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ENTRY: Submitting your Entry for a Kigo

Seasons and Categories Learn the Basics of World Kigo

Basic Haiku Theories

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Gateway to the European Union
.......................... Culture

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Euro-Haiku by David Cobb
http://www.inpressbooks.co.uk/eurohaiku_david_cobb_i018739.aspx

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. Christian Celebrations and Kigo

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Kigo originating in Europe
can be roughly classified in the following way

spring : march, april, may
summer : june, july, august
autumn : september, october, november
winter : december, january, feburary

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.......................... Countries in alphabetical order

Balkan Region

Haiku pages from Croatia, Slovenia, Serbia and Montenegro
Balkany, by Norman Darlington

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Belgium

Haikoe Centrum Vlaanderen (HCV)
Willy Vande Walle

SOME KIGO from BELGIUM

Belgian National Day
(Fête nationale de la Belgique)

Matonge Festival

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Bulgaria

Bulgarian Haiku Club
SOFIA
Bulgarian Haiku Club at Aozora

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Nenni Ballina - Нени Балина
Ginka Biliarska - Гинка Билярска
Omilla-Tsveta Djagarova
Hristo Paunov Ke Pella
Kunka Radeva

Ginka Biliarska
http://www.worldhaiku.net/poetry/bul/g.biliarska.htm

Haiku from Bulgaria
Collection of the Europa Saijiki

Bulgarische Haiku zwischen Ost und West
Ginka Biliarska

BRIEF HISTORY OF BULGARIAN HAIKU
by Petar Tchouhov
Shamrock Shamrock Haiku Journal, Issue 4, 2007.

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Croatia

Karolina Rijecka - Haiku Society (Rijeka)
http://www.blogger.com/www.karolina-rijecka.com

Welcome to the Web Pages of the Croatian haiku poets association
Dobrodošli na stranice društva Hrvatskih haiku pjesnika

Haiku Society Rijeka was founded in Rijeka in 2000 with the aim of popularizing haiku poetry in this part of Croatia and in the world.
Haiku poets Siniša Posarić, Borivoj Bukva, Žarko Milenić and Ph. Dr. Jadran Zalokar established the Society. This Society organized traditional international haiku poets gatherings in Rijeka. Haiku poets from Rijeka have established collaborations with other Croatian haiku associations as well as with the world ones.
The first president of the Haiku Society Rijeka is Ph. Dr. Jadran Zalokar.
http://karolina-rijecka.com/

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The Association of Croatian Haiku Poets
Društvo hrvatskih haiku pjesnika
Višnji McMaster

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Dina Franin
http://members.tripod.com/~dina_hr/haikuen.htm

Iz zbirke
" U plavetnom beskraju / In blue infinity"
http://free-st.htnet.hr/NivesDelic/haiku-stokavski.htm

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Danmark

"Haiku på Dansk"

haikugruppen og haikunetværket
HaikuDanmark.dk

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France, Frankreich

Saijiki in French <> Saijiki francais. Créé par Laurent Mabesoone
ABC ... Index
... ... ... Le Saijiki du printemps en francais
... ... ... Le Saijiki de l'ete en francais
... ... ... Le Saïjiki de l'automne en français
... ... ... Le Saijiki de l'hiver en francais

Nekojita, Paris
Index
Japanese Haiku in French Translations
KIGO in French and Japanese

Poésie: Haïku

Association Française de Haiku

Association pour la Promotion du Haïku
Francis Tugaye

les kigos (mot de saison)
Saijiki Francophone
(started 2008)
Nous envisageons deux catégories de kigo :
- le kigo classique, porté par la tradition et illustré par des auteurs japonais anciens ;
- le kigo moderne, porté par des auteurs contemporains francophones, qu'ils soient blogonautes ou non.
Ce blog est géré par 3 administrateurs [initiales ou pseudonyme slt]:
kuri, neko, zz

. Paris Festival (Parisai 巴里祭) .
kigo for late summer

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Germany

GERMAN Saijiki, World Kigo Database Deutsches Saijiki

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Hamburger Haiku-Team:

Eindeutiger Bezug zu einer Jahreszeit durch Verwendung eines Jahreszeitenwortes (kigo)

Um dieses Kriterium gab und gibt es immer wieder Dispute, nicht nur bei uns, sondern auch in Japan. Jedoch sollte man das Setzen des Jahreszeitenthemas als Chance und als Hilfe begreifen, nicht als Einschränkung. Die lyrische Kürzestform hat sich nur entwickeln können, weil die Bedingungen für Imagination und Assoziationen mit einem Wort, dem Thema, gesetzt waren. Erst das kigo, das kidai schafft den Freiraum für den Dichter, in den restlichen ca. 2 ½ Zeilen das wirklich Wichtige, das Bedeutende und vor allem, das Neue zu sagen.
Kurz gesagt: Die Kurzform braucht Konventionen.
http://www.haiku.de/haiku2/navi/indexframe3_kriterien.html

Seit einem halben Jahr arbeitet dieses Team am Aufbau eines deutschsprachigen saijiki (Jahreszeitenlexikon) .
Deutsches Saijiki, Haiku heute

Deutsche Haiku Gesellschaft eV
http://haiku-dhg.kulturserver.de/

Haiku heute

Hamburger Haiku-Verlag (HHV)

Deutsche Haiku-Links / German Haiku LINKS

Der Sperling . Haiku Magazin
Hubertus Thum
. . . . . WKD : PROJEKT SPERLING April 2007

Mundart-Haiku
Gesammelt von Claudia Brefeld

LINKS : Japan: Haiku

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Great Britain, England, Wales

The British Haiku Society was founded in 1990.

The BHS is pioneering the appreciation and writing of haiku in the UK, and has links also with similar organisations throughout the world.

There are currently approx. 300 members, four-fifths of whom live in the UK.

Members receive for their subscriptions the Society journal, Blithe Spirit, a newsletter called The Brief, a Members Address List, use of the Society's library (postal loans possible), various other occasional papers, and a vote at the AGM and biennial committee elections. Periodically members receive invitations to specially organised events, such as discussion groups, workshops and haiku walks, with a national conference held every year.

Our efforts in the fields of literature and education were recognised in 1996 by a Japan Festival Award (second place in tandem with Sadlers Wells Opera) the first prize being won by the British Museum.

The British Haiku Society

English Seasonal Images:
An Almanac of Haiku Season Words Pertinent to England
English saijiki. Book Review only
by David Cobb, 2004

The Iron Book of British Haiku
by David Cobb
source : www.inpressbooks.co.uk

Haiku Edited by David Cobb,
pub: The British Museum Press

David Cobb - Equinox Press
http://www.thomcobb.f2s.com/davidcobb/

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WKD . "May Day" in England

The Welsh Poetry Competition 2010

. WKD : Season Words from England 　　

WKD . Placenames in Haiku from Ireland and England

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Greece, Griechenland

Zoe Savina
Honorary Member of the Yugoslav Haiku Association

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Holland, the Netherlands

World Haiku Festival Holland, Leeuwarden
12-14 September 2003
http://www.haiku.hr/whfH.html

An updated version of the 'Haiku in the Netherlands and Flanders'
has recently been published on the site of the Deutsche Haiku Gesellschaft.
http://kulturserver-nds.de/home/haiku-dhg/Netherlands.htm

Dutch Queen's Day, April 30

Bart Mesotten
the father of haiku poetry in Flanders

Herman Van Rompuy
President of the European Council

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Hungary

MAGYAR HAIKU KÖLTŐK ÖSSZEGYŰJTÖTT VERSEI

Már 1000 költő és műfordító több mint 25 000 haikuverse magyarul!
More : Haiku fórumok
http://haiku.hu/

Szerkeszti: Terebess Gábor
http://www.terebess.hu/haiku/magykezdo.html

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Haiku poetry in Hungary, Essay by Judit Vihar

Haiku from Hungary Collection of the Europa Saijiki

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Ireland

Read all the details here please:

WKD : Ireland Saijiki, Irish Saijiki

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Italy

Haiku & Zen

Italian Haiku-form
by Ronald A Pavellas

LINKS : Poesia: Haiku

Concorso internazionale di poesia Haiku
in lingua italiana, 2009
http://www.liberolibro.it/concorso-internazionale-di-poesia-haiku-in-lingua-italiana/

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Lithuania

mėgėjiški haiku sau ir neabejingiems
amateur haiku for myself and loving people
Ričardas BLOG

„ Haiku Vilniui“

„ 4th World Haiku Association Conference“
Haiku News from Latviya 9.2007

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Macedonia

Haiku Sighs of Nikola Madzirov, 2003
“Asphalt, but Sky”

When the writer feels that the time has come to cleanse the spirit, to cast off the burden from the complicated, theoretic and intellectual western aesthetics, then it is time for haiku.
“Haiku is natural as breathing. Inhale-exhale. That is the time interval of one haiku. The time spent for one human sigh, the basic inborn reason and consequence for life. Once inhaled, the haiku requires a repetition, which results in poetical human sighs gathered in a collection of haiku songs, which is later recreated, with an intention to multiply the human sighs that wait to be sung”, Viktor Sikov states about the book.
As Aleksandar Prokopiev says, each person, and especially the haiku poet, owns a device for reading of thoughts and feelings, although sometimes the haiku can be born even with closed eyes. “Nikola Madzirov, undoubtedly owns that gift. He is capable of selecting the situations and experiences that preserve their core in 17 syllables, seen with a natural and smart view”.

Aleksandar Prokopiev, Macedonia

Aleksandar Prokopiev

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Poland

Magazyn i forum twórców haiku po polsku
http://haiku.az.pl/

Grzegorz Sionkowski about the Haiku Situation in Poland

LINKS : Poezja: Haiku

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Romania

ROMANIA Saijiki, World Kigo Database

Romanian Haiku Society (founded in 1991)
Florin Vasiliu, President

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Revista Societatii de HAIKU din Constanta
Ion Codrescu
http://aozora.tempslibres.org/en/asc/ahomecdr.html

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Romanian Poetry in Romanian, English, French, German, Swedish, Portuguese and Spanish
Poeţi Romanesi :
Poeţi Clasici, Poeţi Contemporani
http://www.romanianvoice.com/poezii/

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Romanian P o e t r y
Tudor Arghezi, Lucian Blaga, George Cosbuc, Mihai Eminescu, Adrian Paunescu
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Parthenon/1978/Ro_poetry.html

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Romanian Journal for Japanese Studies
http://www.opensys.ro/rjjs/litterature.html

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Romanian KuKai - ROKU -
set up at 25 February 2007
http://romaniankukai.blogspot.com/
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/romanianhaiku/

three sites for seasonal creations:
http://primavaratirzie.blogspot.com/
http://atanasiu.blogspot.com/
http://birindinbalada.blogspot.com/

Romanian Kukai - Update November 2007

Romanian Haiku - Yahoo Group
211. Cezar Florin Ciobica
212. Corneliu Traian Atanasiu
213. Cornel C. Costea
214. Petru-Ioan Garda
215. Ildiko Juverdeanu

Das Haiku in Rumänien
Ioana Dinescu
In meinem Land gibt es einen Spruch, der sehr treffend das Wesen der rumänischen Mentalität beschreibt:
Wo zwei Rumänen zusammenkommen, da entstehen sogleich drei Parteien – die sich gegenseitig bekämpfen!
source : Deutscher Aufsatz

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Haiku BLOG by Ioana Dinescu
http://haikuind.wordpress.com/

Haiku-ind · Haiku si imagin - Yahoo Group
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Haiku-ind/

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WORLD HAIKU FESTIVAL: WHF 2005 in Romania
# 11 - 13

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Interview with Petre
De data aceasta, Flueraşu Petre ne rezervă plăcerea de a citi un interviu luat uneia din cele mai importante personalităţi din lumea haiku-ului, Gabi Greve, de naţionalitate germană, trăind însă de 30 de ani în Japonia. Traducerea în română este urmată de originalul în limba engleză.
Interviu cu Gabi Greve

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Russia

Russian on-line magazine "Ulitka"

The on-line magazine ULITKA (the SNAIL), published both in Russian and in English, is dedicated to the entire variety of haikai genres, predominantly to the haiku poetry. The main objective of the magazine is to familiarize its readers with the selected works of the Russian-speaking poets, as well as with the works of the most interesting authors writing in other languages.
We also plan to publish reviews, essays, critical and research articles on subjects related to haikai.

Интернет-журнал УЛИТКА, выходящий на русском и английском языках, ориентирован на современное многообразие жанров искусства хайкай, и прежде всего на поэзию хайку. Основная цель издания - знакомить читателя с творчеством русскоязычных поэтов, а также с произведениями наиболее интересных авторов, пишущих на других языках.
Редакция планирует также публиковать обзорные, критические, теоретические статьи и эссе на темы хайкай.

...................... Editors of ULITKA

Dmitry Kudrya Владислав Васильев
Alexander Kudryashov
Natalia Levy
Natalia Sedenkova
Vladislav Vassiliev
Elina Vitomskaya

January 2006
http://www.ulitka.haiku-do.com/

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Хайкумена Рунета
http://haiku-do.com/

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Russian Haiku
by Eugene Wasserstrom
source : simply haiku 2005

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Scotland

haiku in scots (with english versions adjacent)
John McDonald

http://zenspeug.blogspot.com

Haiku Scotland

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Serbia

. WKD : SERBIA SAIJIKI

Serbian Haiku Society
Dejan Bogojevic
http://www.tempslibres.org/aozora/en/asc/phome.html

Haiku Reality
Haiku Associations and Clubs in Serbia:
. Haiku udruženja i klubovi u Srbiji

Haiku Club "Shiki", Francuska 7, 11000 Belgrade,
President: Milenko D. Cirovic Ljuticki
Founded in 1992.

Haiku Club "Aleksandar Nejgebauer", 21000 Novi Sad
President: Ljiljana Petrovic
Founded in 1993.

Haiku Association of Serbia and Montenegro (HASMN),
Francuska 7, 11000 Belgrade
President: Milenko D. Cirovic Ljuticki
Founded in 1999.

"Haiku novine" /"Haiku Newspaper"/
Editor: Dragan J. Ristic
Ljubomira Nikolića 148/10, 18000 Nis

"Listak" /"Leaflet"/
Editor: Bogdanka Stojanovski
1300 kaplara 1, 21000 Novi Sad

"Lotos" /"Lotos"/
Editor: Dejan Bogojevic,
14202 Rajkovic, Valjevo

"Ljubicica" /"Violet"/
Editor: Ljubinka Tosic
Nemanjina 33, 31000 Uzice

"Maslacak" /"Dandelion"/
Editor: Bogoljub T. Mihajlovic
Bulevar Nemanjica 20/38, 18000 Nis

"Osvit" /"Daybreak"/ (HASMN's magazine)
Editor: Milenko D. Cirovic Ljuticki
Pante Tutundzica 7/st. 2, 11070 Belgrade

"Paun" /"Peacock"/
Editor: Milijan Despotovic
Brace Lekovica 9, p. fah. 29, 31210 Pozega

"Skoljka" /"Shell"/
Editor: Nelica Ivanovic
Jovana Tomasevica 7, 81000 Podgorica
Vladike Cirica 12/, 21000 Novi Sad

"Vesnik" /"Herald"/ (HASMN's bulletin)
Editor: Milenko D. Cirovic Ljuticki
Pante Tutundzica 7/st. 2, 11070 Belgrade

SRPSKI HAIKU KALENDAR
СРПСКИ ХАИКУ КАЛЕНДАР
by Dimitar Anakiev

Serbia National Day ... and Haiku
February 15

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Skandinavia

Scandinavian Haiku / Essay
by By Helga Härle

Recently, the Swedish Haiku Society published its first all-swedish anthology of haiku, "Haiku.Förvandlingar" (Haiku.Transformations).
http://www.haikurymden.se/essay.htm

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Slovenia

HAIKU DRUŠTVO SLOVENIJE
HAIKU CLUB OF SLOVENIA (HCS)

Haiku Club of Slovenia was founded in September 1997. It currently numbers about 50 members.
HCS issues the literary magazine "LETNI ČASI" / "Seasons" twice a year (June & November).
Alenka Zorman, Ljubljana
http://www.tempslibres.org/hcs/letni/dhome.html

Haiku Drustvo Slovenije / Slovenian Haiku Association
Joze Volaric

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. SPOTTED WOODPECKER HAIKU .
BLOG of Borut Zupancic, Lubljana

. Ladybird Haiku .
BLOG of Polona Oblak, Lubljana

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Southeast Europe

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is an international project between haiku poets, societies and magazines from the South-east Europe.

