Month: June 2023

A Feast of the Senses – how many holidays

Haiku and Haiga by Steliana Cristina Voicu, Ploiesti, Romania

boiling tea…
the fragrance of rose hips
in different shades

rain of plum petals
while waiting in line…
the seller
sprinkles sugar
on donuts

wind from the garden
the music
of pink lights

Exploring Seasons Tonight

What will we cover in Exploring Seasons?

We have a lineup of 8 experts in the field of haikai talking about the various aspects of kigo and seasonal words in the field of haiku.

Vidya Venkatramani brings together some of the best rain haiku from the season of the monsoon.

Pravat Kumar Padhy speaks of haiku in tne context of the Indian seasons.

Date – 17 th June 2023, Saturday

Time- 8.30 pm IST on Zoom

To register you can use the QR code on the poster or click on this link which will take you to a simple registration form.

https://forms.gle/nAdnYaRzVxHhEtmK8

Please do join us on the unique evening.

Exploring Seasons – Coming Tomorrow

What will we cover in Exploring Seasons?

We have a lineup of 8 experts in the field of haikai talking about the various aspects of kigo and seasonal words in the field of haiku.

Dr Brijesh Raj brings you some sparkling winter haiku and some with a story behind them.

Sandra Martyres reads some ripe summer haiku and the story of one day in which she experienced all four seasons.

These are two more of the speakers. More details will be revealed tomorrow.

Date – 17 th June 2023, Saturday

Time- 8.30 pm IST on Zoom

To register you can use the QR code on the poster or click on this link which will take you to a simple registration form.

https://forms.gle/nAdnYaRzVxHhEtmK8

Please do join us on the unique evening.

Exploring Seasons – coming soon

What will we cover in Exploring Seasons?

We have a lineup of 8 experts in the field of haikai talking about the various aspects of kigo and seasonal words in the field of haiku.

Rohini Gupta talks of the problems of determining the seasons when working online over continents, and the Indian calendar which has six seasons rather than four.

K Ramesh speaks of human interaction with nature and how haiku and awareness of the seasons can become a way of life.

These are two more of the speakers. More details will be revealed tomorrow.

Date – 17 th June 2023, Saturday

Time- 8.30 pm IST on Zoom

To register you can use the QR code on the poster or click on this link which will take you to a simple registration form.

https://forms.gle/nAdnYaRzVxHhEtmK8

Please do join us on the unique evening.

Exploring Seasons – coming soon

What will we cover in Exploring Seasons?

We have a lineup of 8 experts in the field of haikai talking about the various aspects of kigo and seasonal words in the field of haiku.

Raamesh Gowri Raghavan explains what is kigo, how it was traditionally used, moon viewing as it used to be and a whole lot more.

Geethanjali Rajan tells us what is a Saijiki and how a word becomes a kigo, the 72 microseasons, the cycles of nature through the year and more.

These are just two of the speakers. More details will be revealed tomorrow.

Date – 17 th June 2023, Saturday

Time- 8.30 pm IST on Zoom

To register you can use the QR code on the poster or click on this link which will take you to a simple registration form.

https://forms.gle/nAdnYaRzVxHhEtmK8

Please do join us on the unique evening.

Exploring Seasons

You are all invited to this special session, a panel discussion covering the topic of seasons and kigo and their use in haiku. Cafe Haiku hopes to have more Deep Dive panel discussions in the future. As a run up to the session on Saturday, we will reveal some of the speakers and topics every day.

Date – 17 th June 2023, Saturday

Time- 8.30 pm IST on Zoom

To register you can use the QR code on the poster or click on this link which will take you to a simple registration form.

https://forms.gle/nAdnYaRzVxHhEtmK8

Please do join us on the unique evening.

See you there.

A Feast of the Senses – abandoned village

Submissions for A Feast of the Senses series are still open and the deadline has been extended till 20 June 2023. Send us your finest.

Check the submission guidelines HERE

Haiga by Lavana Kray

A Feast of the Senses – empty bottle

Submissions for A Feast of the Senses series are still open and the deadline has been extended till 20 June 2023. Send us your finest.

Check the submission guidelines HERE

Haiku by Vuong Pham, Australia

empty bottle
the ocean wind fills it
with a tune