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Redcurrant
***** Location: Ireland, Europe
***** Season: Mid-Summer
***** Category: Plant
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Explanation
The redcurrant is a beautiful looking berry, the lushest red imaginable when fully ripe. It is much loved by blackbirds and other birds -- in our Irish garden, we drape the bushes with netting, so as to keep some of the berries for ourselves. It is picked from about the end of June to the second half of July, when the fruit fruit are a delicious kigo.
The berries are both sweet and sour, too sour for some to enjoy raw, but delicious when properly ripened, and often eaten with sugar and cream -- if not straight off the bush!
They make a delicious juice, a perfect jelly, and a wonderful jam (if one does not mind the little pips) -- as well as being the most essential ingredient in “rote Grütze”, a Northern German / Danish summer pudding stewed from red fruit. They are also a key component of “Rumtopf” (see below) -- itself a kigo for winter.
Redcurrants freshly picked from a net-covered bush
Text and photo © Isabelle Prondzynski
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The Redcurrant (Ribes rubrum)
is a member of the genus Ribes in the gooseberry family Grossulariaceae, native to parts of western Europe (France, Belgium, Netherlands, Germany, and northern Italy). It is a deciduous shrub normally growing to 1-1.5 m tall, occasionally 2 m, with five-lobed leaves arranged spirally on the stems. The flowers are inconspicuous yellow-green, in pendulous 4-8 cm racemes, maturing into bright red translucent edible berries about 8-12 mm diameter, with 3-10 berries on each raceme.
Although blackcurrant is more traditionally associated with medicinal uses, English and German language herbalist sources consider redcurrant berries to have fever-reducing, sweat-inducing, menstrual-flow inducing, mildly laxative, astringent, appetite increasing, blood cleansing, diuretic and digestive properties. Some of these proposed effects are probable, due to the verified high levels of vitamin C, fruit acids, and fiber the berries contain. Tea made from dried redcurrant leaves is said to ease the symptoms of gout and rheumatism, be useful in compresses for poorly healing wounds, and as a gargling solution for mouth infections.
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Photo © Isabelle Prondzynski
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Worldwide use
Rote Grütze
This is a Northern German and Scandinavian speciality, a delicious summer pudding made of red fruit, which must contain a good helping of red currants to give it that pleasantly sweet and tart flavour. In Danish, it is called Rødgrød. One of the favourite tongue twisters given to learners of Danish, is “rødgrød med fløde på” -- being summer pudding with liquid cream floating on top, just as it should.
The recipes available on the internet in English, are mostly written by expatriates, often of the second or third generation, or indeed their friends. The one which follows below is pretty genuine.
Isabelle Prondzynski
Germany
In German, the red and black currants are called "Johannisbeeren" (St. John's berries), because they usually ripen round about St John's Day (Johannistag -- 24 June). This major festival, celebrating the birth of St. John the Baptist, is an integral part of the mid-summer celebrations in many European countries, often with bonfires and dances.
Isabelle Prondzynski
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Rodgrod med Flode (Norwegian Fruit Jelly with Cream)
Amount ..... Ingredient --
1 pt Red currants
1 pt Raspberries
2 c Water
1/2 c Sugar
1 tb Cornstarch
2 tb Water
1 t Vanilla extract
In a large saucepan, rinse fruit. Combine fruit and water; simmer over medium heat about 10 minutes. Drain; stir in sugar. Blend cornstarch and cold water into a smooth paste. Add cornstarch to fruit, stirring constantly. Bring mixture to a boil; cook 3 minutes.
Remove from heat and stir in vanilla. Sieve mixture, if desired. Chill. Serve with cream and decorate with blanched almonds, if desired.
4 servings
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Japan
akasuguri アカスグリ
In Japan, redcurrants can grow, but do not ripen when grown outside -- there is just too much rain usually at the time they should be turning red and filling out.
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Kenya
In Kenya, redcurrants do not grow, as they need the seasonal contrasts between cold and warm -- even at the higher altitudes, these contrasts are not sufficiently marked.
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Things found on the way
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HAIKU
redcurrants --
each with its own drop
of rain
four snails
in the redcurrant bush --
summer rain
Photo © Isabelle Prondzynski
a bowl full
of fresh redcurrants --
and two green leaves
redcurrants --
the best hide in the thick
of the bush
~ Haiku and Photo : Isabelle Prondzynski
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summer treat --
redcurrant jam
on toast
© ~ laryalee
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Photo © Isabelle Prondzynski
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Related words
***** Blackcurrants
***** Raspberries
***** Strawberries
***** Gooseberries
***** Rumtopf
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7/16/2007
2/08/2007
Cheese
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Cheese / Käse
***** Location: Europe, worldwide
***** Season: Various, see below
***** Category: Humanity
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Explanation
Cheese has come to Japan rather late and is not included in the traditional Saijiki.
But we do have some seasonal cheese dishes from Europe and other parts of the world.
Thanks to Isabelle Prondzynski
KIGO HOTLINE
Of course we can eat cheese at any time of the year, but some just taste better in a certain season.
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Cheese is a solid food made from the milk of cows, goats, sheep and other mammals, by coagulating the milk. This is accomplished by first acidification with a bacterial culture and then employing an enzyme, rennet (or rennet substitutes) to coagulate the milk to "curds and whey."
The precise bacteria and processing of the curds play a role in defining the texture and flavor of most cheeses. Some cheeses also feature molds, either on the outer rind or throughout.
There are hundreds of types of cheese produced all over the world.
© More in the WIKIPEDIA !