AOZORA
Haiku Clubs and associations
Haiku Magazines
First European Haiku Meeting in Bad Nauheim (Germany)

Aozora Team :
Jasminka Nadaskic Diordievic, SB
Zoran Doderovic, SB
Serge Tome, BE
Alenka Zorman, SL

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Knots:
The Anthology of Southeastern European Haiku Poetry
by Jim Kacian and Dimitar Anakiev
Red Moon Press

Book Description
This seminal volume is the first collection of contemporary haiku from the war-torn Balkans available in English. Over 2500 poems in 23 languages were considered and translated to arrive at this volume featuring 125 poets and nearly 200 poems. The volume also marks the movement of poets away from Japanese models to a more contemporary and international style of writing.

About the Authors
Dimitar Anakiev is a poet and chess master living in Slovenia. He edits the haiku journal "Green Apples" and is widely published, mainly in Serbian. Jim Kacian is current editor of "Frogpond," the international journal of the Haiku Society of America. He is also editor in chief of the best-selling Red Moon Haiku Anthology series, and is the author of 4 books of haiku.
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Spain

. Asociación Navarra de Haiku - ANAKU 　

Spanish Haiku from Paraguay

LINKS : Poesía: Haiku

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Sweden

The Swedish Haiku Society Svenska Haiku Sällskapet

The Swedish Haiku Society, a non-profit association, was established on 7 October 1999 in Stockholm.

Kai Falkman, President of the Swedish Haiku Society

The Swedish Haiku Society plans to organize the Second European Haiku Conference in the medieval town of Vadstena 8-10 June 2007.
The Swedish Haiku Society hopes that many haiku poets from Europe will come to the conference as well as some special guests from Japan and USA.

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Swedish Haiku

Anders Österling's review of Asatoro Miyamori's A anthology of Haiku ancient and modern in the daily Svenska Dagbladet (1933) was probably the first broader Swedish presentation of the genre. Österling gave a vivid description of "the shortest poem of the world" where he confessed not being too familiar with the subject. He mentions how the Japanese sense of humour makes him feel unsure - it can be hard to tell the serious from the fun in a poem where "the smile is so fleeting and discreet".

In 1959 the first edition of classical Japanese Haiku in Swedish translation appeared Haiku. Japansk miniatyrlyrik - thanks to the Romanian musician and translator Jan Vintilescu.

In 1961 the Swedish poet Bo Setterlind published a collection of short, haiku-inspired poems Några ord att fästa på siden. He was the first of several renown Swedish authors to show an active interest in haiku.

The next collection of Swedish haiku though, was to be written by a diplomat: the UN: s Secretary General, Dag Hammarsköld. After the plane crash that killed him the in Kongo in 1961, one found a manuscript entitled Vägmärken that was published in 1963: a diary-form collection of notes, observations and haiku verses. (Auden's not too faithful translation entitled Markings appeared in 1964).

Since japanologist Lars Vargö, editor of the Swedish Haiku Society's magazine Haiku, did publish Japansk haiku. Världens kortaste diktform, Swedish readers also have access to a comprehensive work that opens for a deeper understanding of what haiku really is about. Including translations of some three hundred modern Japanese haiku this book that appeared in 2003 not only introduces history and definitions, but also gives some clues to contemporary Japanese developments.

Read more here:
Kaj Falkman and Helga Härle
Stockholm, May 2005

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Yugoslavia

Yugoslav Haiku Association

Grass and Heaven
Jasminka Nadaskic Diordievic
http://www.tempslibres.org/jasminka/en/

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Good Old Europe !
all the roads lead
to Rome

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Multilingual Haiku Magazine

Lishanu - an interlingual haikai journal

source : lishanu.com

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List of Season Words, from The SHIKI Haiku Salon

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. . . . SPRING
the complete SAIJIKI

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the complete SAIJIKI

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KIGO CATEGORY : SEASON

. SEASON SAIJIKI
Start from HERE 　
for SPRING / SUMMER / AUTUMN / WINTER

. . . Deities of the Four Seasons

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KIGO CATEGORY : HEAVEN

. HEAVEN SAIJIKI
Introduction and ABC list 　

. HEAVEN in SPRING - SAIJIKI

. HEAVEN in SUMMER - SAIJIKI

. HEAVEN in AUTUMN - SAIJIKI

. HEAVEN in WINTER - SAIJIKI

. HEAVEN in the NEW YEAR - SAIJIKI

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KIGO CATEGORY : EARTH

. EARTH SAIJIKI
Introduction and ABC list 　

. EARTH in Spring ... SAIJIKI

. EARTH in Summer ... SAIJIKI 　　

. EARTH in Autumn ... SAIJIKI 　

. EARTH in Winter ... SAIJIKI 　

. EARTH in the New Year ... SAIJIKI 　　

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KIGO CATEGORY : OBSERVANCE

Ceremonies and Festivals Saijiki
Buddhist, Shinto and other Japanese Events Saijiki

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KIGO CATEGORY : HUMANITY

Humanity and Daily Life ... kigo for all seasons

Memorial Days of Famous People, Celebrities .....
WORLDWIDE SAIJIKI

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KIGO CATEGORY : ANIMALS and PLANTS

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Bird Saijiki

Fish and Seafood Saijiki 魚歳時記　Sakana Saijiki

Vegetable Saijiki 野菜歳時記 Yasai Saijiki

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.. .. .. .. Saijiki about special topics

Placenames PLACE NAMES used in Haiku Japan and Worldwide
Ortsnamen, utamakura

Sweets Saijiki 和菓子歳時記 Wagashi Saijiki

Tea Ceremony Saijiki 茶道の歳時記　

WASHOKU ... Japanese Food Saijiki

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Christa Wolf

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Ireland SAIJIKI

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Ireland
is the third-largest island in Europe, and the twentieth-largest island in the world. It lies to the north-west of continental Europe and is surrounded by hundreds of islands and islets. To the east of Ireland, separated by the Irish Sea, is the island of Great Britain. Politically, the sovereign country of Ireland (described as the Republic of Ireland) covers five-sixths of the island, with Northern Ireland (part of the United Kingdom) covering the remainder in the north-east.
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And for some fun, an external LINK to the "seasons" or Ireland
This is the new guide to the Irish seasons. All other references to 'Spring', 'Autumn' etc are now obsolete and we will be moving forward with this new EU model.
Cold wet season, summers, warmer wet season (tourist season)...
New season guide issued by the Irish Gubbermint.
18 September 2009

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... ... ... SPRING

Ash Wednesday

Brigid's Day (Ireland) St. Brigid

Daffodil, Narcissus and Jonquils

Gorse, Ginster furze

Hazel catkins

Mothering Sunday, Laetare

Passionflowers

Patrick's Day (Ireland) St. Patrick's Day

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Ant, Ants

Cemetery Sunday Ireland (Roman Catholic parishes)

Cornflower

Cotoneaster

Gooseberry

Meadowsweet

Redcurrants

Tarweed

Cutting turf, cutting bog

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... ... ... AUTUMN

All Saints’ Day

All Souls’ Day

Bog grasses

Cormorant

Harvest Thanksgiving (Christian communities) Harvest Festival

River mist

Rubber plant

Samhain Festival

Sceach (in Hiberno-English: whitehorn bush)
Photo

Thistle in autumn

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... ... ... WINTER

Hot Whiskey (Toddy, Irish Coffee)

January Sales

Stephen’s Day

Storm, Gale

Winter Solstice, Newgrange

Yule (winter solstice)

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WKD . Placenames of Ireland used in Haiku

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WKD : Haiku from Ireland

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................................................... General Information

Gilles Fabre, Haiku Ireland

HAIKU IRELAND has been established by a group of haiku poets based in Ireland who share the same aims and accept the operating rules.
Membership is open to any persons who share our aims.

HAIKU IRELAND organises regular haiku events such as ginko, workshops, haiku readings and other events relating to haiku. Please see the notice board for information about upcoming events.

http://www.haikuireland.org/

Thanks to webmaster Gilles Fabre, the "Haiku Spirit" begun by Jim Norton and Sean O'Connor lives in a new form.
The site includes contributions in French and English.
http://haikuspirit.org/

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Irish Haiku Society

The Irish Haiku Society is an association of haiku poets. The Irish Haiku Society organises haiku meetings, readings, book-launches, workshops, ginko and other haiku-related events.

The following haiku poets are currently on the Board of the Irish Haiku Society:
Patrick Deeley, Anatoly Kudryavitsky, Siofra O'Donovan, Martin Vaughan.

HAIKU WORKSHOPS
held in the Irish Writers' Centre, December 2006

Irish Haiku Society, January 2007

Shamrock Haiku Journal
http://www.freewebs.com/shamrockhaiku

Read more details HERE.
December 2006

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The "Double Rainbow" Haiku Workshop

This workshop, led by leading Irish haiku poet Maeve O’Sullivan with input from guest haiku-ists Kim Richardson and John W. Sexton is a chance for those who are drawn to the haiku form to deepen that interest.
http://www.anamcararetreat.com/workshops.html#index

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Inspiration from the people of Ireland …

United by peace
Protestants, Catholics, claim
Green, White and Orange!

© 2002 Manes Pierre
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WORLD HAIKU FESTIVAL IN IRELAND 2006

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***** Europa Saijiki, Saijiki of Europe

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Grigorescu Nicolae

2011-04-09T21:47:00.000-07:00

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. Romanian Saijiki - ROMANIA .　　

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Nicolae Grigorescu

(May 15, 1838—July 21, 1907)

One of the founders of modern Romanian painting.

In 1877 he was called to accompany the Romanian Army as a "frontline painter" in the Romanian War of Independence. During the battles at the Grivitsa Strongpoint and Oryahovo, he made drawings and sketches which later used in creating larger-scale works.

In 1889 his work was featured in the Universal Exhibition in Paris and at the Romanian Atheneum. Centerpiece exhibits took place at the Romanian Atheneum would follow in 1891, 1895, 1897, 1902, and 1905.

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Reference

. Nicolae Grigorescu

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Haiku and Senryu

Romanian village life
captured on canvas -
Nicolae Grigorescu

Alex Serban, Romania

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Coanda Henri

2011-04-06T21:29:00.000-07:00

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Henri Coanda

7 June 1886 – 25 November 1972

Romanian inventor, aerodynamics pioneer and builder of an experimental aircraft, the Coandă-1910 described by Coandă in the mid-1950s as the world's first jet, a controversial claim disputed by some and supported by others.
He invented a great number of devices, designed a "flying saucer" and discovered the Coandă effect of fluid dynamics.

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. Coanda, Henri Coanda

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Haiku and Senryu

cold drops
embraces the fuselage in flight
Henri Coanda

Alex Serban, Romania

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Kundera, Milan Kundera

2011-03-10T22:29:00.000-08:00

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Milan Kundera

ミラン・クンデラ

Born 1 April 1929

Milan Kundera is a Czech-born writer who has lived in exile in France since 1975. He is best known for his novels, including The Joke (1967), The Book of Laughter and Forgetting (1979), and The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1984), all of which were banned by the Communist regimes of Czechoslovakia until the downfall of the regime in 1989.
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. Milan Kundera

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Haiku and Senryu

first day of spring
reading Milan Kundera
while mid-air

Chen-ou Liu
Canada

Note:
This poem is my FIRST Sci-Fi haiku, alluding to Milan Kundera's most famous philosophical novel entitled The Unbearable Lightness of Being.
The book is about "two men, two women, a dog and their lives in the Prague Spring of the Czechoslovak Communist period in 1968."

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summer dawn...
all that remains
of Prague Spring

Chen-ou Liu
Canada

Note:
On Aug. 20, 1968, the Soviet Union and other Warsaw Pact nations invaded zechoslovakia to crush the "Prague Spring" reform movement.

The Prague Spring
(Czech: Pražské jaro, Slovak: Pražská jar)
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Pompei

2011-03-10T19:40:00.000-08:00

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Pompei (ponpei )

***** Location: Italy
***** Season: Non-seasonal Topic
***** Category: Earth

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Pompei is a city and comune in the province of Naples in Campania, southern Italy, famous for its ancient Roman ruins.

The city of Pompeii is a partially buried Roman town-city near modern Naples in the Italian region of Campania, in the territory of the comune of Pompei. Along with Herculaneum, Pompeii was destroyed and completely buried during a long catastrophic eruption of the volcano Mount Vesuvius spanning two days in 79 AD. The eruption buried Pompeii under 4 to 6 meters of ash and pumice, and it was lost for over 1700 years before its accidental rediscovery in 1749.

Since then, its excavation has provided an extraordinarily detailed insight into the life of a city at the height of the Roman Empire. Today, this UNESCO World Heritage Site is one of the most popular tourist attractions of Italy, with approximately 2,500,000 visitors every year.
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ポンペイの蜥蜴はいつも濡れてゐる　　
ponpei no tokage wa itsumo nurete iru

the lizards
of Pompei
are always wet

Iwabuchi Kiyoko 岩淵喜代子

(The Japanese is written like one sentence.)

Pompei Lizzard
Pompei is famous for its many lizzards.

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***** Lizzard, Tokage

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Budapest

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Sebald Winfried Georg

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W. G. Sebald

18 May 1944, Wertach im Allgäu – 14 December 2001, Norfolk, England

W. G. (Winfried Georg) Maximilian Sebald
was a German writer and academic, highly regarded by literary critics as one of the greatest authors since the Second World War and frequently being nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature. In his 2007 interview, Horace Engdahl, former secretary of the Swedish Academy, mentioned that Sebald would have been a worthy laureate.
Generally speaking, his novels deal mainly with the issues regarding memory, both personal and collective.
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. W. G. Sebald

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Haiku and Senryu

Chen-ou Liu
Canada

reading Sebald at dusk
am I real or fiction
in his eyes?

Note:
My haiku alludes to the key ideas explored in the following two passages from Sebald’s final novel entitled Austerlitz, known for
“the lack of paragraphing, a digressive style, the blending of fact and fiction, and the inclusion of a set of mysterious and evocative photographs, scattered throughout the book:”

"How happily, said Austerlitz, have I sat over a book in the deepening twilight until I could no longer make out the words and my mind began to wander, and how secure have I felt seated at the desk in my house in the dark night, just watching the tip of my pencil in the lamplight following its shadow, as if of its own accord and with perfect fidelity, while that shadow moved regularly from left to right, line by line, over the ruled paper."

"It does not seem to me, Austerlitz added, that we understand the laws governing the return of the past, but I feel more and more as if time did not exist at all, only various spaces interlocking according to the rules of a higher form of stereometry, between which the living and the dead can move back and forth as they like, and the longer I think about it the more it seems to me that we who are still alive are unreal in the eyes of the dead, that only occasionally, in certain lights and atmospheric conditions, do we appear in their field of vision."

