Showcase Haiku
Haijin (SHH) Participants
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SHH No. 1
September / October 31, 2011 Sketchbook
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Neal
Whitman, US: Participant 01
silhouetted
against a persimmon sky
a small orchard
Autumn kigo:
"persimmon" Yuki Teikei Haiku Society
Season Word List: plants.
www.youngleaves.org
patter
of first rain––
in the tea shop
a haiku reading
Autumn kigo:
"first rain" San Francisco Bay
Area Nature Guide and Saijiki: Sky and
Elements, edited by Homan,
Gallagher, and Machmiller, p. 56.
acorn
woodpeckers
call back and forth
an old friend on the line
Autumn kigo:
"acorn woodpecker" San Francisco
Bay Area Nature Guide and Saijiki:
Animals. edited by Homan, Gallagher, and
Machmiller, p. 59.
walking
home
from soccer practice––
dropping buckeyes
Autumn kigo:
"buckeye" San Francisco Bay Area
Nature Guide and Saijiki:
Plants. edited by Homan, Gallagher, and
Machmiller, p. 66.
fallen
leaves
knitting yellow mittens
for my godson
Autumn kigo:
"fallen leaves" Yuki Teikei Haiku
Society Season Word List: plants.
www.youngleaves.org
Neal
Whitman, US:
neal@whitmanassociates.org
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Anne Curran, NZ: Participant 06
magnolia
autumn leaves litter
the ground
Autumn Kigo: "autumn leaves" / plants: The
Haiku Handbook by William J. Higginson, p. 280.
autumn loneliness
memories hither and thither
at every step
Autumn Kigo: "autumn
loneliness" / Life: The Haiku Handbook
by William J. Higginson, p.278.
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late Autumn
a poker branch
skyward from the green
Autumn Kigo: "a poker branch" (not listed) / Geography:The Haiku
Handbook by William J. Higginson, p.
277.
a streetlamp shines
on copper leaves
—a flirt again
Autumn Kigo: "copper leaves" (not listed) / Geography:The Haiku
Handbook by William J. Higginson, p.
278.
Anne Curran: Hamilton, New Zealand:
acurran@clear.net.nz
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Chitra
Rajappa, IN: Participant
09
long night—
the whirring of the fan
cuts into my thoughts
Autumn Kigo: "long night"(yonaga, all autumn) /
The Season: from The Five Hundred Essential
Japanese Season words: online:
http://www.2hweb.net/haikai/renku/500ESWd.html
desolate—
even the autumn leaves
drift away from me
Autumn Kigo: "desolate"(susamaji, late autumn) /
The Season: from The Five Hundred Essential
Japanese Season words: online:
http://www.2hweb.net/haikai/renku/500ESWd.html
autumn
lamplight:
she looks for solace
in the warm flame
Autumn Kigo: "autumn lamplight"(aki no hi, all
autumn) / Humanity: from The Five Hundred
Essential Japanese Season words: online:
http://www.2hweb.net/haikai/renku/500ESWd.html
autumn
contemplation...
a butterfly's shadow
brushes past mine
Chitra
Rajappa, IN
Autumn Kigo: “autumn contemplation” (shuushi,
all autumn) / Humanity: from The Five Hundred
Essential Japanese Season words: online:
http://www.2hweb.net/haikai/renku/500ESWd.html
No
stated kigo, category, or source with original
submission: date requested on 10-15-2011. /jd
A new response
recieved on Sunday, October 16, 2011 1:13 --
added above. /jd
Chitra Rajappa,
India:
crajappa@gmail.com
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John Daleiden, US: Participant 10
grave visit—
a bouquet of red roses
on her birthday
John Daleiden, US
Autumn Kigo: "grave visit" / Observances:
The Haiku Handbook. William J. Higginson
with Penny Harter, p. 278.