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kigo for summer
Greek feta cheese フェタチーズ
in a salad with fresh tomatoes and olive oil
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Feta is an aged crumbly cheese, commonly produced in blocks, and has a slightly grainy texture. It is used as a table cheese, as well as in salads (e.g the Greek salad), pastries and in baking, notably in the popular phyllo-based dishes spanakopita ("spinach pie") and tyropita ("cheese pie") and combined with olive oil and vegetables. It can also be served cooked or grilled, as part of a sandwich or as a salty alternative to other cheeses in a variety of dishes.
© More in the WIKIPEDIA !
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kigo for winter
Raclette (Swiss)
Cheese fondue (Swiss)
Stracchino (Italy)
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Why had I never yet included cheese in a haiku......
I love cheese, so it is not that!
It must be that I have never yet thought about cheese in the context of the seasons.
In Kenya, cheese is rather good, but varieties are few, and volume is low. Cheese is simply too expensive for the large majority of Kenyans... and if it became affordable, there would not be the volume of milk to make it, Kenya having by nature insufficient reliable rainfall.
In Europe though, it struck me that some types of cheese are kigo.
Take Raclette, a gorgeous Swiss cheese which comes to our shops in winter time. Some of my friends have special electric grill-type appliances, allowing a party of 6 or 8 people to melt slices of Raclette in tiny dishes also containing hot boiled potatoes, salami, mushrooms, ham and anything else one's heart could possibly desire. Raclette and a white wine make for an entertaining evening among friends, and the heat of the cheese plus the electric heater make one feel warm right through!
Cheese fondue (also using Raclette as one of its main ingredients) is another typical winter cheese dish (and one of my top favourites!).
Raclette virtually disappears from the shops during summer time.
Another winter cheese is the Italian Stracchino, a soft mellow cheese with a very short shelf life. It does not well survive the transport routes during summer, and the Italian market traders who are the best source for this cheese in Brussels, just do not stock it then.
I cannot right now think of any summer cheeses (all of them, of course!), but perhaps the equivalent is whipped cream, such a popular addition to summer fruit such as strawberries, raspberries and redcurrants, and again for the autumn apple and blackberry crumbles and pies.
Making my mouth water!
Isabelle Prondzynski
KIGO HOTLINE
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Worldwide use
Holland
Cheese Market in Alkmaar, Kaas Markt in Alkmaar
Gouda cheese ...
my stomach scribbles
its own haiku
Here in The Netherlands, we have wat we call 'oude kaas', or old cheese, verrrrry very ripe cheese, dark yellow in colour, with a sharp taste. Very yummy, definitely. However, the fat content is 48%, which is not good for your cholesterol, especially if you're middle-aged and older, so I seldom buy it these days.
Goat cheese is also gaining in popularity. Not too long ago, our Bettina Grand Crue won the international 'Grand Prix' goat cheese competition, and if you ever visit, I can even take you to the farm where it's produced.
In The Philippines, we have what we call 'kesong puti' or 'white cheese', which is made from carabao milk. A carabao is a water buffalo, the ones with the horns that help plow the rice fields. Memory tells me that that is (for me, at least) super yummy, and unfortunately unavailable in Europe.
Back here, we also have cheese from Edam and Alkmaar, and Leerdam, and recently a new kind from Beemster.
And then you have all the imported ones -- Camembert, Brie, Danish Blue, Feta, and so on.
And now, too, a sudden memory from childhood -- cheddar cheese, as introduced by the US, usually in thick slices and often processed with ham, among others. Very heavy on the stomach.
Somehow, though, I can't think of cheese in connection with kigo because, seasonal or not, they're usually available the whole year round.
Happy eating!
Ella Wagemakers
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Japan
chiizu チーズ cheese
. History of Milk and Cheese in Japan
. So そ 蘇(そ)酥 / 蘇 milk products of the Asuka period
Nara
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Norway
Gjetost (pronounced ‘yet-oast’)
is a unique brown cheese from Norway with a fudge-like texture and a sweet caramel flavour.
It is made from a combination of milk, cream and whey which is slowly cooked until the naturally occurring sugars are caramelised, giving its distinctive colour and taste. The cheese is then cooled and set into blocks.
Gjetost was first made in the Gudbrandsdalen valley in Norway more than 130 years ago. Anne Hov, a farmer’s wife, was the first person to think of pouring cream into the kettle of whey. Her brown cheese got a higher price than her ordinary cheese and butter, and is reputed to have saved the valley from financial ruin in the 1880s.
Gjetost is best served in wafer thin slices and eaten on toast or Norwegian flatbread (very thin crackers). It is also makes a great addition to a cheese board or melted into a variety of food dishes.
http://www.norwegiancheeses.co.uk/ski_queen.htm
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Things found on the way
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HAIKU
eating feta cheese,
duct tape diffy-q's cell phone;
I spy gossamer?
© by hazel
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Related words
***** Food from India
***** Food from Japan (Washoku Saijiki)
***** Sweets from Japan (wagashi)
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Cheese / Käse
***** Location: Europe, worldwide
***** Season: Various, see below
***** Category: Humanity
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Explanation
Cheese has come to Japan rather late and is not included in the traditional Saijiki.
But we do have some seasonal cheese dishes from Europe and other parts of the world.
Thanks to Isabelle Prondzynski
KIGO HOTLINE
Of course we can eat cheese at any time of the year, but some just taste better in a certain season.
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Cheese is a solid food made from the milk of cows, goats, sheep and other mammals, by coagulating the milk. This is accomplished by first acidification with a bacterial culture and then employing an enzyme, rennet (or rennet substitutes) to coagulate the milk to "curds and whey."
The precise bacteria and processing of the curds play a role in defining the texture and flavor of most cheeses. Some cheeses also feature molds, either on the outer rind or throughout.
There are hundreds of types of cheese produced all over the world.
© More in the WIKIPEDIA !