For further information, please read the Wikipedia entry entitled Austerlitz.

twilight deepens ...
all those black-and-white photos
in Austerlitz

Note:
Austerlitz, the last novel by W. G. Sebald, is often regarded as “one of the most significant German language works of fiction for the period since the Second World War.” It’s known for its “curious and wide-ranging mixture of fact (or apparent fact), recollection and fiction, often punctuated by indistinct black-and-white photographs set in evocative counterpoint to the narrative rather than illustrating it directly.”

These black-and-white photos inserted in the text read like those on newspaper pages, and artistically speaking, they are an integral part of the novel, mainly used to produce unsettling effects, especially when viewed in the context and themes of the surrounding passages.

Austerlitz is the final novel of W. G. Sebald, published in 2001.
It is one of the most significant German language works of fiction for the period since the Second World War.
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reading For Years Now...
the whistling sound from afar
breaks this moonless night

Unrecounted...
page after page I see those
peering eyes in words

Note:
Although best known as one of the exemplary novelists of the late 20th century, W. G. Sebald also wrote poetry. For Years Now is a book of 23 poems with images provided by visual artist, Tess Jaray. Unrecounted is a book of 33 poems juxtaposed with Jan Peter Tripp's thirty-three lithographs, which could pass for black-and-white photographs of the human eyes. The whole book is viewed by literary critic Andrea Köhler as a poem of gazes.

The poems in both book are extremely short, haiku-like -- as few as five words (including the title that is constantly utilized as the first line of the poem), rarely more than fifteen words -- micropoems, Sebald called them, writes translator Michael Hamburger.

In a letter to Hamburger, Tess Jaray mentioned that
" [Sebald] carried a book of Japanese haiku when he brought her the first of these texts – one possible clue to the model that Sebald may have had in mind for [his poems], only to play variations on the model in his own fashion"
(Unrecounted, p. 8)

In my first haiku, I allude to Sebald's title poem,

For years now
I've had this
whistling
sound in
my ears

It was as if

I was lying
under a low
sky breathing
through the eye
of a needle

W. G. Sebald, For years now

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Neuville War Cemetary Belgium

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Neuville en Condroz Cemetery

***** Location: Liege, Belgium
***** Season: Topic
***** Category: Humanity

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The Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial is home to the graves of 5,329 members of the United States military who died in World War II. It is one of fourteen cemeteries for American World War II dead on foreign soil, and is administered by the American Battle Monuments Commission. The ninety and a half acre cemetery and memorial is located in Neuville-en-Condroz, near the southeast edge of Neupré, Wallonia, Belgium.

It is one of three American war cemeteries in Belgium, the other two being at Flanders Field and Henri-Chapelle.

The site of the cemetery was liberated from Nazi control by the U.S. 1st Infantry Division on 8 September 1944. A temporary cemetery was established on the site on 8 February 1945.

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5328 graves, 462 missing in action
to the Heroes of 1944 who liberated my country

Serge Tome

trois paratonnerres
au dessus de l'aigle de guerre
Neuville War Cemetary

three lightning rods
above the war eagle
Neuville War Cemetary

fin d'hiver --
une rose rouge
parmi les croix blanches

end of Winter --
a red rose
between the white crosses

sans taches
les croix de marbre blanc
du Cimetière Américain

stainless
the white marble crosses
of the American Cemetery

More haiku by Serge are HERE:
Ardennes American Cemetery

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Bonhoeffer Dietrich

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Kafka Franz

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Heidegger Martin

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Martin Heidegger

ハイデッガー / 「存在と時間」

September 26, 1889 – May 26, 1976

An influential German philosopher known for his existential and phenomenological explorations of the "question of Being." His best-known book,
Being and Time (German title: Sein und Zeit), is considered to be one of the most important philosophical works of the 20th century and he has been influential beyond philosophy, in literature, psychology, and artificial intelligence. Heidegger remains controversial due to his involvement with Nazism and statements in support of Adolf Hitler.

Being and Time
published in 1927, is Heidegger's first academic book. He had been under pressure to publish in order to qualify for Husserl's chair at University of Freiburg and the success of this work ensured his appointment to the post.

It investigates the question of being by asking about the being for whom being is a question. Heidegger names this being Dasein , and the book pursues its investigation through themes such as mortality, anxiety, temporality, and historicity. It was Heidegger's original intention to write a second half of the book, consisting of a "Destruktion" of the history of philosophy—that is, the transformation of philosophy by re-tracing its history—but he never completed this project.
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Zen Master Dogen's views on being-time

"The roots and stems, branches and leaves, blossoms and fruits, luster and color of the flowers in the sky are all the blooming of the flowers in the sky.
Sky flowers also produce sky fruits and give out sky seeds.
It is this true characteristic of all things.
It is this flower characteristic of all things.
All things, ultimately unfathomable, are flowers and fruits in the sky."
"Flowers in the Sky," Cleary, p. 72.

Dogen's views on being and time are found in his seminal essay
"The Time-Being" or "Existence-Time" or "Uji."

"The way the self arrays itself is the form of the entire world.
See each thing in this entire world as a moment of time. ...
Grass-being, form-being are both time. "
- "Moon in a Dewdrop," p. 77.
Translated by Dan Welch and Kazuaki Tanahashi.

MORE :
. . Notes about "Flowers in the Sky."
Michael P. Garofalo

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. Martin Heidegger

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Haiku and Senryu

by Chen-ou Liu
Canada

cherry blossoms falling...
Heidegger's Being and Time
emerges in my mind

Note:
Best-known for his "existential and phenomenological explorations of the "question of Being, '" Martin Heidegger was one of the most influential German philosophers. And his Being and Time, is often regarded as one of the foundational texts for 20th-century philosophy. The book is "an exploration of the meaning of being as defined by temporality. . . It is an analysis of time as a horizon for the understanding of being."

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Heidegger once spent time attempting to translate the Tao Te Ching (or Dao De Jing, whose authorship is attributed to Laozi) into German, working with his Chinese student Paul Shih-yi Hsaio. Professor Hsaio detailed this experience in his essay entitled
"Heidegger and Our Translation of the Tao te Ching,"
which was collected in Heidegger and Asian thought, pp. 93-104.

midsummer dream:
Heidegger and Laozi chit chat
over wulong tea

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Heidegger also knew about haiku.

..... and the writings of the seventeenth-century Japanese Zen poet Matsuo Basho also had a major impact on the development of Heidegger’s world view.

Haiku by Matsuo Basho, and the translation of Heidegger

麦めしにやつるる恋か猫の妻
mugimeshi ni yatsururu koi ka neko no tsuma

Warum schreit die kleine Katze?
War der Brei ihr nicht sanft?
Oder ist sie verliebt?

Fur die Katzen-Zunft Messkirch
Am 21. Februar 1954 / Martin Heidegger

(Heidegger was born in Messkirch.
He translated the haiku for the cat association of his hometown.)

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Has it been from love as well as barley rice
that it has grown so scrawny?
cat's mate.
. Tr. Barnhill

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By Graham Parkes
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Martin Heidegger once published a dialogue with
九鬼周造 Kuki Shuzo which can be found in English in the book
On the Way to Language
(Aus einem Gespräch von der Sprache).

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Kueng Hans

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Schlink Bernhard

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Grass Gunter

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Günter Grass
Günter Wilhelm Grass, Gunter Grass, Guenter Grass

Ocotber 16, 1927 -

He was born in the Free City of Danzig (now Gdańsk, Poland). In 1945, he came as a refugee to West Germany, but in his fiction he frequently returns to the Danzig of his childhood.

He is best known for his first novel, The Tin Drum, a key text in European magic realism and the first part of his Danzig Trilogy. His works frequently have a left wing, social democrat political dimension, and Grass has been an active supporter of the Social Democratic Party of Germany.
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Haiku and Senryu

by Chen-ou Liu
Canada

reading Günter Grass...
I see a boy scurrying
backward and forward

Ls 2&3 allude to his 2002 novel, Crabwalk.
The book is a compelling account of the sinking of the Wilhelm Gustloff in January of 1945, the deadliest maritime disaster in history.

The title, described by Grass as "scuttling backward to move forward, refers to both the necessary reference to various events, some occurring at the same time, the same events that would lead to the eventual disaster."

Crabwalk, published in Germany in 2002
Im Krebsgang
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reading The Tin Drum --
I have a powwow solo
in the attic

Note:
The Tin Drum, first book of Danzig Trilogy, is one of the most highly acclaimed novels by Gunter Grass. It’s about a boy named Oskar who refuses to grow older, and who constantly lashes out at anything he dislikes with screams and poundings on his tin drum.

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Gunter Grass's tears...
peeling the onion off
one layer at a time

Note:
The poem alludes to Gunter Grass’s 2006 memoir entitled Peeling the Onion. In the book, he shocked Germany and the readers around the word by confessing that “as a youth, late in World War II, he had served in the Nazi Waffen SS.”

The image of peeling the onion also makes a thematic allusion to Chapter 42, The Onion Cellar, of Grass’s most-read novel, The Tin Drum.

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"But there was neither a bar nor a menu in the Onion Cellar. There was only one thing served in the club. Schmuh would don a silk shawl, disappear, and reappear with a basket on his arm. He would hand out cutting boards, shaped like either pigs or fish, to the customers, then paring knives. Then, he would hand each person an ordinary onion. At the signal, the customers would peel, then cut into the onions. The onions would make their eyes begin to water ...

‘.... it is not true that when the heart is full the eyes necessarily overflow, some people can never manage it, especially in our century, which in spite of all the suffering and sorrow will surely be known to posterity as the tearless century. It was this drought, this tearlessness that brought those who could afford it to Schmuh's Onion Cellar, where the host handed them a little cutting board - pig or fish - a pairing knife for eighty pfennigs, and for twelve marks an ordinary, field-, garden-, and kitchen-variety onion, and induced them to cut their onions smaller and smaller until the juice - what did the onion juice do?

It did what the world and the sorrows of the world could not do: it brought forth a round, human tear. It made them cry. At last they were able to cry again. To cry properly, without restraint, to cry like mad. The tears flowed and washed everything away. The rain came. The dew. Oskar has a vision of floodgates opening. Of dams bursting in the spring floods. What is the name of that river that overflows every spring and the government does nothing to stop it?’"
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Chen-ou Liu

Confessions of A Germanophile

First and foremost, I confess I am a Germanophile who can’t read German, but who is willing to do his best to read anything about German literature, cinema, philosophy, theology,... etc.

Why? It’s because I’m a person who is intensely interested in reflective thoroughness. According to Slovenian continental philosopher Slavoj Žižek, “Hegel was among the first to interpret the geographic triad of Germany-France-England as expressing three different existential attitudes: German reflective thoroughness, French revolutionary hastiness, English moderate utilitarian pragmatism.”
(By the way, I don’t like Žižek’s use of a toilet analogy to describe these three existential attitudes)

In the 1990s, one of the most tumultuous and ideologically charged eras in the Taiwanese history, everything was easily reduced to support for or opposition to Taiwan Independence. Through reading and living in an identity-seeking society at the time, my worldview was influenced by European existentialism, postcolonial literature, and Taiwan native soil literature, a literary movement that arose in opposition to both mainland-centered governmental geopolitics and the West-oriented modernist movement. I constantly asked myself the following questions: in what contexts were my identities situated? What kind of life would I like to live fully?

I stared reading the Bible, Bible commentaries, and theologies for and against the Bible. Eventually, I found out that any account of the development of modern theology has been largely centered on Germany and on those most influenced by German-language theology and philosophy.
(For further information, read The Modern Theologians: An Introduction To Christian Theology Since 1918, edited by David F Ford Rachel Muers, pp. 1-16)

My love affairs with Germany began with my reading of theological writings by Karl Barth, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, and Hans Küng, later I studied their philosophical/literary roots, then slipped and fell into the magic net of New German Cinema . . .

The haiku/senryu posted here are my story poems that narrate my captivity among these German giants

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Short Biography:

Chen-ou Liu was born in Taiwan and emigrated to Canada in 2002. He lives in a suburb of Toronto, where he continues to struggle with a life in transition and translation.

Chen-ou Liu is the author of the forthcoming book, entitled Ripples from a Splash: A Collection of Essays on Haiku with Award-Winning Haiku, and a contributing writer for Rust+Moth. His poetry has been published and anthologized worldwide. His tanka and haiku have been honored with 10 awards, including Grand Prix in the 2010 Klostar Ivanic Haiku Contest in English, 特選 (Prize Winner) in the 12th Haiku International Association Haiku Contest, and Tanka Third Place in the 2009 San Francisco International Haiku, Senryu, Tanka, and Rengay Competition.
Read more of his poems on his poetry blog
Poetry in the Moment
http://chenouliu.blogspot.com/

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Scholl, Sophie Magdalena Scholl

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ANAKU Spain

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Asociación Navarra de Haiku - ANAKU

Mar Ordóñez Castro writes

Navarre, the capital is pamplona. San fermines bull runners feast is the most important over the world, however we've got more than this.

Saint Francisco Xavier the first jesuit monk where there in japan. Pamplone is sister city with yamaguchi prefecture.

We've got yamaguchi park, a beautiful place.
パンプロナの山口公園

Pamplona is dotted with beautiful green spots, but none so unique as this park of 85,000 square meters, located in one of the most modern areas of the city. Its name recalls the city of Yamaguchi Japan, near Hiroshima, and with which Pamplona is twinned since 1980 as a memorial to the evangelization of that country from St. Francis Xavier, patron saint of Navarra.

Oriental style, was designed in 1997 by Nippon landscape, so that it contains all the elements of a garden culture imported from the Rising Sun, with all the pampering, refinements and delicacies. Plants and tree species, some native, living with ornaments as Shuhama (beach), azumaya (house on the pond), and ishibashi yatsubashi (bridges), taki (waterfall) or geyser lake, a stream of water that reaches the twenty feet high.
Japan's walk through this tribute to the four seasons will make you feel transported to a dream world---

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anaku blog is under construction but in no-michi there is some information and activities...
no-michi is anaku web digital magazine since 2003

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Crow

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Crow

***** Location: Croatia
***** Season: Non-seasonal Topic
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my morning walk --
a crow
on the snowy roof

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on a bare tree-top
a crow enjoying the day's
last winter sunbeam

Haiku and Photos from Tomislav Maretic
Croatia 2011

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English Seasonal Images:
An Almanac of Haiku Season Words Pertinent to England

by David Cobb

reviewed by Charles Trumbull

What follows is not really a review, for what I have in front of me is not really a book—yet. It is, however, an bellwether development for Western haiku. Cobb’s project not only makes an important contribution to haiku stud-ies but addresses some key issues of English-language haiku composition. His thoughtful attention to detail and delightful writing style are extras.

English Seasonal Images is an English saijiki—almanac—in the full sense of the word: it comprises a structured list of season words that have poetical associations as well as haiku that illustrate how these words are used (many so-called saijiki are really kiyose, or lists of season words without the sample haiku). Cobb’s many glosses of the terms are indispensible. The collection is organized traditionally, by season, but with a new wrinkle: instead of the Japanese fifth season, “New Year’s,” Cobb has “winter—post-Christmas” (listed first among the seasons) and “winter—pre-Christmas” (last).

