. cleaning the street with a broom like old Jittoku <> typhoon destruction Gabi san after the typhoon August 2, 2004 Read more about Jittoku and his Zen-Friend...
... mind ... the ... xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx The KIGO of this ku is the typhoon ! <> sweeping leaves <> is a KIGO for autumn, meaning the leaves...
cleaning the street with a broom like old Jittoku <> typhoon destruction ... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Darumasan-Japan/message/306 ... the old broom sweeps...
Nowake sugi <> After the Typhoon after the typhoon <> among rain-drenched leaves a butterfly drying its wings nach dem Taifun <> zwischen regen-nassen...
. A friend has touched a topic that I wanted to discuss for some time: <> right now I'm interested in why five and seven became the "required" line length in...
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GokuRakuAn
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Aug 6, 2004 6:22 am
Hiroshima-ki kane ga naru wa naru wa naru wa Hiroshima Memorial Day The bell tolls and tolls and tolls Hiroshima Gedenktag Die Glocke laeutet und laeutet und...
Hi Chibi, read this message http://groups.yahoo.com/group/happyhaiku/message/274 Kireji YA is never used in the last line. Tanjoo-ji is the normally used...
. Don't be content with looking at a rose as beautiful flower. Look at her with Love, so that she enters into your heart and awakens other forces in your heart...
. Richard Jelusich writes: You can see beauty in the world: a butterfly pauses on a leaf, the wild flowers bend and flow in the afternoon breeze, your child...
... xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx raindrops at the tips of pine twigs - sparkling memories Yesterday I went to the temple with the big cedar tree...
- Here is the speach of the mayor of Hiroshima, August 6 2004. http://www.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?nn20040807a2.htm <. Hiroshima mayor again...
. tanjouji ya o hajimemashita hatatagami Hi, Chibi, Line 1 If you count TA-N-JO-O-JI it has already five beats and you can not use YA any more. The long O...
Gijinka (personification or pathetic fallacy) A friend had asked about personification and the use or not-use of it in Haiku. Googeling my way through, I came...
. a bad apple fallen from the tree <> summer sunshine And here is my quizz for you: Is this a personification? :o) Let us not be influenced by a bad apple. ...
I guess all of us who have a garden can sing our loud songs about the weeds. But not all is chores, more of it is joy and pleasure. Here is a great link site...
. Butterflies - Forgot to cool the Wine for tonight Schmetterlinge - fast vergessen, den Wein zu kuehlen Gabi san For the serious student: Butterfly is a kigo...
... cccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccc old plum tree flowering quietly in a remote valley This is my reply. Does the cherry flower ask to be seen and...
Hi friends of the Japanese Language, How to write Japanese sounds with the Alphabet The Hepburn System The Hepburn romanization system (Hebon-shiki) was...
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GokuRakuAn
gokuraku@...
Aug 11, 2004 10:23 am
. a cool breeze from the depth of the universe <> sunset in the valley this is the first cool evening breeze in weeks ! As they say in Japan, on the eighth day...
... romanization ... English ... processor, ... Dear GABI san I think the pseudo-standard is leaning towards the "ou" because the electronic translators are...
... ssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss ... use the IME or equivalent on Microsoft Windows XP it will not give you the proper hiragana if...
... sharing my toothbrush the huge spider grinning ... Have you tried one of those new "Oral-B" brand electric toothbrushes with the spinning head? Give that...
. Bilingual Haiku on eight Chopsticks Here is a store, that sells this item and also sells my favorite Daruma dolls too. It is a German store, though. ...
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gokuraku
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Aug 15, 2004 5:50 am
Dear Friends, Checking about PHOENIX for the Venice Haiku Meeting, I came about a lot of intersting items. Look here ...
. I don't want to get to the end of my life and find that I lived just the length of it. I want to have lived the width of it as well. - <> Diane Ackerman <> ...
For all language learners here is a fun page about learning Japanese http://www.thejapanesepage.com/howtowow/index.php If you know how to whow, the rest comes...