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kigo for summer
Greek feta cheese フェタチーズ
in a salad with fresh tomatoes and olive oil
quote
Feta is an aged crumbly cheese, commonly produced in blocks, and has a slightly grainy texture. It is used as a table cheese, as well as in salads (e.g the Greek salad), pastries and in baking, notably in the popular phyllo-based dishes spanakopita ("spinach pie") and tyropita ("cheese pie") and combined with olive oil and vegetables. It can also be served cooked or grilled, as part of a sandwich or as a salty alternative to other cheeses in a variety of dishes.
© More in the WIKIPEDIA !
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kigo for winter
Raclette (Swiss)
Cheese fondue (Swiss)
Stracchino (Italy)
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Why had I never yet included cheese in a haiku...
I love cheese, so it is not that!
It must be that I have never yet thought about cheese in the context of the seasons.
In Kenya, cheese is rather good, but varieties are few, and volume is low. Cheese is simply too expensive for the large majority of Kenyans... and if it became affordable, there would not be the volume of milk to make it, Kenya having by nature insufficient reliable rainfall.
In Europe though, it struck me that some types of cheese are kigo.
Take Raclette, a gorgeous Swiss cheese which comes to our shops in winter time. Some of my friends have special electric grill-type appliances, allowing a party of 6 or 8 people to melt slices of Raclette in tiny dishes also containing hot boiled potatoes, salami, mushrooms, ham and anything else one's heart could possibly desire. Raclette and a white wine make for an entertaining evening among friends, and the heat of the cheese plus the electric heater make one feel warm right through!
Cheese fondue (also using Raclette as one of its main ingredients) is another typical winter cheese dish (and one of my top favourites!).
Raclette virtually disappears from the shops during summer time.
Another winter cheese is the Italian Stracchino, a soft mellow cheese with a very short shelf life. It does not well survive the transport routes during summer, and the Italian market traders who are the best source for this cheese in Brussels, just do not stock it then.
I cannot right now think of any summer cheeses (all of them, of course!), but perhaps the equivalent is whipped cream, such a popular addition to summer fruit such as strawberries, raspberries and redcurrants, and again for the autumn apple and blackberry crumbles and pies.
Making my mouth water!
Isabelle Prondzynski
KIGO HOTLINE
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Worldwide use
Holland
Cheese Market in Alkmaar, Kaas Markt in Alkmaar
Gouda cheese ...
my stomach scribbles
its own haiku
Here in The Netherlands, we have wat we call 'oude kaas', or old cheese, verrrrry very ripe cheese, dark yellow in colour, with a sharp taste. Very yummy, definitely. However, the fat content is 48%, which is not good for your cholesterol, especially if you're middle-aged and older, so I seldom buy it these days.
Goat cheese is also gaining in popularity. Not too long ago, our Bettina Grand Crue won the international 'Grand Prix' goat cheese competition, and if you ever visit, I can even take you to the farm where it's produced.
In The Philippines, we have what we call 'kesong puti' or 'white cheese', which is made from carabao milk. A carabao is a water buffalo, the ones with the horns that help plow the rice fields. Memory tells me that that is (for me, at least) super yummy, and unfortunately unavailable in Europe.
Back here, we also have cheese from Edam and Alkmaar, and Leerdam, and recently a new kind from Beemster.
And then you have all the imported ones -- Camembert, Brie, Danish Blue, Feta, and so on.
And now, too, a sudden memory from childhood -- cheddar cheese, as introduced by the US, usually in thick slices and often processed with ham, among others. Very heavy on the stomach.
Somehow, though, I can't think of cheese in connection with kigo because, seasonal or not, they're usually available the whole year round.
Happy eating!
Ella Wagemakers
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Japan
chiizu チーズ cheese
. History of Milk and Cheese in Japan
. So そ 蘇(そ)酥 / 蘇 milk products of the Asuka period
Nara
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Norway
Gjetost (pronounced ‘yet-oast’)
is a unique brown cheese from Norway with a fudge-like texture and a sweet caramel flavour.
It is made from a combination of milk, cream and whey which is slowly cooked until the naturally occurring sugars are caramelised, giving its distinctive colour and taste. The cheese is then cooled and set into blocks.
Gjetost was first made in the Gudbrandsdalen valley in Norway more than 130 years ago. Anne Hov, a farmer’s wife, was the first person to think of pouring cream into the kettle of whey. Her brown cheese got a higher price than her ordinary cheese and butter, and is reputed to have saved the valley from financial ruin in the 1880s.
Gjetost is best served in wafer thin slices and eaten on toast or Norwegian flatbread (very thin crackers). It is also makes a great addition to a cheese board or melted into a variety of food dishes.
http://www.norwegiancheeses.co.uk/ski_queen.htm
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Things found on the way
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HAIKU
eating feta cheese,
duct tape diffy-q's cell phone;
I spy gossamer?
© by hazel
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Related words
***** Food from India
***** Food from Japan (Washoku Saijiki)
***** Sweets from Japan (wagashi)
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7/03/2006
Sports - soccer
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Sports - Soccer, Football (Fussball)
***** Location: Germany, worldwide
***** Season: Various, see below
***** Category: Humanity
and other Winter Sports
American Football, see below
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Explanation
Soccer World Cup in Germany, 2006
FIFA Worldcup.COM
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Worldwide use
Australia
Australian Football League season begins
kigo for autumn
Australian Football League
source : www.afl.com.au
a turnover
in the football match -
a leaf becomes yellow
- Shared by Myron Lysenko
Joys of Japan, 2012
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England
Football -
hardly ever called soccer in the uk, its home or the football world in general but always soccer in the USA - traditionally starts the season in very early autumn and these days it's getting eariler - so traditionally August - its the played right through autumn and winter and the season ends in spring.
FA CUP FINAL, U.K.