Within seasons, the words are traditionally arrayed, by topic: “The season,” “The heavens,” “The earth,” “Human life,” “Observances,” “Animal,” “Vegetable,” and—another wrinkle—a new catchall category called “Mineral,” which grandly embraces “things” that are neither animal nor vegetable. The 14-page “Calendar of Topics” is followed by 76 pages of Almanac and Ex-amples. Clearly Cobb compiled the Calendar independently and probably before he populated the Almanac with examples.
In fact a large number of Cobb’s topics are as yet undocumented with haiku, which makes it clear that this is a work in progress. (Other English-language season-word collections typically fit the topics to the haiku at hand, a problematical practice.) Cobb’s haiku examples are all from poets living in England (only), who are identified by county of residence.

Cobb’s project also performs an important service by showing how season words can link contemporary haiku to English literary and cutural traditions. In some cases, it even seems that he is helping conserve endangered aspects of English lore. Two examples of Cobb’s explanations illustrate these points:

mist and fog [autumn; the season] Thanks to Keats’s Ode to Autumn (season of mists …) many will associate mist and fog with autumn, but it isn’t conclusively so unless something else in the context assists.… (63)

bowls, bowling green [summer; human life] Surely the epitome of leisure and taking one’s time and ease, as exemplified by the favourite English myth that Sir Francis Drake would not cut short his game of bowls to tackle the Armada. (50)

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Haiku Edited by David Cobb,
pub: The British Museum Press

This book is essentially a gift book. It has a short essay about haiku, then the bulk of the book is haiku and illustrations from the museum’s collection. Each haiku is given as calligraphy, a romaji version and an English version. The haiku in the book are arranged into the four seasons. There are also notes on the authors and suggestions for further reading and Internet links such as The British Haiku Society. (which is unfortunately an out of date link)

It’s nice little book to dip into. The poems are short enough to explore reading in Japanese and figuring out the kanji. Maybe you could even try writing haiku in Japanese. You might not produce great poetry but it’s an interesting thing to try.
source : www.shiawase.co.uk

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Please send your contributions !

Gabi Greve
hungarian saijiki, hungary saijiki, kiyose
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SUMMER

Strawberries

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Chestnut, sweet chestnut Castanea sativa

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old ladies' summer, vénasszonyok nyara
Indian Summer, koharubi

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WORLD HAIKU FESTIVAL PÉCS 2010
6th - 8th August 2010
Report by Doc Drumheller, NZ

Haiku poets gathered on the platform in Budapest on the morning of the festival. The train to Pécs was delayed due to electrical storms and torrential rain. I waited on the platform with Petar Tchouhov, Ban’ya Natsuishi, Sayumi Kamakura, Prof. Tsuchiya Naoto, and Toshio Kimura and we watched the station flood with water.

thunderstorms crackle
above the train station
angels making love

Pécs was named one of the European Capitals of Culture for 2010 and the city of ‘Mediterranean moods’ had the spirit of summer wrapped up in festivities.

Summer evening in Pecs
each and every window
a haiku

The prize of cultural capital of Europe
Michel Duteil (France)

Read the full text here
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Haiku from Hungary

Today there are 138 haiku poets living in Hungary, and they have a club as well. Its members compose haikus in Hungarian, English and Japanese. In Hungary Kosztolányi already translated haiku, and Dezső Tandori's translations are outstanding today.
Judit Vihar

Nádasdy Foundation, Budapest
September 2003

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Haiku in English by Hungarian Poets
Terebess Asia Online (TAO)
LINKS to the TAO pages

Bakos, Ferenc
Balás Márk
Fodor, Ákos
Futár, Iván
Gyukics, Gábor
Hetesi, Péter Pál
Horváth, Márton
Káliz, Endre
Kántor, János Kurszán
Mándy Gábor
Oravecz, Imre
Pachnik, Zoltán
Tandori, Dezsõ Tarnoc, Jon
Terebess, Gábor
Török, Attila
Vihar, Béla

October 2007

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Inspiration from the people of Hungary …

White for our rivers
Red to remember their blood
Green for our mountains

© 2002 Manes Pierre
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Green, red strawberry,
people out riding their bikes,
poppy petal flies

Chestnut falls
leaves fall
red, yellow, green

Sara Bernát, Age 13

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falling leaves sound
invite to meditation
old ladies' summer

hulló falevelek hangja
meditálásra késztet
vénasszonyok nyara

In Hungarian, the equivalent to the USA "Indian Summer" is the idiom translated "old ladies' summer", vénasszonyok nyara. In this poem it is the last line in the English version and the Hungarian version.

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Csak lassan, szépen;
Gondosan mászd meg, csiga
A Fuji hegyét.

Slowly, steadily,
Carefully climb, snail,
Up Mount Fuji.

Issa

Quote from
Dezső Tandori Set to Music
by Alan E. Williams
http://www.hungarianquarterly.com/no174/10.html

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Thanks to Dimitar Anakiev !

DIMITAR ANAKIEV, an independent filmmaker,

Homepage in Deutsch
http://dimitar.anakiev.googlepages.com/dimitarfilmsgerman

And his Serbian Haiku Calendar
СРПСКИ ХАИКУ КАЛЕНДАР

Excerpts from this calendar are given below,
translated into English by Sasa Vazic / Saša Važić
Reference : Sasa Vazic

Thank you both for your cooperation !

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A Big Soul of the People

is still alive in the Balkans: from this tradition, similarly as in Japanese tradition, many terms came which are not only terminology of discursive communication but the terms are metaphors covering a broad scale of emotions, meanings and associations.

Transforming metaphoric language of the Balkans into discursive Western terms is a kind of "culturecide" or killing of what Dante Alighieri used to name: "Big Soul of the People".

Dimitar Anakiev

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Serbia
officially the Republic of Serbia (Serbian: Република Србија, Republika Srbija), is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central- and Southeastern Europe, covering the southern part of the Pannonian Plain and central part of the Balkans.
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The Serbian climate
varies between a continental climate in the north, with cold winters, and hot, humid summers with well distributed rainfall patterns, and a more Adriatic climate in the south with hot, dry summers and autumns and relatively cold winters with heavy inland snowfall. Differences in elevation, proximity to the Adriatic Sea and large river basins, as well as exposure to the winds account for climate differences.
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Haiku seasons for Serbia

spring : march, april, may
summer : june, july, august
autumn : september, october, november
winter : december, january, feburary

Public Holidays of Serbia
(for 2010)

1 Jan - 2 Jan ... New Year's Day.
7 Jan ... Orthodox Christmas Day.
27 Jan ... St Sava's Day.
15 Feb ... Constitution Day / Serbia National Day
2 Apr ... Orthodox Good Friday.
5 Apr ... Orthodox Easter Monday.
1 May - 2 ... May Labour Days.
9 May ... Victory Day.
28 Jun ... St Vitus' Day.

MORE is here
. Spisak praznika Srpske pravoslavne crkve
Wikipedia 　

Orthodox Christian holidays are also celebrated.

Patriarchate of Peć (Serbia)
Serbian Orthodox Church / Српска Православна

Holy Serbs and their feast days
- according to the Gregorian calendar.
WKD : List of Serbian saints

Their memorial days are all kigo.

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Serbian Cyrillic:
Српски, Serbian Latin: Srpski,

Serbia has only one nationwide official language, which is Serbian. Other languages spoken in Serbia include Albanian (spoken in Preševo Valley and de-facto independent state of Kosovo), Hungarian, Romanian, Slovak, Rusyn, Croatian (all of which are official regional languages in the Vojvodina province), Ukrainian, Bulgarian, Romani, Czech, Bosnian, Vlach, Bunjevac, Macedonian, etc.
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Cyrillic order (called Azbuka (азбука):
А Б В Г Д Ђ Е Ж З И Ј К Л Љ М Н Њ О П Р С Т Ћ У Ф Х Ц Ч Џ Ш

Latin order (called Abeceda (абецеда):
A B C Č Ć D Dž Đ E F G H I J K L Lj M N Nj O P R S Š T U V Z Ž

wiki: Serbia : Cyrillic Alphabet

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SPRING / Пролеће / Proleće

Лоша среда / Loša sreda (Bad Wednesday)

Београдски маратон / Beogradski maraton(Belgrade Marathon;
. . . sports promotive event; early spring)

Пијаца / pijaca (Farmer's Market)

Обрада врта / obrada vrta (Garden Work)
..... семење / semenje (planting seeds)

Гербер / gerber (Gerber daisy)

Велики петак / Veliki petak (Good Friday)

Баба Марта / baba marta (Granma Marta;
. . . changable weather in March)

Кокошке носе / kokoške nose (Hans Laying Eggs)

Безимени дан / Bezimeni dan (Nameless Day)

Јагорчевина / jagorčevina (Primrose)

Поправка крова / popravka krova (Roof Repairing)

Цвет бурјана / cvet burjana (Sambucus, a kind of Elder)

Дан заљубљених / Dan zaljubljenih (Valentine's Day)

Осми март / Osmi mart (Women's Day, March 8th)

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Лоша среда (Bad Wednesday)

Лоша среда: од
дрвореда платана
оста само прах.

Bad Wednesday
From the row of plane trees
only the dust remains

Damir Janjalija / Дамир Јањалија
http://srpskihaikukalendar.blogspot.com/2010/03/blog-post_03.html

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Обрада врта (Garden Work)
..... семење (planting seeds)

Обрада врта.
Међусобно причају
леђа у леђа.

garden work—
talking to each other
back to back

Dimitar Anakiev / Димитар Анакиев

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У ситну земљу
мама скрива вешто
ситно семење.

Into the loose soil
mom skillfully hides
fine seeds.

Predrag Pešić-Šera / Предраг Пешић-Шера

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(Баба Марта (Granma Marta; changable weather in March)

Деда Сечко се
удвара баба Марти-
љубавна прича

Bitter Grandpa
courts Grandma Marta --
love story

Nikola C. Pesic / Никола Ч. Пешић

Целу ноћ пас лаје:
не прикрада ли се нам
то Баба Марта?

A dog barking all night:
isn't Grandma Marta
stealing up to us?

Dimitar Anakiev / Димитар Анакиев

http://srpskihaikukalendar.blogspot.com/2010/03/blog-post_475.html

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Пијаца / pijaca (Farmer's Market)
Зелени венац - Green Market in Belgrade (Beograd)

Зелени венац.
Орошени обоје
тиква и сељак.

Green market.
A gourd and a peasant,
both dew-wet.

Saša Važić / Саша Важић

pijaca - farmer's market
The Serbian word "market" ("pijaca" comes from Italian language: "piaza").
In late spring peasants bring out their first crops from their gardens to sell them at the farmer's markets.

Зелени венац / Zeleni Venacis the name of a well-known market place in Belgrade. It sells all kinds of vegetables, fruits, cheese, eggs etc.

Zeleni Venac, Green market, a farmer's market close to the Hotel Moscow, is very cheap.
Depending on the season, an amazing assortment of fruit and veg can be found in farmer's markets, including watermelons, olives, wild mushrooms and fresh figs.
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Безимени дан (Nameless Day) early spring

Безимени дан.
У село дође човјек,
никоме познат.

Nameless Day
A man comes to the village;
known to no one

Ranko Pavlovic / Ранко Павловић
http://srpskihaikukalendar.blogspot.com/2010/02/blog-post_9638.html

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Поправка крова (Roof Repairing)

Радник на крову
oдзвиждука песмицу
из својег крајa.

A laborer on the roof
whistles the dear song
from his old country

Dimitar Anakiev / Димитар Анакиев

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Путник / putnik namernik
Traveler, unexpected traveler

***** Location: Serbia
***** Season: Summer
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bypassing traveler, traveler passes by

This topic hints at the "Big Soul of the People".

A Big Soul of the People
is still alive in the Balkans: from this tradition, similarly as in Japanese tradition, many terms came which are not only terminology of discursive communication but the terms are metaphors covering a broad scale of emotions, meanings and associations.
Transforming metaphoric language of the Balkans into discursive Western terms is a kind of "culturecide" or killing of what Dante Alighieri used to name: "Big Soul of the People".

Kigo "putnik" ("traveler") is a summer topic.
The poem has one more seasonal kigo: "dusty hands,"
but here it represents a universal symbol: the hands are dusty, they should be washed, cleaned for the reception of the guest. The poet uses the phrases from folk language giving this haiku very specific poetic character, which especially refers to the phrase putnik namernik, a special cultural stereotype very important in our culture, bearing a mythological dimension. This mythological dimension is well described on the Internet:

People did not travel much in olden times, but when they started to visit distant places, a guest was no more a rare phenomenon, and hospitality has remained a custom up to the present times. A "putnk namernik" was considered a divine being.
A host would try to please him so as to gain his affection as well as to ingratiate himself with him. Guests were greeted and entertained as best as possible, because a host expected to gain God's protection by the gentleness of a bypassing traveler.
A traveler could cast a spell on the house by his mean look, too. That mean look should be induced mercy in and turned away; a guest had to be served with best food and drink and his every wish had to be fulfilled.
The myth about a divine guest has become a habit of hospitality as an obligation, while the fear that a traveler could cast a spell on the house by his mean look no more exists. It would help to serve him wine from a colored bottle. Apart from a glass of water and some preserve, it's also good to offer him an overnight stay and hospitality and not to expect to get anything in return.
Have a nice trip and come back, visit us again if the road brings you our way!

Because of the mythological context of this poem, I think that it is untranslatable into English, that is, the words can be translated, but they do not transfer the same context, mythology and poetic sensibility. There are walls among cultures, so in order for someone from another culture to understand this poem, not only to feel its poetic, the translator would have to explain the whole above text in a footnote.

The phrase "putnik namernik" is a picture, a metaphor, it comes from the "Big Soul of the People", it is an archaic expression but broadly used still today. There is a whole mythology around and there is a magic connotation to this "mythological creature".

The biggest problem is literal (and literary) translation. The phrase uses just two words:

1. putnik (traveler)
2. namernik

"Namernik" is a archaic grammatical construction which is not easy to be transformed into a single modern Serbian word. The term comes from the root "namera" which means "intention".
But here the suffix "-ik" is not grammatically correct, is a kind of "poetic violence of the grammar".
In the tradition of Serbian People and the use of language, such a kind of "poetic violence" over the language rules is quite usual. Perhaps such kind of phrasing was common before the codification of grammar done in 19. century. But today it sounds strange.

The suffix "-ik" can be compared with English "-er" (like in "travel-er"), so it means a PERSONIFICATION OF A TERM WITHOUT REAL MEANING.

Путник намерник.
О чакшире дед отре
прашњаве руке.

from somewhere remote
a traveler, and grandpa
wipes his hand on his pants
(Tr. with support of Jim Kacian)

Before all it is a kind of INTERPRETATION from the viewpoint of "grandpa": so, it describes a psychology of a a possible host IF a "traveller intentioner" visits his home. So, this interpretation is built around the psychology of the host-- that is ONE important aspect but just a small piece of the PICTURE coming with TRAVELLER INTENTIONER.

Many problems are around this interpretation:

-change of main subject: traveler and guest are not the same
-change of possible action (it is not obvious that "traveler intentioner" will become a guest.
Often a "travellers intentioners" stops by the fence just for asking for a glass of water, then they continue their way, or stopping just for asking for a direction... all these aspects of action are even more possible than becoming a real guest)

-mythology of "traveller intentioner" is lost
-magic connotation is lost
-a new not-existing word is added: "unexpected" (this word creates interpretation)
-sense of distance is lost (dimension of endless ways behind the "traveler intentioner")
-sense of time is changed: feeling of ancientness become just psychological moment of present time

Thinking as poets we must ask ourselves before translating this poem the common questions:
what is the essence of this poem?
Or Why is this poem important?
Or What makes this poem universal behind all cultural and linguistic differences?

