WHCitalian is a bi-lingual list of Italian and English for encouraging and developing haiku and haiku-related genres in Italian for native Italians living in and out of Italy and for non-native speakers of Italian across the world. It is the second such list after WHCspanish. It is an important attempt at helping non-English and non-Japanese haiku to develop. One estimate says that haiku is now written in over seventy languages and it is more than obvious that we should look into developing haiku in these different languages. It is hoped that WHCitalian will not only inspire many Italian-speaking poets into writing haiku in Italian but also speakers of other languages in the world to get together and enhance the development of haiku in their respective mother tongue.
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With very best wishes,
Susumu Takiguchi Chairman, The World Haiku Club
WHC.takiguchi@susumu.freeserve.co.uk