Kigo for Early Spirng always in May
Soccer World Cup
Kigo for Summer
paul conneally
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Germany
Fussball, Fußball
The most common group game in Germany.
Deutscher Fussball-Bund
topic for haiku
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India
squashed football
breeds white-ants
awaits empty air ~
Read more haiku by Narayanan Raghunathan
topic for haiku
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Japan
soccer, sakkaa サッカー
Kigo for All Winter
Originaly a common sport from England and later Germany, introduced to Japan after 1873. A competitive sport with two teams of 11 people.
Also called "Association Football" アッソシエーション・フットボール.
Around 1960, it was officially separated from
American Football アメリカン・フットボール and
Rugby Football ラグビー・フットボール.
Another related game in Japan is the Kick-Ball, Kemari
First Kick-Ball Game (kigo for New Year) Japan
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Kenya
There are various soccer events in Kenya.
Moi Golden Cup
Africa Cup of Nations
World Cup Haiku 2006 from The Bamboochas
Bahati Haiku Club Kenya
hot and fresh from the Bamboocha haiku kitchen!
a man on the roof
fixing the tv antena for clear vision--
world cup
Raymond Otieno
cellphones on ears
hullo are you coming one match
is about to start
Raymond Otieno
two teachers betting
on Brazil and Australia match
fifty shillings
Raymond Otieno
Patrick Sensei
gives his fifty shillings in bet
his team loses
Raymond Otieno
food grows cold on tables
Raymond is not eating as
his eyes are stuck on tv.
Raymond Otieno
pensive wives at home--
husbands away watching football
world cup in Kenya
Catherine Njeri
Croatia is defeated--
Zachariah is jubilant
i won the bet
Catherine Njeri
World Cup again--
Brazilian supporters in rapturous joy
the trophy is ours
Samson Onyango
happy faces
all over the world
watching matches
Nicholas Kasyoki
sleepless nights
watching football matches
on big screens
Maximilla Kasandi
happy Ghanians--
scoring many goals in
sweet cool Germany
Maximilla Kasandi
all eyes on screen
ears on radios
expecting winners
Lameck Odhiambo
happy football fans
keenly watching screens--
world cup again
Kennedy Odhiambo
people congested in bars
watching and hearing world cup
shouts of goal...goal
Anne Kanini
goal...goal everywhere
as Ronaldo scores the goal
World Cup in Germany
David Wandera
teams gather
Ronaldihno scores one goal
kenyans cheer
anonymous
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/kenyasaijiki/message/151?l=1
... ... ...
July 5, 2006
Here in Kenya, the World Cup has taken a tragic turn.
A boy was killed in Kisumu over Brazil's defeat by France.
Brazil loses to France--
a Brazilian fan is killed
in Kisumu
Patrick Wafula, Kenya.
... ... ...
World Cup 2010
World Cup--
they drum the mabati walls
celebrating Ghana
*Mabati is a Swahili word for corrugated iron sheets.
Caleb Mutua, Kenya
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Latin America
Futbol is the most popular sport in Latin America.
Huge amount of teams, millions and millions of devoted fans. Sport pages in newspapers are mainly about futbol. The best futbol players are real "celebrities"
The activity is very intense as much as in Europe or Africa.
9 of the 18 World Cups held up until now, were won by South America's national teams (Brazil five times, Argentina twice and Uruguay twice). When this edition of the World Cup comes to an end, Europe will have also 9 won.
L Am soccer has given the world great players, such as Pele and Maradona to mention the most well known. My country in particular won the first World Cup played in the year 1930 and also the one in 1950 (against Brazil in Maracana).
Carlos Fleitas, June 2006
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Romania
-football season starts (Russia&Scandinavia)
kigo for (early) spring
-football season starts (most of the rest of the world)
kigo for early autumn
-end of football season (Russia&Scandinavia)
kigo for early winter
-end of football season (rest of the world)
kigo for late spring/early summer
(actually, for us in Romania, the week after the end of the last league matches is very interesting: you see people gradually shifting their conversation topics from "important matters" to planning their summer vacation)
-Euro Cups start
kigo for autumn
(actually for smaller countries they start much earlier; but mid-September is when they start in earnest and media attention turns to them)
-Euro Cup finals
kigo for late spring
-Intertoto Cup
summer kigo
(I discovered I have a soft spot for the Intertoto Cup; it has a sort of "wabi" to it; it involves small, lower-budget clubs who generally know they're never going to be champions of their country and who sacrifice their summer breaks in pursuit of a very ellusive dream: out of 100 or so teams starting this year, only 3 will get the questionable prize of being allowed to contest the UEFA Cup from September onwards.
It involves smaller communities getting excited about their team playing "in Europe" and hosting another team they previously never heard of. In the admittedly too money-driven world of today's football, it has a flavour of gratuitousness about it).
Cristian Mocanu
a haijin whose grandfather was afootball/soccer club president!
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Trinidad & Tobago
returning football team
a cheer rises
fireworks
Loot at it here !
World Cup 2006 ! Haiga
we celebrate
in T and T
flamboyant in full bloom
http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4379/2137/1600/We-celebrate.jpg
World Cup Soca Warriors Return
returning football team
a cheer rises
fireworks
http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4379/2137/1600/02-World-Cup-2006.jpg
Gillena Cox, 2006
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Things found on the way
. Soccer World Cup Daruma
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HAIKU
an autumn haiku
first match
of the season
we follow the moon
paul conneally
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the world cup game
is still scoreless---
summer solstice
Fred Masarani, June 2006
http://hbfm.blogspot.com/
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Mahiri misses
his pre-mock exams--
angry Principals
Macharia misses
Bahati board meeting--
complains
form four
students dozing in class--
angry teachers
jammed video
shows in Soweto--
cheers and boos
Partrick Wafula, Kenya, 2006
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end of the game
Ronaldo cries like a baby
on Zizou's shoulder
Carlos Fleitas, June 2006 (World Cup in Germany)
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game over --
all become Italians
hooting with joy
France plays Brazil --
only the swifts are heard in
Brussels streets
Isabelle Prondzynski, July, 2006
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SHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOT !!!