The answer is:
The drama of a common man meeting a mythological creature.
For facing this drama people of ancient time used magic. But this ancient dramatic moment is completely lost with a modern psychological interpretation.
So, the first goal of a translator is crating of mythological dimension of the traveler. Only in this point we can catch the universal moment because "traveler intentioner" is a
SYMBOL of THE BIG, UNKNOWN WORLD meeting "normal", "small", human being.
For crating this sense we have only two universal tools here:

-sense of distance (behind the traveler)
-sense of ancientness

All other aspects are very specific and can be added only in footnotes like an mythological explanation but cannot be real unique poetic tools.
So, to create these two aspects I translated a poem in 4 lines.

Perhaps with a hard study of English mythology written around the term "traveler" we can find some phrase creating some mythological dimension. But for now we only have a sense of distance and a sense of ancientness to point at this aspect.

Dimitar Anakiev

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During a long pilgrimage to 88 temples in Shikoku, pilgrims are regarded as an incarnation of Kobo Daishi himself, and are treated to food and shelter.
They are called "Kobo san".
Pilgrimage in Shikoku (henro)

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Tourist, sightseer, traveller, visitor ...

Travel, Traveler's Sky (tabi, tabi no sora)

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Путник намерник.
О чакшире дед отре
прашњаве руке.

from somewhere remote
a traveler, and grandpa
wipes his hand on his pants

or

from somewhere remote,
a traveler — grandpa wipes
his hands on his pants

Saša Važić / Саша Важић
(Tr. with support of Jim Kacian)

source : СРПСКИ ХАИКУ КАЛЕНДАР

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***** Tourist, sightseer, traveller, visitor ... worldwide

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Serbia National Day

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Holy Basil

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***** Location: Serbia
***** Season: Autumn
***** Category: Humanity

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The basil used as a spice for food is a TOPIC for haiku.

Holy Basil - Босиљак - sweet basil

is used to purify sacred water. The holy water and some pots of basil are placed below the altar of the church.

Sava I, saint – archbishop (27 January) St Sava's Day.
Sava II, saint – archbishop (21 January)
Sava II Branković (Brankovich), saint – metropolitan (7 May)
Sava III, saint – archbishop (8 August)

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It was St. Sava who introduced the ritual of the baptismal Slava, or Patron Saint's Day, into practice on a liturgical basis. Since the time of St. Sava, this ritual and its accompanying customs gradually assumed the form it has today.

Consecrating the Water
In some parts of the country, as in Vojvodina, Belgrade and elsewhere, the custom is for the priest to go to the homes of the celebrants before the day of the Slava itself and to bless the water. The housewife places before the household icon, a candle, a censer and incense and lights the thurible. The priest then blesses the water which the housewife will use to knead the flour for the Slave cake.

For that occasion it is necessary to prepare the following: a censer, a flame (or a briquette made of special coal), a candlestick and incense, as well as a posy of sweet basil and a vessel of clear water. All this has to be on a table facing the icon of the relevant Slava which hangs on the eastern wall of the room.The housewife treats the consecrated water as something sacred. She handles it with care and puts it in a specific place.

Then, on the eve of the Slava, when she has completed all the preparations for the following day, she uses this water and takes flour to knead the dough for the Slava cake, adding the requisite amount of salt and yeast. In some regions the Slava begins already on the prior evening with a supper, because liturgically regarded, that is already a new day, that is, the Slava day and vespers and the wake are held for the next day. Nevertheless, it is rare for the Slava cake to be cut at that time as this is done on the very day of the Slava.

Going to Church
On the morning of the slava, the cake, a wheat cereal dish, and red wine are carried to the church. In the church, the joint consecration of the wheat dish and blessing of the bread and wine is performed and then the priest pours wine over each dish of wheat cereal and cuts each cake separately. At this time, the celebrant, before the commencement of the holy liturgy, offers a list of the living and deceased members of the family for the purpose of having their names mentioned and the wafers placed on the oblation table - for the good health of the living and the peace of the soul of the deceased.

Read more:
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The slava (Serbian Cyrillic: слава),
also called krsna slava (крсна слава) and krsno ime (крсно име, literally "christened name" in Serbian), is the Serbian Orthodox tradition of the ritual celebration, veneration, and observance of a family's own patron saint. The family celebrates the slava annually on the patron saint's feast day.

The slava is a tradition of the Serbs, who are a people now living in the modern states of Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina (mostly in Republika Srpska), and Montenegro, as well as in the former Military Frontier (parts of modern states of Croatia, Hungary, and Romania). The Serbs regard the slava as one of their most significant feast days. The tradition of the slava is also preserved among the Serbian diaspora.
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slava cake

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India

The holy Indian basil is a miracle plant.

. Holy basil, tulsi, tulasi, thulasi
Basil (Ocimum spp.) 　

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Slava and Saint Nicolas

Every Orthodox family in Serbia has one patron saint. Each family celebrates the feast day of their saint with a unique Serbian Orthodox religious tradition, Krsna Slava or Thanksgiving, on the day when their ancestors were baptized (Serbians accepted Christianity by families and whole tribes). This same saint is the family's saint from generation to generation through the centuries.
Sveti Nikola (St. Nicholas) is the patron saint for so many families that there is a Serbian saying for St. Nicholas Day, 6 or 19 December,
"Half of Serbia is celebrating their Slava today,
and the other half is going to a Slava."
It is a very important day for Serbian Orthodox.

source : www.stnicholascenter.org

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Очева мајка
стављала је у недра
стручак босиљка.

Father's mother
used to put a stem of sweet basil
on her bosom

Vrbislava Starovic / Врбислава Старовић

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Serbia Saints

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Serbian saints

Holy Serbs and their feast days - according to the Gregorian calendar.

Their memorial days are all KIGO for haiku.

Anastasija, Anastasia, venerable – Ana, St. Sava’s Mother (6 July)
Angelina, venerable – despotess (12 August, 23 December)
Arsenije Sremac, Arsenius of Syrmia, saint – archbishop (10 November)
Avakum, Habakkuk (Habacuc, Abbacum, Ambacum) venerable – deacon (30 December)

Danilo II, Daniel II, saint – archbishop (2 January)
David, venerable – Dimitrije Nemanjić (Dimitriye Nemanyich) – prince (7 October)
Đorđe, George – despot (see Maksim)
Đorđe Kratovac, George of Kratovo, holy new-martyr (24 February, 8 June)

Gavrilo I, Gabriel I, hieromartyr – patriarch (26 December)
Gavrilo Lesnovski, Gabriel of Lesnovo, venerable (28 January)
Grigorije Molčalnik (Gornjački), Gregory the Hesychast (of Gornjak), venerable (20 December)
Grigorije, Gregory, saint – bishop of Raška (Rashka) (12 September)

Jakov, James, saint – archbishop (16 February)
Jefrem, Ephraim, saint – patriarch (28 June) St Vitus' Day.

Jefrosinija, Euphrosyne, venerable – Milica (Militsa) (1 August)
Jeftimije Dečanski, Euthymius of Dečani, venerable (24 November)
Jelena Dečanska, Helen of Dečani (Dechani), venerable - tzarina Neda (3 June)
Jelena, Helen, saint – queen (12 November)
Jelisaveta, Elisabeth, venerable – Jelena Štiljanović (Yelena Shtilyanovich) (17 October)

Jevgenija, Eugenia, (see Jefrosinija, Euphrosyne)
Jevstatije I, Eustace I, saint – archbishop (17 January)
Jevstatije II, Eustace II, saint – archbishop (29 August)

Joakim Osogovski, Joachim of Osogovo, venerable (29 August)
Joanikije Devički, Joannicius of Dević (Devich) venerable (7 May, 15 December)
Joanikije, Joannicius, saint – patriarch (16 September)
Joasaf srpski Meteorita, Joasaph of Serbia the Meteorite, venerable – the last of the Nemanjić dynasty (3 May)
Josif Novi, Joseph the New, saint (28 September)
Jov, Job (see Sinaiti)
Jovan Novi (Branković), John the New (Brankovich), holy – despot (23 December)
Jovan Vladimir, John Vladimir, holy – king of Zeta (4 June)

Kirilo, Cyril, saint – patriarch (12 September)

Maksim, Maximus, saint – archbishop – Đorđe Branković, despot – (31 January)
Martirije, Martyrius (see Sinaiti)
Milica, see Jefrosinija
Milutin, holy – king (12 November)

Nemanja (see Simeon Mirotočivi)
Nestor Dečanski, Nestor of Dechani, venerable (4 November)
Nestor, (see Sinaiti)
Nikodim, Nicodemus, saint – archbishop (24 May)
Nicodemus of Tismana (Serbian: Nikodim Tismanski), venerable (8 January)
Nikon, Nicon, saint – patriarch (12 September)
Nikola, Nicholas, saint (19 December)
Nikolaj Velimirović, Saint Nikolai Velimirovich of Ohrid and Zica, - archbishop

Petar Koriški, Peter of Korisha, saint (18 June)
Petar Cetinjski Čudotvorac, Peter of Cetinje (Tsetinye) the Miracle-Worker, saint (31 October)
Prohor Pčinjski, Prochorus of Pčinja (Pchinya), venerable (1 November)

Rafailo Banatski, Hilandarac, Raphael of Banat the Hilandarian, venerable (29 August)
Roman, Romanus, (see Sinaiti)
Romil Ravanički, Romulus of Ravanica (Ravanitsa), (see Sinaites)

Sava I, saint – archbishop (27 January) St Sava's Day.
Sava II, saint – archbishop (21 January)
Sava II Branković (Brankovich), saint – metropolitan (7 May)
Sava III, saint – archbishop (8 August)

Simeon Mirotočivi, Simeon the Myrovlytes (Myroblytes, Myrrhgusher), saint – Stefan Nemanja (Nemanya) (26 February)
Simon monah, Simon the Monk, venerable – king, Stefan Prvovenčani (Prvovenchany), Stephen The First-Crowned) (7 October)
Sinaiti, Sinaites*, venerable (19 May)
Sisoj, Sisoes, (see Sinaiti)
Spiridon, Spyridon, saint – patriarch (28 June)

Stefan Dečanski, Stephen of Dečani, saint – *Dragutin, holy – king (see Teoktist)
Stefan Lazarević, Stephen Lazarevich, holy – despot (11 August)
Stefan Nemanja (see Simeon Mirotočivi)
Stefan Piperski, Stephen of Piperi, venerable (2 June)
Stefan Prvovenčani (Stephen the First-Crowned)I, (see Simon monah)
Stefan Slepi, Stephen the Blind, - despot (22 October)
Stefan Štiljanović, Stephen (Shtilyanovich), saint – prince (17 October)
Stefan Uroš, Stephen Urosh, holy – emperor (15 December)
Stefan Uroš III, Stephen Urosh III, holy - king, (24 November)
Stefan Urošica Nemanjić, Stephen Uroshitsa Nemanyich, holy – prince (24 November)

Vladislav (Stephen Vladislav), holy - king (7 October)

Teodor Komogovinski, Theodore of Komogovina, holy martyr
Teoktist, Theoctist, venerable – Dragutin, king (12 October)

Vasilije Ostroški Čudotvorac, Basil of Ostrog the Miracle-Worker, saint – bishop (12 May)
Visarion Saraj, Bessarion Saray, venerable (3 November)

Zosim Tumanski, Zosimus of Tuman, (see Sinaiti)

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Frühling Spring

Blumen und Pflanzen: Anemone . Baumblüten (auch in Deutschland besonders die Kirschblüte Cherry Blossoms (sakura, Japan) ), Knospen, Flieder (lilac, Syringa)
Zwiebel- und Knollengewächse (Tulpen Tulip , Narzissen), Maiglöckchen, Waldmeister, Weide, Weidenblüten, Weidenkätzchen

Tiere: Vogellied, Nachtigall, Nestbau (... Spring at the Zoo , also Bird's Nest), Vogelbrut, Frösche (Frog (kawazu, kaeru) , Quaken, Lamm, Kitz, Kalb, Küken, Maikäfer

Natur: Vorfrühling > Altschnee Snow (yuki) , Firnschnee, Schneematsch, Schneeschmelze > Sturzbäche, brüchiges Eis, Wind .. .. .. .. .. WIND in various kigo , hoher Wellengang (im Herbst wie im Frühjahr), Mooreinsamkeit (Frühling und Winter), Föhn (in bergnahen Gebieten) , Gentle breeze, soft breeze, Linde Lüfte

Feste, Feiertage und traditionelle Bräuche: Karfreitag, Ostern Easter , Pfingsten, Walpurgis Night (walpurgisnight) (25.02. oder/und 01.05), Bittgang, Prozession (Fronleichnam Corpus Christi Procession ), Almauftrieb ( Cowbells (Kuhglocken, Germany), Muttertag (2. Sonntag im Mai Mother's Day )

Beispielhaiku:

Drüben noch Firnschnee
hier öffnet sich weit dem Blau
die Wolkendecke
(Erica Lauer-Below)

Ein Kirschblütenzweig
aus meines Freundes Garten schmückt
jetzt mein Zimmer
(Rolf Boehm)

Links
http://www.das-freizeitportal.de/news/walpurgisnacht.shtml
http://www.karo.b-hoffmann.de/Dat/Fruehjahr.html

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Sommer Summer

Blumen und Pflanzen: wogendes Getreidefeld, Beerenernte, Rosen, blühende Bergwiesen, gemähte Wiesen, Bauerngarten, Feldrain, Kräuter, Fülle und Farbigkeit der Natur, Kamille, sattes Grün der Bäume, Baumschatten, rauschende Bäume,Schilf, Rebhänge

Tiere: Insekten > Fliegen, Schmetterling, Bienen Bee (mitsubachi) , Hummeln, Wespen, Grillen, Libellen, Heuschrecken, Leuchtkäfer Fireflies (hotaru) (05) (Japan) , Fische, Schnecken, Eidechsen, Salamander, Vipern.

