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seashores
an international journal to share the spirit of haiku

 

The objective of seashores is to share haiku from all over the world and explore how the way and the spirit of haiku, with its power to connect us to nature and our world can play a role in poetry and our lives in general.

 

ISSUE 7
November 2021

 

Contents of Volume 7

 

Contributors

Introduction

A bit of food for thought (1)

Selected haiku and senryu

Meet… Jim Norton

Essays and Articles

My Lockdown Diary    Edward Gilligan

Writing Haiku: my experience as an Indian poet     R K Singh

          David Burleigh

What’s in a haiku?     Gilles Fabre

A bit of food for thought (2)

Selected haiku and senryu

The sources of haiku

Season-words and Environment     Alain Kervern

   The Kodansha Saijiki:

          New Year’s Major Themes

          A Few New Year’s Season-Words

A bit of food for thought (3)

Selected haiku and senryu

On the bookshelves

 

Contributors

 

Names of contributors and first lines of haiku selected:


 


Adjei Agyei-Baah

harmattan fires

 

Ramesh Anand

candlelight chess

coconut

 

Cynthia Anderson

watering at dusk

the opal glow

 

Marilyn Ashbaugh

not yet

the lies

 

Joanna Ashwell

dairy herd

a kaleidoscope

 

Blessmond Alebna Ayinbire

whispering wind

 

Michael Baeyens

forest fog

dawn

 

Amanda Bell

sudden chill –

behind red tulips

a walk to clear my head –

 

Ingrid Baluchi

evening chill

 

Brad Bennett

storm clouds

late summer clouds

 

Robert Beveridge

distilled water

 

Tom Bierovic

taking turns

explaining

 

Daniel Birnbaum

departure

 

Adrian Bouter

the weathered bench

unanswered call

 

Justin Brown

running late

alligator sighting

 

Kevin Browne

afternoon heat

 

Robyn Cairns

against a backdrop

resting place

 

Mariangela Canzi

summer moonlight

an old couple

 

Erin Castaldi

shadow people

unworthy

 

Christina Chin

summer break

 

Jackie Chou

the placid air

first raspberries

 

Eileen Connolly

popcorn

 

Vera Constantineau

melon slices

 

Maya Daneva

it knows nothing

 

Sylviane Donnio

grand froid

 

Carlos Manuel Eusoya

Three sweet persimmons

 

Gilles Fabre

seconds old -

yes, butterfly,

 

Marisa Fazio

your hand in mine

the world

silk cravat

 

Bruce H. Feingold

getting older

never returning

 

P. H. Fischer

gibbous moon

starry night

 

Michael Flanagan

left to its self  

 

Anton Floyd

riverrun

sudden rain

 

Jim Force

all the lies

 

Jenny Fraser

overground

unwinding 

 

Jay Friedenberg

evening cool

summer dreams

 

Ben Gaa

diagnosis day —

so quick to change

 

William Scott Galasso

a tall pitcher

 

David Gale

winter rain

brimming river

 

Michael Galko

an empty slot

 

Mike Gallagher

cigarette smoke

ebb tide

 

Marianne Gambaro

late autumn rain

 

Mark Gilfillan

prison yard

 

John Gonzalez

listening

 

Paul Benedict Grant

first Christmas

 

Sherry Grant

sea shore

 

Eufemia Griffo

basil blossoms

summer stars

 

Elisabeth Guichard

Enamel sink

 

Mary Gunn

the first day

sultry night --

 

John Hawkhead

soft morning

 

Florence Heyhoe

that soft neck—

 

Jeff Hoagland

skywriting

my mind

 

Nick Hoffman

passing the minutes

honeysuckle in bloom

stillin

 

Louise Hopewell

the curled tip

wishes whorl

 

Gary Hotham

after the news

 

Louisa Howerow

his bulldog slobbers

soundless clarity

privée des étoiles / starless night

 

Vladislav Hristov

wgd5efs7h

 

