Haiku Day

According to a friend, and (after a little bit of Googling) according to the Japanese version of Wikipedia, today (August 19th) is Haiku Day, or 俳句の日.

I had no idea there was a day for celebrating haiku, and there doesn’t seem to be much information about it at all in English anywhere on the web. But I’ve had one brewing for a while now, so here goes…

☆★☆

taiko resonate

familiar, powerful,

Japan’s beating heart

☆★☆

August 19, 2008
Categories: japan, language, music . Tags: , , , . Author: Haikugirl

2 Comments

  1. Comment by saltie on August 20, 2008 1:41 pm

    Wow! I’m really impressed! I sometimes don’t like haiku in English, but oh my, I’m totally wowed!!! Lovely!

    Reply
  2. Comment by Me on August 20, 2008 10:02 pm

    Thank you for your kind comment… :)

    Reply

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