Natur: Blendender Mond, roter Mond (see .. .. .. .. MOON and its LINKS..), Sonnenglast, flimmernde Hitze, lange Tage, Tautropfen, Gewitter, Regenbogen, Sommersonnenwende, schönste Wolken, Rinnsal
Trockenheit, sonnenverbranntes Feld
Schwüle

Feste, Feiertage und traditionelle Bräuche: Johannisfeuer (24.Juni), Michaelistag (29.September - Spätsommer), Feldbegehung (vor der Ernte), Siebenschläfer (27.Juni), Hundstage Dog Days (doyoo, Japan) (23.Juli - 23.August)
Fronleichnam, Fronleichnamszug
Mai, der Wonnemonat

Beispielhaiku:

Blendender Vollmond -
nur sein Licht auf den Wellen
schmerzt nicht das Auge.
(Imma von Bodmershof)

Michaelistag
es regnet heute füttert
der Penner Schwäne
(Mario Fitterer)

Regenbogenzeit -
ein Kind hüpft barfuss
durch Pfützen
(Andrea D´Alessandro)

Links:
http://www.klosterkirche.de/zeiten/trinitatis/johannis.php
http://www.rosen-romantik.de

Ein japanische Rosenseite:
http://www.sun-inet.or.jp/~setoh/

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Herbst Autumn

Blumen und Pflanzen: Obsternte (Äpfel, Birnen, Pflaumen), Buntlaub (see Leaf Watching ), Blätterfall (see Fallen leaves (ochiba) , Welklaub, Stoppelfeld, Getreidestoppeln, abgeerntete Felder, leere Felder, Astern, Chrysanthemen (see Chrysanthemum ), Pilze, Kastanien (see Horse Chestnut (Part 2) , Nüsse, Baumfrüchte, Samen von Gräsern und Stauden, Rebhänge
Hagebutte (rose hip)

Tiere: Spinnennetze Spiders , Eichhörnchen, Igel, Hase, Mäuse, Hamster, Heimtreiben der Schafherden, Vogelzug (vor allem in Verbindung mit großen Vögeln wie Gänsen (see Snow Geese ), Schwänen oder Störchen)

Natur: Kalter Wind WIND in various kigo , Sturm, klarer Sternenhimmel, klare Sternbilder, Sternschnuppen (Leoniden Leonid Meteor Shower .. .. Geminid Meteor Shower), schönste Sonnen, Bergzacken (klarste Sicht im Herbst), rötliches Sonnenlicht, hoher Wellengang (im Herbst wie im Frühjahr), Sturm Typhoon (Japan)

Feste und Feiertage und traditionelle Bräuche: Michaelistag (29.September), Winzerfest, Schäferlauf, Stoppelfeld(-lauf), Drachensteigenlassen, Oktoberfest (Germany) , Erntedank, Almabtrieb (see Cowbells (Kuhglocken, Germany) , Allerheiligen (1.November All Saints’ Day .. All Souls’ Day, Hallowe’en), Hubertusjagd (3. November), Mauerfall (9.November), St. Martin (11.November), Martinsgans (11.November)

Beispielhaiku:

Stoppelfeldlauf -
ein Schäferhund
geht in Führung
(Andrea D`Alessandro)

Leer sind die Stühle
rings um den Tisch im Garten.
Nur Blätter zu Gast.
(Friedrich Rohde)

Links:
http://www.sanktmichael.de/heilige/martin.htm
http://www.photogenic-art.com/herbst/herbstgarten.htm
http://www.markgroeningen.de/schaf.htm

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Winter

Blumen und Pflanzen: Christrose, Weihnachtsstern, Zaubernuss, kahle Bäume, nackte Zweige, dunkle Nadelgehölze, blasses und verdorrtes Gras/Schilf, Misteln (see Mistletoe ), Schneeglöckchen, Krokusse > Winterende

Barbarazweige, Barbara twigs

Tiere: streitende Amseln, hungrige Tiere, Streit um Futter/Körner, Reh, Hasen, Kaninchen, Standvögel, Futterhaus, Futterraufe, Krähen (schwarzes Gefieder, Krächzen , see Crow, Raven karasu (Japan))

Natur: Schnee (see Snow (yuki) Japan) , kalter Mond, Eis, Rauhreif, kurze Tage, farblose Seen, Mooreinsamkeit (Winter und Frühling), Firnschnee Snow (yuki) (Winterende)

Feste und Bräuche: Barbarazweige (4.Dezember), Adventszeit (see Advent) > Kerzenlicht, Vorweihnachtsrummel, Weihnachten (see Christmas ), Silvester (see Last Day of the Year (oomisoka, Japan) > Karpfenessen, Neujahr (see New Year ), Valentinstag (14.Februar, see Valentine’s Day ), Karneval (see Carneval ), Fasching, Fastnacht, Aschermittwoch, Walpurgisnacht Walpurgis Night (walpurgisnight) (25.Februar und/oder in der Nacht zum 01.Mai)

Myrrhe, myrrh

Ankunft = Advent = Geburt Jesus

Ankunft -
Durch Omas Geschichten dringt
Myrrhe

Heike Gewi, December 2008, Yemen

Beispielhaiku:

die Halbmondsichel
wetzt ihre blanke Schneide
am vereisten Turm
(Richard W. Heinrich)

die weißen Reiher,
über den Altschnee segelnd,
warten aufs Mondlicht
(Carl Heinz Kurz)

unterm Apfelbaum
so viele Spuren im Schnee,
und schon die Knospen

(Horst Ludwig, 2001)

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Namen des Mondes, names of the moon

Januar: Hartmond, Eismond, Schneemond, Wolfsmond
Februar: Narrenmond, Schmelzmond, Taumond
März: Frühlingsmond
April: Ostermond
Mai: Weidemond, Wonnemond, Marienmond
Juni: Brachmond, Rosenmond
Juli: Heumond
August: Erntemond, Sichelmond
September: Herbstmond
Oktober: Weinmond, Dachsmond
November: Nebelmond, Wintermond, Windmond
Dezember: Julmond, Christmond, Heiligmond, Wolfsmond, Schlachtmond
www.wetter-mensch-natur.de

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Links:
http://www.gartenspaziergang.de/pf_zaubern_1.html

Allgemeine Links zum Brauchtum:
http://www.brauchtum.de/
http://www.bauernregeln.net/
http://www.brauchtumsseiten.de/

Ein Spielfilm über den Wechsel der Jahreszeiten:
http://www.fruehling-sommer.de/

Ganz besonders zu empfehlen ist für alle Haiku-Autoren die Seite:
http://www.wetter-mensch-natur.de/
Dort ist wirklich alles zu finden, was man sich zu den deutschen Jahreszeitenwörtern nur wünschen kann.

Bauernweisheit
http://www.gartentraum-plan.de/html/bauernweisheit.html

Feste aller Monate
http://www.feste-der-religionen.de/

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Copy from ... www.wetter-mensch-natur.de:

"Phänologie, oder einfacher der Naturkalender, ist eines der lohnendsten und interessantesten Kapitel für alle, die sich für und an der Natur begeistern können. Beobachtungen und resultierende Erfahrungen sind fast unerschöpflich.

Kein Jahr gleicht dem anderen, sagt man. Das hat seine Berechtigung. Trotzdem rennen wir bei den ersten warmen Sonnenstrahlen im Frühling hinaus in den Garten, um schon mal die Gartengeräte bereitzustellen. Am 21. März ist zwar Frühlingsanfang, es muss aber noch lange kein Frühling sein, denn 6 Wochen Differenz zwischen den Vegetationszuständen in verschiedenen Jahren sind keine Seltenheit. Es kann fatale Folgen haben, wenn man sich z. B. nur nach den Aussaatzeiten der Samenpackungen richtet, ohne dabei die Natur zu beobachten. Sehr viel verlässlicher als der altbekannte Kalender mit 4 Jahreszeiten in den 12 Monaten ist der »Naturkalender«, denn für Pflanzen ist die Tageslänge und die Temperatur entscheidend und nicht das Datum.

In vielen geographisch wärmeren Gegenden haben die verschiedenen Jahreszeiten ihren Rhythmus, von einem Tag zum anderen wird es dauerhaft warm, Frühjahrsstürme und Regenzeiten sind relativ pünktlich. Bei uns, in Mitteleuropa, ist das nicht so. Länger anhaltende Hochdruckgebiete sind in der Regel eine Ausnahme, und die zuverlässigste Wetterlage finden wir im Herbst, aber auch das nicht jedes , Jahr. Genauer sind hier die Naturbeobachtungen.

Das Jahreszeitempfinden die Schneeglöckchen und Weidenblüte, Löwenzahnblüte, erntende Maschinen, reife Früchte und fallendes Herbstlaub ausgelöst, und ist von Ort zu Ort und Jahr zu Jahr zeitlich völlig unterschiedlich. Jede Jahreszeit hat in der Natur ihren eigenen, unverwechselbaren Charakter und ihr eigenes Gesicht, die sich in den typischen »Kennpflanzen« widerspiegeln, die uns ihrerseits Rückschlüsse auf das Klima in der unmittelbaren Umgebung geben. Ob die Jahreszeiten in der Natur ihre Optima erreicht haben, verrät uns nicht der Kalender, sondern nur die Natur selbst. Diese »Eintrittszeiten« sind von Ort zu Ort verschieden. In 50 km Entfernung erfreut uns schon die Apfelbaumblüte, wobei vor Ort erst die ersten grünen Knospen zu sehen sind. Wer sich nach den Naturkalender richtet und zudem noch das Wetter beobachtet, kann im Garten eigentlich kaum mehr Fehler machen."

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January 2005
Photos by Andrea D`Alessandro

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A new German Saijiki Project, started in 2005

"Mit dem japanischen Wort fudo (風土 fuudo) wörtlich 'Wind und Erde') ist die natürliche Umwelt eines bestimmten Landes gemeint, nämlich sein Klima, sein Wetter, die geologische und produktive Beschaffenheit seines Bodens, seine topographischen und landschaftlichen Charakteristika." So leitet Watsuji Tetsuro sein 1935 in Japan erschienenes Werk "Fudo - Wind und Erde" ein (Watsuji Tetsuro, Fudo - Wind und Erde, Der Zusammenhang zwischen Klima und Kultur, Darmstadt 1992, S. 6).

Das Saijiki-Projekt startet als erstes Literaturprojekt auf einer neuen Internet Literatur-Plattform. Der hamburger Haiku Verlag hat sich an der Entwicklung dieser Plattform 'www.e-Literat.de' beteiligt. Dort bestehen die allerbesten Voraussetzungen, um ein solches Projekt zu präsentieren. In dem Projektteil sind Haiku-Interessierte eingeladen Vorschläge für Jahreszeitenworte einzureichen.

. Deutsches Saijiki .

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Michaelmas

2009-10-02T18:09:00.000-07:00

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Michaelmas

***** Location: England, Europe
***** Season: Autumn
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Michaelmas, or the Feast of Michael and All Angels, is celebrated on the 29th of September every year. As it falls near the equinox, the day is associated with the beginning of autumn and the shortening of days; in England, it is one of the “quarter days”.

There are traditionally four “quarter days” in a year

Lady Day (25th March),
Midsummer (24th June),
Michaelmas (29th Spetember) and
Christmas (25th December).

They are spaced three months apart, on religious festivals, usually close to the solstices or equinoxes. They were the four dates on which servants were hired, rents due or leases begun. It used to be said that harvest had to be completed by Michaelmas, almost like the marking of the end of the productive season and the beginning of the new cycle of farming. It was the time at which new servants were hired or land was exchanged and debts were paid. This is how it came to be for Michaelmas to be the time for electing magistrates and also the beginning of legal and university terms.

Traditionally, in the British Isles, a well fattened goose, fed on the stubble from the fields after the harvest, is eaten to protect against financial need in the family for the next year; and as the saying goes:

“Eat a goose on Michaelmas Day,
Want not for money all the year”.

In Scotland,
St Michael’s Bannock, or Struan Micheil (a large scone-like cake) is also created.
As the Struan is created by the eldest daughter of the family, the following is said:

“Progeny and prosperity of family,
Mystery of Michael,
Protection of the Trinity”

an Irish proverb goes:

“On Michaelmas Day the devil puts his foot on blackberries”.

The Michaelmas Daisy
The Michaelmas Daisy, which flowers late in the growing season between late August and early October, provides colour and warmth to gardens at a time when the majority of flowers are coming to an end. As suggested by the saying below, the daisy is probably associated with this celebration because, as mentioned previously, St Michael is celebrated as a protector from darkness and evil, just as the daisy fights against the advancing gloom of Autumn and Winter.

“The Michaelmas Daisies, among dede weeds,
Bloom for St Michael's valorous deeds.
And seems the last of flowers that stood,
Till the feast of St. Simon and St. Jude.”

(The Feast of St. Simon and Jude is 28 October)

The act of giving a Michaelmas Daisy symbolises saying farewell, perhaps in the same way as Michaelmas Day is seen to say farewell to the productive year and welcome in the new cycle.

Read more HERE:
source : www.historic-uk.com / © K.E. Struthers

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Aster tradescanti

. shion 紫苑 (しおん) Michaelmas daisy
shioni しおに、oni no shikogusa 鬼の醜草（おにのしこぐさ）
Aster tataricus

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Michaelmas daisies
washing out with the tide
my daughter's footprint

Paul Conneally ‎
England

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plant kigo for all autumn

Aster (syn. Diplopappus Cass.)
is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. The genus once contained nearly 600 species in Eurasia and North America, but after morphologic and molecular research on the genus during the 1990s, it was decided that the North American species are better treated in a series of other related genera. After this split there are roughly 180 species within the genus, all but one being confined to Eurasia.

The name Aster comes from the Ancient Greek word ἀστήρ (aster), meaning "star", referring to the shape of the flower head. Many species and a variety of hybrids and varieties are popular as garden plants because of their attractive and colourful flowers. Aster species are used as food plants by the larvae of a number of Lepidoptera species — see list of Lepidoptera that feed on Aster. Asters can grow in all hardiness zones.
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Callistephus
is a genus of flowering plants, in the Asteraceae (daisy family); the genus includes only one species, C. chinensis, the China Aster.

It is native to China, and is an annual plant, growing to 20-80 cm tall with branched stems. The leaves are alternate, 4-8 cm long, ovate, and coarsely toothed. The flowerheads are variable, with either all ray florets or an outer ring of ray florets surrounding central disc florets; the ray florets are white to purple, the disc florets, if present, usually yellow.

It is a popular ornamental plant in gardens, and numerous cultivars are available; the cultivars are grouped by size, with very dwarf (up to 20 cm), dwarf (20-40 cm), intermediate (40-60 cm) and tall (60-80 cm). In Japan, the species is very important in the floriculture industry for cut flowers.
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***** Chrysanthemum (kiku)

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Bargain Sales

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Bargain Sales

***** Location: Europe, Japan
***** Season: Various, see below
***** Category: Humanity

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Sales (English), soldes (French)

Winterschlussverkauf,
Sommerschlussverkauf (German)

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In most countries of Europe, shops have strictly regulated times when they may release regular goods at cut prices. These are usually towards the middle of winter and summer, respectively.

Thus, the winter sales start soon after Christmas or New Year's Day, and the summer sales take place in July, just before people head off for their holidays.

The opening of the sales is often accompanied by some particularly attractive bargains, for which people in many cities (e.g. Dublin, London) are prepared to queue and wait on the pavements for several days prior to the opening moment. There is a huge rush to reach the desired object, which, if valuable, may have been reduced in price by several hundred Euro. Items are reduced by up to (and sometimes over) 50 percent. In Ireland, some shops may even adopt a policy of reducing all items by 10 percent as well as giving larger concessions on those items specifically in the Sale.

Some factories may sell slightly damaged or imperfect items to the public once or twice a year in a sale which attracts the local public and boosts their public image. Such factory sales are very popular in Ireland, though less frequent now that much production has been globalised.

In Belgium, only a minority of items are reduced for the Sales -- the shops also take the opportunity of restocking with new season items which they sell at normal prices to the crowds of customers attracted by the reductions.

Isabelle Prondzynski
Belgium

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kigo for mid-summer

. chuugen uridashi 中元売出（ちゅうげんうりだし）
bargain sail for mid-year presents

. hatsu uridashi 初売出し（はつうりだし）first bargain sales
kigo for the New Year

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. Ebisu markets and bargain sales

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New Zealand, Australia, UK

. Boxing Day 　
December 26

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In 1923 Mitsukoshi in Nihonbashi had
bargain sales of the canned meat.
. WASHOKU
Yamato-ni 大和煮 simmered meat of wild animals 　

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winter bargain sale -
she does not even like
the color

Gabi Greve, 2004

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Barbeque

2009-08-03T23:46:00.000-07:00

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Barbeque

***** Location: Belgium
***** Season: All summer
***** Category: Humanity

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Summer is here, and barbecues with it -- a favourite Brussels occupation.

The more historic housing blocks in the centre of town have gardens on the inside, each divided from the other by a high wall, so that only those living in the upper storeys of the surrounding houses can overlook the neighbours' gardens. The whole interior of the (typical) block where I live, must be the size of a football field. I am living two floors up from the ground floor and have a grand view over at least the nearer gardens -- a view which I enjoy every day. Each garden is different, each has a different shape and size, some are higher, some lower, but all have character.