Andrew Hubball

aged skin

just beyond

 

Marilyn Humbert

rumbling

at the tideline

 

Mona Iordan

whistling train 

 

Dejan Ivanovic

Grandma's cupboard

 

Lynne Jambor

funeral wreath

 

Anne-Marie Joubert-Gaillard

au creux du vallon

 

Mick Joyce

evening mist

 

Jim Kacian

something

each drop

 

Mayumi Kawaharada

Spring darkness-

 

Kazumi Karaki

太陽を欲しがる肌や夏蜜柑

 

Gerald Kells

wind snagged -

 

David J Kelly

birch catkins —

 

Noel King

Storm Ciara --

 

kjmunro

tap tap

winter solstice

 

Nicholas Klacsanzky

wedding . . .

hail

 

Nina Kovačić

šumsko raskrižje                  

 

Deborah P Kolodji

surfside ride

 

Nadejda Kostadinova

always quiet

 

Samo Kreutz

autumn downpour

 

James Krotzman

blood thinner

 

Kelli Lage

I trace my

 

Des Lalor

april swim

 

Hervé Le Gall

randonnée -

 

Ryland Shengzhi Li

autumn dusk

rustling

 

Kristen Lindquist

late winter

winter light

 

Chen-ou Liu

cicada chorus

an unknown flower

 

Earl Livings

all that matters...

morning echo—

 

Anthony Lusardi

her first birthday—

 

paul m.

final church bell …

reed stubble …

also in

 

John Martone

Semi letterato / Semi-literate

how many it takes —

 

Gerry Mc Donnell

one light

 

Marietta McGregor

diving petrels—

showers forecast—

 

Palma McKeown

ripples on water

 

Rob McKinnon

passing the church…

 

Kokuu Andy McLellan

mountain cloud

morning zazen

 

Ursula Maierl

Online singing

 

Richard L. Matta

afternoon trail

a lone wren

 

Mark Miller

losing its name

a toddler’s sandal

low winter sky over the shore the croak of a white egret

 

Bedi Mona

birdsong

 

Leanne Mumford

thump of a newspaper

full of holes

 

Bernadette Riada

leafy birch

upturned stone

 

Pravat Kumar Padhy

fruit bats

winter night--

 

Dejan Pavlinović

toliko ljudi

 

Alan Peat

summer’s end / la fin de l'été —

longer

the breeze...

 

Keith Polette

what’s left

desert road

 

Meera Rehm

a closed hibiscus

 

Sébastien Revon

fauteuil roulant / wheelchair

cérémonie du thé / tea ceremony

 

Bryan Rickert

chickadee

resting on me

 

Srinivas S

muezzin's call…

 

Marianne Sahlin

learning kanji

cool spring

 

Bona M. Santos

first light

morning chill

 

Agnes Eva Savich

a cathedral

pandemic spring

 

Dan Schwerin

midday office

I stay

 

Ron Scully

lastly the rain

 

Joe Sebastian

twilight . . .

 

Richa Sharma

zigzagging

deepening

 

Tomislav Sjekloća

half-full moon

 

Joshua St. Claire

finding a grey hair

 

Manoj Sharma

Valentine's Day ---

 

Neena Singh

his last letter—

paddy field—

 

Barbara Strang

at my feet

 

Debbie Strange

I wonder

cracked headstone

 

Zlatka Timenova-Valtcheva

Vieille photo / old photo

 

Tito

The rainbow pillar

Under the old pine

The pace of life --

 

David Watts

lone cypress       

fox in her den

 

Michael Dylan Welch

blossom sun

birdman

uncurling frond

 

Kelley J. White

tossing out

 

Mary White

soft thread –

soft breeze

 

Elaine Wilburt

half a butterfly

summer solstice

 

Jane Williams

forecast rain

 

Kath Abela Wilson

conjuring

 

Robert Witmer

raindrops

lightning

 

Hassane Zemmouri

summer holidays / vacances d'été-

 


 


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