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Related words
***** Winter Sports as Winter Kigo
ragubii ラグビー rugby
kigo for late winter
sukii スキー skiing, ski
sujiijoo スキー場(すきーじょう)ski resort
sukii ressha スキー列車(すきーれっしゃ)train transporting people with ski
sukii yado スキー宿(すきーやど)lodging for skiers
sukiiyaa 、スキーヤー skier
sukii boo スキー帽(すきーぼう)hat/cap for a skier
. . . CLICK here for Photos of a warm hat !
kigo words taken from the German language
gerende ゲレンデ Gelände, (skiing) slope
shantse シャンツェ Schanze, ski jump
shupuuru シュプール Spur, ski tracks, trail with one's skis
kigo for early spring
haru sukii 春スキー (はるすきー) skiing in spring
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kigo for late winter
sukeeto スケート skating, ice skating, Eislaufen
koorisuberi 氷滑(こおりすべり)
sukeeto joo スケート場(すけーとじょう)ring for skating
..... スケートリンク sukeeto rinku
sukeetaa スケーター , skaker, ice skater
aisu hokkee アイスホッケー ice hockey
bobusuree ボブスレー bob sley
riyuuju リュージュluge, toboggan
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kigo for late winter
kangeiko 寒稽古 (かんげいこ) practising (sports) in the cold
..... kanzarai 寒復習 (かんざらい), kanzarae 寒ざらえ(かんざらえ), kannarai 寒習(かんならい)
kangoe 寒声 (かんごえ ) shouting loud (during winter practise in the cold)
kandori 寒取 (かんどり) practising sumo in the cold
..... kanzumoo 寒相撲(かんずもう)
..... kanzumoo 寒角力(かんずもう)
kanchuu suiei 寒中水泳 (かんちゅうすいえい) swimming in the cold season
..... kansui 寒泳(かんえい), kan oyogi 寒泳ぎ(かんおよぎ)
kanbiki 寒弾 (かんびき) practising shamisen in the cold
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-Compiled by Larry Bole:
スケートの真顔なしつゝたのしけれ
sukeeto no magao nashitsutsu tanoshikere
So serious
The face of the skaters,
Yet so enjoyable!
--Yamaguchi Seishi, (1931) Tr. Blyth
スケートの 紐むすぶ間もはやりつつ
sukeeto no himo musubu ma mo hayari tsutsu
Even in the time
it takes to tie on ice-skates,
the heart beats faster.
--Seishi (1932)
Tr. Takashi Kodaira and Alfred H. Marks
Comment by Seishi:
The skating rink on top of the Asahi Building, near the Sumitomo Building. Since I had become expert at skating with 'geta' skates when I was in elementary school, I was able to master the use of shoeskates quickly. My heart would pound even as I tied the laces of the skates.
'Other points of interest':
the so-called 'geta'-skate has a single blade in place of the two usual "teeth" under the 'geta', and slipped onto the feet like thongs.
learning to skate
I was Hans Brinker
until I fell
--Larry Bole
quote
Hans Brinker, or The Silver Skates
(full title: Hans Brinker; or,
the Silver Skates: A Story of Life in Holland)
Hans Brinker tying on his sister Gretel's ice skates
The novel takes place in the Netherlands, and is a colorful fictional portrait of early nineteenth-century Dutch life, as well as a tale of youthful honor.
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Sports - Soccer, Football (Fussball)
***** Location: Germany, worldwide
***** Season: Various, see below
***** Category: Humanity
and other Winter Sports
American Football, see below
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Explanation
Soccer World Cup in Germany, 2006
FIFA Worldcup.COM
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Worldwide use
Australia
Australian Football League season begins
kigo for autumn
Australian Football League
source : www.afl.com.au
a turnover
in the football match -
a leaf becomes yellow
- Shared by Myron Lysenko
Joys of Japan, 2012
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England
Football -
hardly ever called soccer in the uk, its home or the football world in general but always soccer in the USA - traditionally starts the season in very early autumn and these days it's getting eariler - so traditionally August - its the played right through autumn and winter and the season ends in spring.
FA CUP FINAL, U.K.
Kigo for Early Spirng always in May
Soccer World Cup
Kigo for Summer
paul conneally
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Germany
Fussball, Fußball
The most common group game in Germany.
Deutscher Fussball-Bund
topic for haiku
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India
squashed football
breeds white-ants
awaits empty air ~
Read more haiku by Narayanan Raghunathan
topic for haiku
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Japan
soccer, sakkaa サッカー
Kigo for All Winter
Originaly a common sport from England and later Germany, introduced to Japan after 1873. A competitive sport with two teams of 11 people.
Also called "Association Football" アッソシエーション・フットボール.
Around 1960, it was officially separated from
American Football アメリカン・フットボール and
Rugby Football ラグビー・フットボール.
Another related game in Japan is the Kick-Ball, Kemari
First Kick-Ball Game (kigo for New Year) Japan
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Kenya
There are various soccer events in Kenya.
Moi Golden Cup
Africa Cup of Nations
World Cup Haiku 2006 from The Bamboochas
Bahati Haiku Club Kenya
hot and fresh from the Bamboocha haiku kitchen!
a man on the roof
fixing the tv antena for clear vision--
world cup
Raymond Otieno
cellphones on ears
hullo are you coming one match
is about to start
Raymond Otieno
two teachers betting
on Brazil and Australia match
fifty shillings
Raymond Otieno
Patrick Sensei
gives his fifty shillings in bet
his team loses
Raymond Otieno
food grows cold on tables
Raymond is not eating as
his eyes are stuck on tv.