One of the neighbouring families used to have three cats which, climbing a tree, could reach the top of a wall and from there many of the other gardens. The old lady living in the house closest to my balcony, would leave out a saucer of milk for them, which they used to visit regularly. But the family has moved on, and their successors did not bring cats...

At the centre of our block is a mature chestnut tree, which brings pleasure to all of us neighbours, particularly at this time, when it is covered in white-and-pink flowers. Another neighbour has a wisteria, whose scent reaches all of us during balmy nights. Further down, and hard to see from here, is a flowering apple tree. I am so lucky to have all this within 4 minutes' walk of my office! Long may it last -- many of these historic blocks have been demolished to make room for huge new buildings such as the very office I work in...

The barbecue season has started, and smoke is wafting up from another neighbour's place. Their garden has been converted to a pleasant courtyard, with huge pots and climbing plants, and a couple of tables for outdoor dining :

between my window
and the lilac blossom --
neighbour's barbecue

An enjoyable night will be had by all -- particularly since Brussels does not suffer from mosquitos, so that outdoor dining, even after dark, is pleasant and popular.

Isabelle Prondzynski

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. Jingisukaan nabe 成吉思汗鍋 (じんぎすかんなべ)
"Genghis Khan Stew"
Dschingis Kahn Barbeque.

kigo for all winter

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Grill, bake, broil, toast (yaku) 　

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England Placenames

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England and Ireland - Place Names

***** Location: England and Ireland
***** Season: Topics
***** Category: Earth

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Place names from England and Ireland

Explanations about these places are found in the WIKIPEDIA. !

Dalkey/Dalkey Sound
http://haikuireland.org/gkjuly04.html

　London

Iveagh Gardens, Dublin
http://haikuireland.org/gkjanuary05.html

Killiney/Killiney Hill/Killiney Bay
http://haikuireland.org/gkapril05.html

Liffey, River Liffey
http://haikuireland.org/gkoctober04.html

Moore Street Market (Dublin)
Skerries
St Patrick's Island
http://haikuireland.org/Haiku%20Ireland%202006.pdf

Sliabh Buí (Slieveboy)
http://haikuireland.org/gkapril05.html

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Haiky by Gabriel Rosenstock
http://lishanu.com/01/haiku/rosenstock_gun.htm

Achill coast

Ashleem Bay

Burrishoole Abbey

Clare Island

Cong

Dodder, River Dodder
http://lishanu.com/01/haiku/rosenstock.htm

Downpatrick Head

Dúloch

Dún Briste – Broken Fort

Glencar waterfall

Lough Cullen’s shore

Mweelrea, Cnoc Maol Réidh, "Bald Even Mountain"

Rossbarnagh

Salehard

Sheefrey Wood

Thallabawn

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Sliabh Buí's gorse aglow —
who's not writing poetry
this morning?

　© Norman Darlington
April 2005

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Irish Saijiki, Ireland Saijiki

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May Day

2009-05-20T14:35:00.000-07:00

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May Day

***** Location: England, worldwide
***** Season: Early Summer
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Compiled by Susan Shand, England

The first day of May is Known as "May Day" in England.
The origins of this festival of spring emerge from the Celtic spring festival of Beltane. There are therefore many references to to new life, emergence, fertility; fresh greenery and flowers are used to decorate carts, doorways and of course, the Maypole. It coincides with the flowering of the Hawthorn, or May Blossom; which is a late flowering blossom and its emergence marks the full establishment of spring and the end of frost and snow. By the time the Hawthorn blooms there are many wildflowers in the hedgerows and most trees are bursting into new leaf.

such life!
with Beltane we celebrate
the flowering May

The Maypole is a tall pole with a cartwheel attached to the top (on the horizontal) to create a fixed or rotating anchor for (usually 12) very long bright ribbons. These are tied firmly to the rim of the wheel all around it in colour pairs. The pole is set up in some prominent place in the centre of the village and a corresponding wider circle drawn on the ground below with places marked, like the face of a clock. Dancers take a ribbon and stand on their mark. Local musicians play dance tunes and the dancers execute set pieces designed so that by dancing around the circle and each other, they wrap the pole in the bright ribbons - then they reverse the dance to unwrap it again. Sometimes elaborate three-dimensional shapes such as "the spider's web" are created. Some dances originate in the early Celtic symbolism and others reflect more the Georgian and Victorian eras when the may pole was a popular feature of most English rural villages and the custom was often continued by schools in more industrial areas in the ensuing years.
http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/customs/questions/mayday.htm

May Day
a rainbow of ribbons
wreaths the pole

There is often a chosen May Queen and sometimes also a King, paraded in style in a flower-bestrewn carriage, or a farm truck depending what is available. Morris dancing is also much to be seen. Some Morris dances evoke the Beltane awakenings of life and the scaring away of the dark days of winter and its associated demons. Other styles reflect the communal set piece dances of more formal times where young people enjoyed a rare opportunity to meet and to dance with their sweethearts. May Day is often the first public 'outing' of established Morris 'Sides' who use the winter months to practice familiar dances and to learn new ones.
http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/customs/questions/mayday/morrisdancing.html

with blackened faces
they beat away the winter
May Day Morris

The sharing of a feast in the open air (weather permitting) is also traditional. Although these days it is more likely to be a barbeque than a communal meal. Many rural villages have revived the May festival in recent years, having previously lost them to wider roads, roundabouts, housing development and the modernism of the 1960's.

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May Day occurs on May 1 and refers to several public holidays.

In rural regions of Germany, especially the Harz Mountains, Walpurgisnacht celebrations of Pagan origin are traditionally held on the night before May Day, including bonfires and the wrapping of maypoles, and young people use this opportunity to party, while the day itself is used by many families to get some fresh air. Motto: "Tanz in den Mai!" ("Dance into May!").
Erster Mai.

In Hawaii, May Day is also known as Lei Day, and is normally set aside as a day to celebrate island culture in general and native Hawaiian culture in particular.

Modern May Day ceremonies in the U.S. vary greatly from region to region and many unite both the holiday's "Green Root" (pagan) and "Red Root" (labor) traditions.
International Workers' Day

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May First, May Day, First of May メーデー (mee dii)

worker's festival, roodoo sai 労働祭（ろうどうさい）
..... roodoo setsu 労働節（ろうどうせつ）
"May Festival", gogatsu sai 五月祭（ごがつさい）
"May Day Song", meedii ka メーデー歌（めーでーか）
"May Day Flag", meedii ki メーデー旗（めーでーき）

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may day...
its lei day
in Hawaii

Shanna Baldwin, Hawaii

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Labor Day...
breakfast is more enticing
than the placards

Labor Day...
a bunch of workers
sits in circle

Labor Day...
is it the pen
or the street?

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kigo for autumn

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Wimbledon Tennis Tournament

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Wimbledon Tennis Tournament

***** Location: England
***** Season: Summer
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The Championships, Wimbledon, or simply Wimbledon
, is the oldest tennis tournament in the world and is widely considered the most prestigious.It has been held at the All England Club in the London suburb of Wimbledon since 1877. It is one of the four Grand Slam tennis tournaments, and the only one still played on grass courts.

The tournament takes place over two weeks in late June and early July, culminating with the gentlemen's singles final, scheduled for the second Sunday. As of the 2008 tournament, five major events are contested, as well as four junior events and four invitational events.
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This is a tribute to the only Romanian writer I am genuinely a fan of, Ioan Chirila (1927-1999). He earned his living as a sports columnist and apparently wrote mostly about sports (which allowed him to travel, as well as to slip through the fingers of censorship in Communist times).

But, in his prose writing, sports is often just a pretext for writing about such topics as Rembrandt, multiculturalism,the Russian soul, the common roots of Europe, the Renaissance or whatever.

The image I turned into a haiku comes from his book, "Switching the Timezones", published in 1980;and the reason I did it, is because I feel he captured a true "haiku moment" there.

rainy Wimbledon
the smoke wrapping it, coloured
by the Ceylon tea

Cristian Mocanu, July 2006

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game, set, and match!
so begins the stampede for
strawberries and cream

Strawberries and cream are so much part of the Wimbledon event that an image of the food immediately evokes the tennis competition and thus the time of the year. In a typically odd English way, the dates of Wimbledon fortnight are set at "six weeks before the first Monday in August and last approximately two weeks"
http://www.beforeyoudie.co.uk/Wimbledon.htm

"Every year about 27,000 kilos of strawberries are eaten during the Wimbledon Tennis Championships, together with 7,000 litres of cream. The popularity of serving strawberries with cream is possibly as old as the event itself."
http://www.wimbledonvisitor.com/tennis.html

Susan Shand (Plymouth), May 2009
WKD ... Facebook

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Queen's Day Netherlands

2009-05-14T22:04:00.000-07:00

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Queen's Day

***** Location: Netherlands
***** Season: Spring
***** Category: Observance

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Explanation

April 30

Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands

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The Netherlands has been an independent monarchy since 16 March 1815, and has been governed by members of the House of Orange-Nassau since.

The first king of the Netherlands, from 1806 until 1810, was French. Napoleon installed his brother Louis Bonaparte as king over what was then called the Kingdom of Holland, a puppet state.

The present monarch, Queen Beatrix, has stated she will not abdicate in the near future, to allow Crown Prince Willem-Alexander and his wife Princess Maxima to spend time with their family.

Beatrix (Beatrix Wilhelmina Armgard; born 31 January 1938) has been the Queen regnant of the Kingdom of the Netherlands since 30 April 1980, when her mother, Queen Juliana, abdicated.

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orange tulips
colour the palace gardens
.. Queen's Day

Queen's Day
waving from windows
the Dutch flag

the Dutch
proud to be Dutch
Queen's Day

Queen's Day
time to watch the blackbirds
under our peach trees

Queen's Day
two more months
before summer

Ella Wagemakers, May 2009

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Queens’ Day --
an old dog sleeps quietly
in the midst of the din

This was in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
30 April is the day when the whole country celebrates its Queen and her mother and grandmother --
there is a lot of very loud music, and people go out to enjoy themselves in the streets. They are also allowed to build stalls to buy and sell whatever they wish in front of their houses. An old dog was sleeping peacefully behind one such stall, in the midst of a lot of loud music.

Isabelle Prondzynski
2010

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Lilac Flieder

2009-04-27T18:15:00.000-07:00

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Lilac (Flieder)

***** Location: Germany, Europa
***** Season: Spring
***** Category: Plant

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Flieder (lilac)
Syringa

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Syringa (Lilac)
is a genus of about 20–25 species of flowering plants in the olive family (Oleaceae). Although considered to be a tree, it is classified as a bush, native to eastern Europe and western Asia.

Lilacs are popular shrubs in parks and gardens throughout the temperate zone.

The genus name Syringa is derived from syrinx meaning a hollow tube or pipe, and refers to the broad pith in the shoots in some species, easily hollowed out to make reed pipes and flutes in early history.

A pale purple colour is generally known as lilac after the flower.

Symbolism
Lilacs symbolize love.
In Greece, Lebanon, and Cyprus, the lilac is strongly associated with Eastertime because it flowers around that time; it is consequently called paschalia.

Syringa vulgaris is the state flower of New Hampshire, because it "is symbolic of that hardy character of the men and women of the Granite State".

"When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd"
is a poem written by Walt Whitman as an elegy to Abraham Lincoln.

Numerous locations around North America hold yearly Lilac Festivals, the longest-running of which is the one in Rochester, New York.
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Der Gemeine Flieder (Syringa vulgaris)
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Japan

kigo for late spring

rairakku ライラック　（らいらっく）lilac
rira no hana リラの花（りらのはな）
murasaki hoshidoi 紫丁香花（むらさきはしどい） violet Hashidoi

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A four-fold lilac
blossom on unfurled buds -
promises to keep

Michael R. Collings
Happy Haiku Forum 2007

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Lilacs damp with dew,
Beautiful fragrance scents breeze
and brings memories.

L. Lee Scott, 2007
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/242626/lilac_haiku.html

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Haiga by Alex Serban
Romania, April 2010

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leading the blind
to a bench ...
purple lilac

white lilac
standing alone by the road
an old man lifts his hat

Heike Gewi
Kigo Hotline April 2010

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Submissions

2008-12-30T23:25:00.000-08:00

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Submissions for the Europa Saijiki

Please add your submissions and additions
as a comment to this entry!
I will pick them up from there.

Or

Submit a Kigo to the Europa Saijiki

Gabi Greve

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Elm tree

2008-06-08T17:27:00.000-07:00

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Elm tree

***** Location: Europa
***** Season: Non-seasonal topic
***** Category: Plant

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Explanation

Elms are deciduous and semi-deciduous trees comprising the genus Ulmus, family Ulmaceae, found throughout the Northern Hemisphere from Siberia to Indonesia, Mexico to Japan. Many species and cultivars have also been introduced as ornamentals to parts of the Southern Hemisphere, notably Australasia.

Elms have alternate, simple, single- or doubly-serrate leaves, usually asymmetric at the base and acuminate at the apex. They are hermaphroditic, having perfect flowers which, being wind-pollinated, are without petals. The fruit is a round wind-dispersed samara.

The other genera of the Ulmaceae are Zelkova (Zelkova) and Planera (Water Elm). Celtis (Hackberry or Nettle Tree), formerly included in the Ulmaceae, is now included in the family Cannabaceae.

Elm wood was valued for its interlocking grain, and consequent resistance to splitting, with significant uses in wheels, chair seats and coffins.

From the 18th century to the early 20th century, elms were among the most widely planted ornamental tree in both Europe and North America. They were particularly popular as a street tree in avenue plantings in towns and cities, creating high-tunnelled effects, and to this day, 'Elm Street' remains the most common road name in the USA.
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Sacred Trees

In England the Elm tree was associated with elves.
It was also belived that the falling of leaves of the Elm out of season predicted disease among cattle.
The Elm was also used to cure cattle by means of the "Need fire".
Elm leaves have also been used for centuries for medicinal purposes.
Herbalists still use Slippery Elm.

In Finno-Ugric mythology the Elm`s were believed to be the mothers of the fire Goddess Ut.
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Elm trees have entered our mythology - a mark of their prominence in the lives of early civilizations.

Germanic tribes included the elm in their creation myth, and Mongols incorporated it in a wedding prayer.

Germanic Creation Myth
The ancient Germanic peoples who came to inhabit much of Europe, believed that three gods, Odin, Vili and Ve, created the world.

According to the myth, these three gods were walking by the sea examining their handiwork when they came upon two fallen trees. One was an ash, the other an elm. Odin imbued them with the spark of life. Vili endowed them with spirit and a thirst for knowledge. Ve gave them the gift of five senses.

When they had finished, the fallen trees resembled the gods themselves. Out of the ash came man. Woman was created from the elm and her name was Embla.
(Source: "Mythologies" compiled by Yves Bonnefoy v. 1, p.281)

Mongol Wedding Prayer

"Mother Ut (Fire), Mistress of Fire, descended from the elms on the tops of the Khangai-Khan and the Burkhatu-Khan mountains. Thou, who wast born when Heaven and Earth parted, who camest forth from the footprints of Mother Ötygen (Earth), thou creation of Tengeri-Khan. Mother Ut, thy father is the hard steel, thy mother the flint, thy ancestors, the elm trees.
Thy brightness reaches the heavens and spreads over the earth. Thy brightness reaches the Heaven-dweller, nursed by the Mistress Uluken.