or:
Autumn Kigo: "grave visiting" / Events: Shiki
Mailing List: Kiyose - collection of season
words in Japan: Autumn season words: Autumn
coolness, Autumn chill, New coolness (Sinryou,Akisuzushi);
Autumn morning (Aki no asa); Cool <air> (Hiyayaka,Hiyu,Yubie);
Crisp <air> (Sawayaka,Sayakeshi): on-line:
Shiki Mailing List: Kiyose - collection of
season words in Japan:
http://haiku.cc.ehime-u.ac.jp/~shiki/kukai/kiyose-autumn.html
morning coffee
in cool autumn air
I read the news
John Daleiden, US
Autumn Kigo: "autumn air" / Season (Climate):
The Five Hundred Essential Japanese Season Words
on-line:
http://www.2hweb.net/haikai/renku/500ESWd.html#AUTUMN
or:
Autumn Kigo: "autumn air" & other similar
constructions: Shiki Mailing List: Kiyose -
collection of season words in Japan: Autumn
season words: Autumn coolness, Autumn chill, New
coolness (Sinryou,Akisuzushi); Autumn morning
(Aki no asa); Cool <air> (Hiyayaka,Hiyu,Yubie)
Crisp <air> (Sawayaka,Sayakeshi): on-line:
http://haiku.cc.ehime-u.ac.jp/~shiki/kukai/kiyose-autumn.html
or:
Autumn Kigo: general descriptions on 3 pages:
August, September, October: in Nature and Our
Life: Haiku Living Together with Nature from
the book entitled Haiku in Twelve Months
by Ms. Inahata Teiko Translated by Mizuta
Mutsumi: on-line
August | September | October: (links to Three
descriptive passages):
http://www.kyoshi.or.jp/12month/12month-8.htm;
http://www.kyoshi.or.jp/12month/12month-9.htm;
http://www.kyoshi.or.jp/12month/12month-10.htm
Amber alert ends—
waiting through the long night
for the missing child
John Daleiden, US
Autumn Kigo: "long night(s)" / Season:
Japanese Haiku: A Topoical Dictionary:
University of Virginia Library: on-line:http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/japanese/haiku/saijiki/full.html;
then scroll to Autumn /
yonaga
, long night(s); click
or:
Autumn Kigo: "long night" / Season, Climate:
The Haiku Handbook. William J.
Higginson with Penny Harter, p. 277.
and:
Autumn Kigo: "long night" / The Season:
The Five Hundred Essential Japanese Season Words
on-line:
http://www.2hweb.net/haikai/renku/500ESWd.html#AUTUMN
wearing
scarecrow rags
I watch the midnight sky—
a skunk on the prowl
John Daleiden,
US
Autumn Kigo: "scarecrow" / Daily Life: Autumn
Kigo: "long night(s)" / Season: Japanese
Haiku: A Topoical Dictionary: University of
Virginia Library: on-line:
http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/japanese/haiku/saijiki/full.html
Scroll to Autmn Kigo, selcet Scarcrow, click.
or:
Autumn Kigo: "scarecrow" / Humanity: The Five
Hundred Essential Japanese Season Words
on-line:
http://www.2hweb.net/haikai/renku/500ESWd.html#AUTUMN
and:
Autumn Kigo: "scarecrow" / Livelihood, Life:
The Haiku Handbook. William J.
Higginson with Penny Harter, p. 278.
and:
Autumn Kigo: "scarecrow" / Livelihood:
A
Dictionary of Haiku: Classified by Season Words
with Traditional and Modern Methods: Jane Reighold: on-line:
http://www.ahapoetry.com/aadoh/autlive.htm
in my garden
an autumn butterfly
koi ripple the pond
John Daleiden,
US
Autumn Kigo: "autumn butterfly- Autumn
fly/mosquito/bee/butterfly/cicada" ((Aki no hae/ka/hachi/chou/semi)
/ Animal: Shiki Mailing List: Kiyose -
collection of season words in Japan: Autumn
season words: on-line:
http://haiku.cc.ehime-u.ac.jp/~shiki/kukai/kiyose-autumn.html
John Daleiden, Phoenix, Arizona:
daleidenj@yahoo.com
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Małgorzata Miksiewicz PL: Participant
11
autumn—
walking on the park
I hear the woodpecker
Autumn Kigo: "woodpecker" - autumn animals:
The Haiku Handbook. William J.
Higginson, p.279.
autumn wind—
old man chasing
his hat
Autumn Kigo: "autumn wind" - autumn astronomy:
The Haiku Handbook.. William J.
Higginson, p.277.
autumn—
sun if it were spring
but not this color of trees
Autumn Kigo: "take color, color up (of fruits,
tree leaves) - color of trees - autumn
geography: The Haiku Handbook.The Haiku
Handbook. William J. Higginson, p.277.
autumn—
in every garden
white and yellow chrysanthemums
Autumn Kigo: white chrysanthemum(s)", "yellow
chrysanthemum(s)" - autumn plants: The
Haiku Handbook. William J. Higginson,
p.280.
umbrellas—
wet from the rain
black flowers of autumn
Autumn Kigo: "rain"
Małgorzata Miksiewicz: Wrocław, Poland
malgorzata.miksiewicz@gmail.com
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