Raymond Otieno
pensive wives at home--
husbands away watching football
world cup in Kenya
Catherine Njeri
Croatia is defeated--
Zachariah is jubilant
i won the bet
Catherine Njeri
World Cup again--
Brazilian supporters in rapturous joy
the trophy is ours
Samson Onyango
happy faces
all over the world
watching matches
Nicholas Kasyoki
sleepless nights
watching football matches
on big screens
Maximilla Kasandi
happy Ghanians--
scoring many goals in
sweet cool Germany
Maximilla Kasandi
all eyes on screen
ears on radios
expecting winners
Lameck Odhiambo
happy football fans
keenly watching screens--
world cup again
Kennedy Odhiambo
people congested in bars
watching and hearing world cup
shouts of goal...goal
Anne Kanini
goal...goal everywhere
as Ronaldo scores the goal
World Cup in Germany
David Wandera
teams gather
Ronaldihno scores one goal
kenyans cheer
anonymous
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/kenyasaijiki/message/151?l=1
... ... ...
July 5, 2006
Here in Kenya, the World Cup has taken a tragic turn.
A boy was killed in Kisumu over Brazil's defeat by France.
Brazil loses to France--
a Brazilian fan is killed
in Kisumu
Patrick Wafula, Kenya.
... ... ...
World Cup 2010
World Cup--
they drum the mabati walls
celebrating Ghana
*Mabati is a Swahili word for corrugated iron sheets.
Caleb Mutua, Kenya
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Latin America
Futbol is the most popular sport in Latin America.
Huge amount of teams, millions and millions of devoted fans. Sport pages in newspapers are mainly about futbol. The best futbol players are real "celebrities"
The activity is very intense as much as in Europe or Africa.
9 of the 18 World Cups held up until now, were won by South America's national teams (Brazil five times, Argentina twice and Uruguay twice). When this edition of the World Cup comes to an end, Europe will have also 9 won.
L Am soccer has given the world great players, such as Pele and Maradona to mention the most well known. My country in particular won the first World Cup played in the year 1930 and also the one in 1950 (against Brazil in Maracana).
Carlos Fleitas, June 2006
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Romania
-football season starts (Russia&Scandinavia)
kigo for (early) spring
-football season starts (most of the rest of the world)
kigo for early autumn
-end of football season (Russia&Scandinavia)
kigo for early winter
-end of football season (rest of the world)
kigo for late spring/early summer
(actually, for us in Romania, the week after the end of the last league matches is very interesting: you see people gradually shifting their conversation topics from "important matters" to planning their summer vacation)
-Euro Cups start
kigo for autumn
(actually for smaller countries they start much earlier; but mid-September is when they start in earnest and media attention turns to them)
-Euro Cup finals
kigo for late spring
-Intertoto Cup
summer kigo
(I discovered I have a soft spot for the Intertoto Cup; it has a sort of "wabi" to it; it involves small, lower-budget clubs who generally know they're never going to be champions of their country and who sacrifice their summer breaks in pursuit of a very ellusive dream: out of 100 or so teams starting this year, only 3 will get the questionable prize of being allowed to contest the UEFA Cup from September onwards.
It involves smaller communities getting excited about their team playing "in Europe" and hosting another team they previously never heard of. In the admittedly too money-driven world of today's football, it has a flavour of gratuitousness about it).
Cristian Mocanu
a haijin whose grandfather was afootball/soccer club president!
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Trinidad & Tobago
returning football team
a cheer rises
fireworks
Loot at it here !
World Cup 2006 ! Haiga
we celebrate
in T and T
flamboyant in full bloom
http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4379/2137/1600/We-celebrate.jpg
World Cup Soca Warriors Return
returning football team
a cheer rises
fireworks
http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4379/2137/1600/02-World-Cup-2006.jpg
Gillena Cox, 2006
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Things found on the way
. Soccer World Cup Daruma
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HAIKU
an autumn haiku
first match
of the season
we follow the moon
paul conneally
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the world cup game
is still scoreless---
summer solstice
Fred Masarani, June 2006
http://hbfm.blogspot.com/
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Mahiri misses
his pre-mock exams--
angry Principals
Macharia misses
Bahati board meeting--
complains
form four
students dozing in class--
angry teachers
jammed video
shows in Soweto--
cheers and boos
Partrick Wafula, Kenya, 2006
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end of the game
Ronaldo cries like a baby
on Zizou's shoulder
Carlos Fleitas, June 2006 (World Cup in Germany)
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game over --
all become Italians
hooting with joy
France plays Brazil --
only the swifts are heard in
Brussels streets
Isabelle Prondzynski, July, 2006
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***** Winter Sports as Winter Kigo
ragubii ラグビー rugby
kigo for late winter
sukii スキー skiing, ski
sujiijoo スキー場(すきーじょう)ski resort
sukii ressha スキー列車(すきーれっしゃ)train transporting people with ski
sukii yado スキー宿(すきーやど)lodging for skiers
sukiiyaa 、スキーヤー skier
sukii boo スキー帽(すきーぼう)hat/cap for a skier
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kigo words taken from the German language
gerende ゲレンデ Gelände, (skiing) slope
shantse シャンツェ Schanze, ski jump
shupuuru シュプール Spur, ski tracks, trail with one's skis
kigo for early spring
haru sukii 春スキー (はるすきー) skiing in spring
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kigo for late winter
sukeeto スケート skating, ice skating, Eislaufen
koorisuberi 氷滑(こおりすべり)
sukeeto joo スケート場(すけーとじょう)ring for skating
..... スケートリンク sukeeto rinku
sukeetaa スケーター , skaker, ice skater
aisu hokkee アイスホッケー ice hockey
bobusuree ボブスレー bob sley
riyuuju リュージュluge, toboggan
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kigo for late winter
kangeiko 寒稽古 (かんげいこ) practising (sports) in the cold
..... kanzarai 寒復習 (かんざらい), kanzarae 寒ざらえ(かんざらえ), kannarai 寒習(かんならい)
kangoe 寒声 (かんごえ ) shouting loud (during winter practise in the cold)
kandori 寒取 (かんどり) practising sumo in the cold
..... kanzumoo 寒相撲(かんずもう)
..... kanzumoo 寒角力(かんずもう)
kanchuu suiei 寒中水泳 (かんちゅうすいえい) swimming in the cold season
..... kansui 寒泳(かんえい), kan oyogi 寒泳ぎ(かんおよぎ)
kanbiki 寒弾 (かんびき) practising shamisen in the cold
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-Compiled by Larry Bole:
スケートの真顔なしつゝたのしけれ
sukeeto no magao nashitsutsu tanoshikere
So serious
The face of the skaters,
Yet so enjoyable!
