NHK Haiku Masters October 2017

     My haiku made it to the Haiku This Photo section of Haiku Masters gallery.

     Find out who the Haiku Master of the Week is and whose haiku and photo haiku have been selected. Click here. 

NHK Haiku Masters in Biei, Hokkaida

     So honored and humbled that my haiga was aired on Sept. 25 in NHK World Haiku Masters (Biei, Hokkaido, Japan). I enjoyed the spectacular view of Biei as well as the helpful tips on creating your own photo haiku. You can watch the video until Nov. 5 here - https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/vod/haiku_masters/20170926/

     This haiga is already posted on the gallery here.

NHK World Haiku Master of the Week

Haiku Master of the Week1

To watch the video and to read the comment

of Kazuko Nishimura & Kit Pancoast Nagamura, click here.

I copied and pasted the comments here just in case I cannot accept the link in the future. 

Kazuko Nishimura:

Monday mornings often feel quite melancholy. Yet with just the sound of a bird singing, the narrator is filled with positivity and is ready to take on the week ahead. The image of a flower basking in the sunlight pairs wonderfully with the idea of an internal light growing brighter, pushing one towards positivity. This work allows the audience to imagine listening to a songbird while staring at a bright blue sky.

Kit Pancoast Nagamura:

In this haiku, a finch’s song stretches out into the morning air, perhaps erasing the gloom associated with the beginning of a workweek. But the poem’s third line, combined with the photo of an open water lily, shifts gears and moves into a more spiritual realm, one in which the author’s inner light is summoned. A symbol of enlightenment and rebirth, the lily rises above the mud from below and a finch’s voice freely travels the air; both call a poet to work that has little to do with Monday mornings, but more to do with timeless, essential interconnections. Without heavy-handed words or overly-explanatory expressions, this poem achieves depth and resonance.