tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84705180419740558692012-02-16T20:15:31.665-08:00<center>High-standard selections of haiku poems according to WHC's three haiku areas (neoclassical, shintai and vanguard)<br>and from various kukai and competitions</center><br><br><center>Editor: Susumu Takiguchi</center>ATHENAEUMnoreply@blogger.comBlogger31100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8470518041974055869.post-92201867670120361182007-01-09T18:08:00.000-08:002007-01-14T13:36:38.725-08:00

EDITOR'S WELCOME Readers are now more accustomed to the six different categories of haiku which are featured in WHR's haiku selections. Of course, a haiku poet is a single person and cannot be dissected neatly and conveniently into categories. All emotions, thoughts and feelings which are working inside a poet will interact with what he or she experiences in the world around. Quite in which way

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Selected by Susumu Takiguchi, UK When leaves change colour, we pick from among the carpet of fallen leaves the ones we love. Likewise, I pick haiku from among many. Some may live as pressed leaves. Others may go on decaying. But they are all beautiful fallen leaves. ‘Shu-i-shu’ is a Japanese literary term. Meaning gleanings, it used to be chosen for the title of anthologies of those poems which

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HYAKU-NIN IKKU (One Hudred Haiku by One Hudred Poets Project)Selection by Susumu Takiguchi, UK (WHCshowcase was formally launched during the "World Haiku Festival 2004—La Fenice in Venice", an international haiku event which was held from 28 August to 15 September 2004. The official display of WHCshowcase in the cyberspace began on 13 November 2004.)This unique showcase for haiku and related

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