--Yamaguchi Seishi, (1931) Tr. Blyth
スケートの 紐むすぶ間もはやりつつ
sukeeto no himo musubu ma mo hayari tsutsu
Even in the time
it takes to tie on ice-skates,
the heart beats faster.
--Seishi (1932)
Tr. Takashi Kodaira and Alfred H. Marks
Comment by Seishi:
The skating rink on top of the Asahi Building, near the Sumitomo Building. Since I had become expert at skating with 'geta' skates when I was in elementary school, I was able to master the use of shoeskates quickly. My heart would pound even as I tied the laces of the skates.
'Other points of interest':
the so-called 'geta'-skate has a single blade in place of the two usual "teeth" under the 'geta', and slipped onto the feet like thongs.
learning to skate
I was Hans Brinker
until I fell
--Larry Bole
quote
Hans Brinker, or The Silver Skates
(full title: Hans Brinker; or,
the Silver Skates: A Story of Life in Holland)
Hans Brinker tying on his sister Gretel's ice skates
The novel takes place in the Netherlands, and is a colorful fictional portrait of early nineteenth-century Dutch life, as well as a tale of youthful honor.
© More in the WIKIPEDIA !
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Hedgehog Igel
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Hedgehog (Igel)
***** Location: Germany, Europa
***** Season: Autumn
***** Category: Animal
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Explanation
Herbst / Autumn
German Saijiki : Igel (hedgehog)
hedgehog coming out after hibernation
kigo for spring
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A hedgehog is any of the spiny mammals of the subfamily Erinaceinae and the order Erinaceomorpha. There are 17 species of hedgehog in five genera, found through parts of Europe, Asia, Africa, and New Zealand. There are no hedgehogs native to Australia, and no living species native to North America; those in New Zealand are introduced. Hedgehogs have changed little over the last 15 million years.
Like many of the first mammals they have adapted to a nocturnal, insectivorous way of life. The name 'hedgehog' came into use around the year 1450, derived from the Middle English 'heyghoge', from 'heyg', 'hegge' = hedge, because it frequents hedgerows, and 'hoge', 'hogge' = hog, from its piglike snout. Other folk names include 'urchin', 'hedgepig' and 'furze-pig'.
Hedgehogs are a powerful form of pest control. A single hedgehog can keep an average garden free of pests by eating up to 200 grams of insects each night.
© More in the WIKIPEDIA !
Stacheligel (Erinaceinae)
Nördlicher Weißbrustigel (Erinaceus roumanicus)
Braunbrustigel (Erinaceus europaeus)
stachellose Ratten- oder Haarigel (Galericinae)
Die Igel in kühleren Regionen halten einen Winterschlaf.
© More in the German WIKIPEDIA !
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Mecki, the famous Hedgehog Story
Mecki und seine Abenteuer
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Japan
harinezumi はりねずみ【針鼠】 "rat with needles"
topic for all seasons
I have not seen any in my rural life here in Western Japan.
Gabi Greve
愛のない人は寂しいはりねずみ
koi no nai hito wa sabishii hari nezumi
a man without love
is such a lonely thing ...
hedgehogs
Ichiba san いちば さん
Ichiba San
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Things found on the way
source : rakuten.co.jp/ceramicplaza/
from Setoyaki 瀬戸焼
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HAIKU
Gartenidylle –
zwei Igel schnuffeln
im Abendrot
Astrid Abendrot
Oktober 2002
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Igel, du bist schuld -
auch wenn du noch so tot bist.
Ich hatte Vorfahrt.
Rüdiger Jung: Windsaat, 2003
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dreaming of spring / HAIGA
Painting by Kerry Hartjen
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Hedgehog (Igel)
***** Location: Germany, Europa
***** Season: Autumn
***** Category: Animal
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Explanation
Herbst / Autumn
German Saijiki : Igel (hedgehog)
hedgehog coming out after hibernation
kigo for spring
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A hedgehog is any of the spiny mammals of the subfamily Erinaceinae and the order Erinaceomorpha. There are 17 species of hedgehog in five genera, found through parts of Europe, Asia, Africa, and New Zealand. There are no hedgehogs native to Australia, and no living species native to North America; those in New Zealand are introduced. Hedgehogs have changed little over the last 15 million years.
Like many of the first mammals they have adapted to a nocturnal, insectivorous way of life. The name 'hedgehog' came into use around the year 1450, derived from the Middle English 'heyghoge', from 'heyg', 'hegge' = hedge, because it frequents hedgerows, and 'hoge', 'hogge' = hog, from its piglike snout. Other folk names include 'urchin', 'hedgepig' and 'furze-pig'.
