open and members are invited to start
posting their haiku poems with the subject line “Oku no Hosomichi Kukai”
to WHChaikuforumworkshop which will be the forum for this kukai.
The kukai
will be conducted publicly so that members will be able to appreciate other
people’s entries. There is no limitation to the entry, except for the broad
aims described in the first paragraph. The Oku no Hosomichi Kukai will last
until 22 September 2002, the last day of WHF2002. After that some selections
will be conducted and the results will be published in World Haiku Review.
As a
start, 8 haiku poems by Zoe Savina, a Greek poet, are introduced to kick off the
Kukai. Zoe, who has recently created a world haiku anthology, is also a devoted
admirer of Basho and is now getting her new book ready: Dedicate Haiku to Basho
Journey. She would like to join WHF2002/Basho Journey but she has to give it up
on account of her other engagements. Instead, she has sent these poems to
dedicate to Oku no Hosomichi. They are translated from the original poems in
Greek.
Savina, Zoe
the foliage, the flowers
and I look in the lake
-- ancient mirror
children and dogs
play on the little park
-- grass in panic
as a young deaf
you speak in light breath
in gust rain
inside the blue
the irrelevant
song –
-- the mist is
retreating
a boisterous wind
just got into my house
as a Don Juan
dim, dark voices
on the lips of
the storm
-- nets in
stagnation
Read
more about the WHF2002 Akita
See
the WHC Website for Details & Application Form
Read
the WHF2002 R. H. Blyth Competition Winners