Goddess Ut, we offer thee yellow butter and a yellow-headed white sheep. Thine are this brave boy and the beautiful bride, the slender daughter."
(Source: "Mythology of All Races" vol. iv, Uno Holmberg, p.453)
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Germany

Ulme

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today's thunderstorm
sheets of rain drum on the roof --
the elms full of birds

~ Denis M. Garrison, US
Previously published in
Haiku Harvest and Eight Shades of Blue, Lulu Press, 2005.

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yellow leaves
smothering the flowers -
a dying elm

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an elm tree shrugs
summer leaves
this autumn night

©　mary seabright

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Scilla

2008-04-10T17:38:00.000-07:00

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Scilla

***** Location: Russia
***** Season: Spring
***** Category: Plant

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There are various members in the Scilla family.

Scilla (squill)
is a genus of bulb-forming perennial herbs in the Hyacinthaceae. The 90-odd species are found in woodlands, subalpine meadows, and seashores across the Old World. Their flowers are usually blue, but white, pink, and purple types are known; most flower in early spring, but a few are autumn-flowering.

Several African species previously classified in Scilla have been removed to the genus Ledebouria. The best known of these is the common houseplant still sometimes known as Scilla violacea but now properly Ledebouria socialis.

Species include:
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Scilla Sibirica (Siberian Squill)
kigo for mid-spring

Siberian squill (Scilla siberica), also known as the wood squill or spring beauty, is a small perennial plant native to Siberia.

This plant grows to 15 cm (6 inches) tall and produces small, violet-blue flowers with blue pollen early in the spring.

It spends the winter as a small bulb, perhaps as big as the end of a little finger. It puts up short, somewhat grassy foliage very early in the spring, produces one or more tiny blue flowers, goes to seed, and disappears by summer.

This plant can be planted into a lawn, and, if it naturalizes, can give a very pretty early spring display. It can tolerate light foot traffic while dormant and transplants easily. They are best grown in cool, moist locations with well-drained soil of average fertility. They are very cold-tolerant. It does not do well in hot and/or dry conditions, though it does well in sun or light shade
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More external LINKS
http://www.hort.wisc.edu/mastergardener/Features/bulbs/scilla%20siberica/scilla%20sibirica.htm

http://www.fixedglance.com/picture.php?image_id=377&cat=9&expand=9

http://www.wildchicken.com/nature/garden/nature_200_106.htm

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Germany

Szilla, Scilla bifolia, Blaustern

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Chionodoxa (Glory-of-the-snow)

I can still
bend low enough:
snow glories

George Hawkins . March 2009

WKD snow glories, Chionodoxa

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© Photo by Viola

murky day --
Siberian Squill gathers
the sky's blue

пасмурный день --
все краски неба собрал
цветок пролески

Siberian Squill --
stamens poking into
the cold air

©　Origa, Olga Hooper
Live Journal

апрельская синева -- ..... April azure --
тянется к небесам ......... a thin shoot stretches out
тоненький росток .... ..... to heaven

©　viola

Read more haiku in Russian on the
Live Journal of Origa san!

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External LINK to Origa's BLOG
The Pasque-flower
is called a "dream grass" or a "sleepy grass" in Russia.

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Beech Tree

2007-12-03T17:20:00.000-08:00

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Beech Tree

***** Location: Ireland, Europe
***** Season: Various, see below
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Beech tree (Latin: Fagus sylvatica)

The beech tree (or rather its leaves) in Europe is a kigo at least twice each year
-- in late spring / early summer for the fresh green of its young leaves,
young leaves of the beech tree

and in late autumn / early winter for the colouring of its leaves before they fall, and when they are shed.
red leaves of the beech tree

beechnut
kigo for winter

Beech trees are either green-leafed or copper-leafed, and much enjoyed during the entire leaf-bearing season. During the winter, the trees’ branch structure is equally appreciated. The beechnuts are edible for humans, and prized by squirrels. The bark of the beech tree is smooth, and many a love-lorn person has carved names and wounded hearts into these trees.

Even though the beech tree is not officially recognised as a native tree of Ireland (not having grown there 10,000 years ago, when Ireland was cut off from mainland Europe), it is nevertheless common and has been planted in parks, avenues and hedges all over the country (especially in Leinster). Many ancient beech trees are free standing and may suffer during the worst of the winter storms.

40-year-old beech avenue in the Midlands of Ireland

Text and photo © Isabelle Prondzynski, 2007

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The European Beech is the most common dominant climax tree of the woodlands and forests of central Europe and here it grows in a wide range of soils: acidic, neutral and calcareous. It is often found in combination with Silver Fir and Norway Spruce on the continent and this trio makes very productive, soil-improving forests. In the southern mountains of central Europe it will ascend to 1700 metres. The Beech is a native tree from southern Norway and Sweden down to northern Spain, Italy and the Balkans. The biggest species are found on low-lying sheltered parts. Towards the edges of its northern range it becomes rather stunted. In Finland, for example, its appearance will be much more bush-like.

The tree is able to thrive in poor thin soils, since its roots have a habit of spreading widely all through the upper layers of the soil. This is probably an important contributory reason why, in a wood that starts of with both oak and beech, the beech will usually end up being the dominating tree. The beech cannot cope with waterlogged soils and it prefers dry light soils. It also does well in heavier, stiffer loams, as long as the subsoil does not have a wet character. However, having said that, people have also observed that, as climate changes cause prolonged periods of hot dry weather, that the Beech does not thrive in drought conditions.

Beech delights in chalky subsoil and in Britain it is still only found growing naturally in the Cotswold Hills, the Chiltern Hills and the Sussex Downs, where the soils overlies chalk or limestone. Pollen grain studies suggest that Beech has been native to south England for at least 7000 years, but only around 500 BC did it spread to any considerable extent, including Wales and northwards to Yorkshire. Agricultural and timber felling practices may have eventually reduced its spread again, except on the thin limestone soils, which may not have been as attractive for ploughing to farmers as the more fertile lowlands.

Beech is an important timber tree and has displaced the Oak as Britain's biggest hardwood 'crop'. It has been successfully planted by foresters, as far north as Aberdeen, for its valuable wood, as shelterbelts, and as soil improvers. The beauty of this tree with its massive smooth trunk, its deep shade and attractive Autumn foliage, has also made it an extremely popular, widely planted ornamental tree. Young trees and those who are continually pruned, keep the brown , dry leaves on the twigs all through the winter and this peculiarity has made beech hedges a favourite choice around gardens and wherever else a windbreak or a non-see-through deciduous hedge is required.
http://www.the-tree.org.uk/BritishTrees/beech.htm

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Beech tree in winter

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Beech (Fagus sylvatica)
Irish Fea (Family - Fagaceae)

Description: Magnificent, large, deciduous tree. Important economic forestry tree.
Height: Max 40m. Age: mature at 120 years

Where found: Chalky soils and limestone but tolerant of a wide range of soils and conditions. Up to 300m. Natural distribution in Southern England to Gloucestershire and a few localities in South Wales. Not native to Ireland. Found throughout most of Europe except Spain, Former USSR, Norway and Sweden.

Propagation and growth:
Grown from seed. Scaly cup splits in Autumn to release 2 three sided nuts. Seed should be moist chilled for approx 12 weeks before sowing. Approx 3000 germinable seeds per Kg. Best established when sheltered by birch or hazel coppice. Frost tender. Increases in size to 120 years.

Uses past & present:
Pale brown hard wood but relatively easily worked. Whitest wood considered to be best grade.

Uses of wood :
Large trees for timber. Not suitable for outside use although used for piles immersed in water. Used for furniture and many other uses such as bowls, spoons, tools, plywood, and veneers. Valuable as sawn timber. Good for firewood and production of charcoal.

Food and drink :
The nut is known as mast and occurs in abundance every five to eight years. It is nutritious and rich in oil and attractive to birds and small mammals including deer and badger. The oil can be extracted and used for culinary purposes.
http://www.british-trees.com/guide/beech.htm

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Germany

Rot-Buche (Rotbuche )
Buche
Gemeine Buche
Orientalische Buche

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North America

American Beech (Fagus grandiflora)

American Beech trees live a long time in the eastern United States from Michigan to Texas, except in southern Florida. They are usually found as canopy trees on acidic soils growing at higher elevations. The bark of American Beech trees is smooth and gray. They are grown as a landscape tree and turn from green to bronze in autumn. The nuts are eaten by people and animals.

Janice Rosenberger, Kigo Hotline

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The historic Forêt de Soignes (Sonian Forest) of Brussels (Belgium), the biggest forest within a European city, consists very largely of beech trees and is a popular walking domain for the inhabitants of the surrounding communes.

More here :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonian_Forest

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beech avenue --
every bud on every twig
sparkling with dew

early nightfall --
the white of the snowdrops
under the old beech

even today --
beech leaves float in the wind
one by one

wayside statue --
Christ too is covered
in beech leaves

young dog --
every beech leaf is
a new world

Haiku and photo © Isabelle Prondzynski

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drover's road
beech leaves turn it
gold again

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A Haiku Gallery of the WHC Autumn Festival Ginko
at Beacon Hill, Loughborough, Charnwood
September 23, 2001

'great place for haiku'-
from the giant beech shadows
rounds of laughter

grey autumn sky -
a golden beech candelabras
over it's sapling

©　Haiku Series: Kevin Ryan

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the darkness
of old beech trees
children's laughter

©　Haiku Series: Haiku Series: Paul T. Conneally

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***** Colored cover leaves of beech tree buds falling on snow

yuki momiji 雪もみじ , haru momiji 春もみじ
kigo for early spring

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Belgian National Day

2007-07-28T21:39:00.000-07:00

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Belgian National Day
(Fête nationale de la Belgique)

***** Location: Belgium
***** Season: Mid-Summer
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21 June is the National Festival of Belgium, celebrating the historical achievement of independence in 1830. 21 June is always a public holiday, and everyone enjoys joining in for at least some of the varied activities.

The country has three languages -- Flemish, French and German -- and is never quite safe from a potential split. In addition, nowadays there are immigrants from all the EU Member States, as well as many other countries around the world -- and this day is a great unifying occasion for the country, as everyone enjoys the activities together.

The festival starts with a big outdoor dance party the night before, in one of the downtown city squares, free of charge for the population to enjoy.

Belgians are not a flag-waving people, but for the National Day, some of my neighbours hang out their black-gold-red flags and enjoy a short-lived burst of national fervour.

Belgian flag

The National Day always starts with the King and Queen attending a festive Te Deum in the Cathedral of SS Michel et Gudule, after which they proceed to host a parade of armed forces, many of them marching or riding past in their festive costumes. The parade concludes with a fly-past by the airforce, indulging in mild aerobatics.

Many of the Belgian institutions open their doors to the public, and so, for instance, one can take school groups to the Parliament, and ask questions about how it works, or be part of a mock debate. The museums are open free of charge, and some archaeological sites around the royal palace can be visited only on this day.

Between the Parliament building and the royal palace lies a huge park, where all day long special sports activities are organised for children and teenagers. Called “Olympicnic” and held under the auspices of the Belgian Olympic Committee, the event even includes the lighting of a mini Olympic flame. The young people are given cards and set to try out a circuit of the less well known sports, such as archery, beach volleyball, rugby and golf -- and for the small ones rope skipping and even gym dancing to the latest pop music. It is great fun! This year, for the first time, I noticed baseball was also there...

All who finish the course, win a prize -- this year, it was an orange sun hat, worn with pride by many around the park.

The armed forces and other disciplines, such as the fire brigade and the Red Cross, have stands to explain their work to all comers. The European Union had a prominent presence this year, celebrating its own 50th anniversary.

Finally, in the evening, there is a huge fireworks display in front of the royal palace -- a definite "must", with a great atmosphere gathering huge crowds, and always some new creation of beauty. My own commune (Saint-Josse Ten Noode) has its own fireworks immediately afterwards, and I enjoy them almost as much, as they are for the locals, on the local square, and one can get right up to the action. In some positions, one can even get showered with interesting Chinese debris...

Text and photos © Isabelle Prondzynski

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More information here about the 2007 events :
http://www.sibp.be/parc/fr/accueilparc.htm

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A bit of history...

In the 17th century followed Austrian rule, and a few years of French rule under Napoleon. After Napoleon's demise, in 1815, Belgium was reunited with the northern provinces in the United Kingdom of the Netherlands, until the Belgian Revolution in 1830, which established an independent Belgian state. The Belgian revolution was initiated by the French-speaking minority who controlled the factories and other economical resources and who did not want to live under a Dutch-speaking administration. The fact that Belgium was mostly Catholic and the Netherlands predominantly Protestant also played a role. Another important factor which played a decisive role was the dramatic gap between the respective economic levels of the southern and northern provinces.

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Since the 20th century, the history of Belgium became more and more dominated by the increasing autonomy of its two main communities, the Dutch- and the French-speakers. As an indication of this, since around 1970, there are no longer significant national Belgian political parties, but only Flemish- or French-speaking parties (and one German-speaking party). The regular attempts to re-establish national, Belgian parties end up below 1 percent of the electorate; the Brussels parties either never got started (as with the 'Blauwe Leeuwen' and 'Rode Leeuwen' for the Flemings in Brussels), or got merged into one of the French-speaking liberal parties (such as the French-speaking FDF, which, however, has had a significant influence for years, and still keeps some independence).

As such, the political landscape shows a near-perfect dual political system, reflecting the two underlying dominant communities. While some observers believe that Belgium is well on its way to disintegration, falling apart into two independent states, Flanders and Wallonia, others go on to argue that this would have already happened had it not been for the problem posed by the city of Brussels. Today, many view this as quite improbable, considering how the vast mayority of the inhabitants are in favour of a united Belgium.
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Ghent Festivities, Ghent Festival, Gentse Feesten

Always at Summer time we have our Ghent Festivities. The Ghent Festivities are organised each year an the ent of July. That week must include the National Belgian Day - the 21. of July.
During this week, the whole center of Ghent is one festivity zone.
Each day there is a lot to see. We have street theatre, music tents and many more. Infact the festivities go on the whole days and nights. Our Belfort is symbol for our willing for freedom. On top there is a 'golden' dragon with spread wings; a 'wind cock'.

And we have our halter procession. A procession reminding of the time we were terrorised by our 'son' Charles the Fifth. Born at Ghent in 1500. In that procession haltered men (must be real Ghenter during several generations) are walking in a silent procession. Also Charles the Fifth is seen with his soldiers and family.
At the end of that procession the whole procession stops in the shade of the belfry. People and the haltered men are singing the 'Roland Song (our 'national Song) about the clock Roland (or Roeland) who warned the Ghent Population against enemies and desasters. During the song (sung by most of us Ghenters) Charles The Fifth and his clique are showing their back to us public.

During the procession people are still insulting Charles and applauding the haltered men.
We are known as the halter people or rope people (stroppendragers) .

Die Genter Festzeit
Der goldne Belfrieddrachen
Steckt die Zunge aus.

Ghent Festivities
The golden Belfry dragon
Putting out its tongue.

ron rozendaal, July 2008

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horse guards --
so many and so still
as they wait
(2007)

all cameras out --
the chessboard buttocks
of the chestnuts
(2007)

national day --
sound of cathedral bells
and hooves on cobbles
(2007)

national parade --
yellow balloon meets a
helicopter
(2005)

national holiday --
Belgian colours waft
across our street
(2005)

my windowsill --
a perfect position
for the fly-past
(2006)

old drone
skims over our roofs --
scaring the crows
(2006)

concentration
as he strikes his first baseball --
Olympicnic
(2007)

all decked out
in Belgian national colours --
two Americans
(2006)

fireworks --
catching the debris
spinning down
(2006)

Haiku and photos © Isabelle Prondzynski

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