Hedgehogs are a powerful form of pest control. A single hedgehog can keep an average garden free of pests by eating up to 200 grams of insects each night.
© More in the WIKIPEDIA !
Stacheligel (Erinaceinae)
Nördlicher Weißbrustigel (Erinaceus roumanicus)
Braunbrustigel (Erinaceus europaeus)
stachellose Ratten- oder Haarigel (Galericinae)
Die Igel in kühleren Regionen halten einen Winterschlaf.
© More in the German WIKIPEDIA !
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Mecki, the famous Hedgehog Story
Mecki und seine Abenteuer
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Worldwide use
Japan
harinezumi はりねずみ【針鼠】 "rat with needles"
topic for all seasons
I have not seen any in my rural life here in Western Japan.
Gabi Greve
愛のない人は寂しいはりねずみ
koi no nai hito wa sabishii hari nezumi
a man without love
is such a lonely thing ...
hedgehogs
Ichiba san いちば さん
Ichiba San
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Things found on the way
source : rakuten.co.jp/ceramicplaza/
from Setoyaki 瀬戸焼
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HAIKU
Gartenidylle –
zwei Igel schnuffeln
im Abendrot
Astrid Abendrot
Oktober 2002
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Igel, du bist schuld -
auch wenn du noch so tot bist.
Ich hatte Vorfahrt.
Rüdiger Jung: Windsaat, 2003
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dreaming of spring / HAIGA
Painting by Kerry Hartjen
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Gentle breeze
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Linde Lüfte -
gentle breeze, soft breeze,
***** Location: Germany
***** Season: All Spring
***** Category: Heaven
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Explanation
The "Linde Lüfte" kigo refers to Uhland's famous spring poem, and is therefore a kigo that's accessible as a specific spring kigo only with some knowledge of literature. There are not many kigo in Western culture that with their surface meaning could refer to any season, but actually — like "the moon" in Japans haiku tradition, that is unquestionably always the "harvest moon" — refer only to one specific season (cultural evocation).
"Silent night" would be another one.
Horst Ludwig, USA
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Linde Lüfte
Die linden Lüfte sind erwacht
Sie säuseln und weben Tag und Nacht
Sie schaffen an allen Enden.
O frischer Duft, o neuer Klang!
Nun armes Herze sei nicht bang!
Nun muß sich alles, alles wenden!
Die Welt wird schöner mit jedem Tag,
Man weiß nicht,was noch werden mag,
Das Blühen will nicht enden.
Es blüht das fernste, tiefste Tal:
Nun, armes Herz, vergiß der Qual!
Nun muß sich alles, alles wenden!
Ludwig Uhland
Faith in Spring
Translation by Hyde Flippo
The gentle winds are awakened,
They murmur and waft day and night,
They create in every corner.
Oh fresh scent, oh new sound!
Now, poor dear, fear not!
Now everything, everything must change.
The world becomes more beautiful with each day,
One does not know what may yet happen,
The blooming doesn't want to end.
The farthest, deepest valley blooms:
Now, poor dear, forget the pain!
Now everything, everything must change.
©2006 About, Inc.,
http://german.about.com/library/blfruehling.htm
© Photo Gabi Greve, 2006
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HAIKU
Radausflug zum Mai.
Linde Lüfte fangen sich
in dünner Bluse.
cycling into May --
a thin blouse catches
the gentle breeze
(Tr. Isabelle Prondzynski)
Horst Ludwig, USA
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***** Spring breeze (harukaze) Japan
. Wind in various kigo (kaze) .
. WKD : The Season of Spring .
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Linde Lüfte -
gentle breeze, soft breeze,
***** Location: Germany
***** Season: All Spring
***** Category: Heaven
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Explanation
The "Linde Lüfte" kigo refers to Uhland's famous spring poem, and is therefore a kigo that's accessible as a specific spring kigo only with some knowledge of literature. There are not many kigo in Western culture that with their surface meaning could refer to any season, but actually — like "the moon" in Japans haiku tradition, that is unquestionably always the "harvest moon" — refer only to one specific season (cultural evocation).
"Silent night" would be another one.
Horst Ludwig, USA
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Linde Lüfte
Die linden Lüfte sind erwacht
Sie säuseln und weben Tag und Nacht
Sie schaffen an allen Enden.
O frischer Duft, o neuer Klang!
Nun armes Herze sei nicht bang!
Nun muß sich alles, alles wenden!
Die Welt wird schöner mit jedem Tag,
Man weiß nicht,was noch werden mag,
Das Blühen will nicht enden.
Es blüht das fernste, tiefste Tal:
Nun, armes Herz, vergiß der Qual!
Nun muß sich alles, alles wenden!
Ludwig Uhland
Faith in Spring
Translation by Hyde Flippo
The gentle winds are awakened,
They murmur and waft day and night,
They create in every corner.
Oh fresh scent, oh new sound!
Now, poor dear, fear not!
Now everything, everything must change.
The world becomes more beautiful with each day,
One does not know what may yet happen,
The blooming doesn't want to end.
The farthest, deepest valley blooms:
Now, poor dear, forget the pain!
Now everything, everything must change.
©2006 About, Inc.,
http://german.about.com/library/blfruehling.htm
© Photo Gabi Greve, 2006
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Worldwide use
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Things found on the way
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HAIKU
Radausflug zum Mai.
Linde Lüfte fangen sich
in dünner Bluse.
cycling into May --
a thin blouse catches
the gentle breeze
(Tr. Isabelle Prondzynski)
Horst Ludwig, USA
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Related words
***** Spring breeze (harukaze) Japan
. Wind in various kigo (kaze) .
. WKD : The Season of Spring .
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