tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16560031242926567352009-10-13T23:15:31.639-07:00World Haiku Festival - India 2008<BR>
9th World Haiku Festival - India 2008
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February 23 to 25, 2008 Bangalore
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World Haiku Club, Susumu Takiguchi
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WHC India, Kala Ramesh
<BR><BR>WHF India 2008http://www.blogger.com/profile/08044924441502900362noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1656003124292656735.post-68887319103024557292008-12-30T16:52:00.000-08:002008-03-09T22:04:25.701-07:00Welcome ! Namaste !<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_0X9cmmIqAvU/RyAGMlllNMI/AAAAAAAAAAM/C3wo_qD7-K4/s1600-h/zzz+whf2008.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5125103189265560770" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_0X9cmmIqAvU/RyAGMlllNMI/AAAAAAAAAAM/C3wo_qD7-K4/s400/zzz+whf2008.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">vast is the ocean of sacred words<br />which enlightens the universe<br />with divine vision</span><br /><br />Rigveda 1.3.12<br /><br />:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><strong><span style="color:#ff0000;"><span style="font-size:180%;">Ananda</span> </span></strong></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><strong><span style="color:#ff0000;">the joy of haiku</span></strong><br /></span><br /><br />We have a three-day festival on 23rd - 25th of February 2008 at<br />H H Sri Sri Ravi Shankarji's <a href="http://artofliving.org/"><strong>The Art Of Living Ashram</strong> </a>at Bangalore, the Garden city of India.<br /><br />:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::<br /><br /><br />India, a land of cultural and deep-rooted traditions has known haiku from the time of Sri. Rabindranath Tagore. Unfortunately, it is now relatively unknown as a practicing form of poetry and children in schools and colleges hardly know the existence of this nature / season's poetry! One of the aims of holding this World Haiku Festival in India is to create an opportunity to get to know the poets of the world and to build awareness for this ancient form of poetry in our country.<br /><br />We are expecting that a festival of this kind would stir-up a lot of interest both in the minds of Japanese haiku poets as well as haiku poets world over for haiku is deeply entrenched in the `present moment' riding on the lines of Zen which as you all know, has its roots in Buddhism, which traces its roots to Vedanta.<br /><br />February is a good time to be in India, the weather would be most congenial and pleasant. Aditya the Sun God, would be his most friendly self!<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">In haiku friendship,</span><br /><br />Kala Ramesh<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Director, WHFindia 08</span><br /><br /><a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/worldhaikufestival2008/message/3">CONTACT ! </a><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://blog.360.yahoo.com/blog-BfzpZ0EmdLRDdKKhEty08iA-?cq=1&p=207"><span style="font-size:130%;">Program of the meeting </span></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://community.webshots.com/user/IndiaSaijiki">! WHF PHOTO ALBUM ! </a><br /><br /><br />:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1656003124292656735-6888731910302455729?l=worldhaikufestival2008.blogspot.com'/></div>Gabi Grevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16362456518166174106noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1656003124292656735.post-4908531532298269342008-12-20T23:08:00.000-08:002008-03-17T17:38:12.999-07:00Participation closed !<strong><span style="font-size:130%;">Online Participation Closed!</span></strong><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><br />The meeting is over now.<br />Thank you all for participating in our Online activities.</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::<br /><br /><br />The season in Bangalore will already be SPRING.<br /><a href="http://indiasaijikiworlkhaiku.blogspot.com/">Check our Indian kigo for Vasant（Basant) </a>!<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://images.google.co.jp/images?hl=en&q=bangalore%20india&oe=UTF-8&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wi"><img style="CURSOR: hand" alt="CLICK for more photos !" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_0X9cmmIqAvU/RyfNn6wzFzI/AAAAAAAAABk/u2JGouMH6gc/s200/bangalore.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><strong>Take a virtual trip to </strong><br /><a href="http://www.google.co.jp/search?hl=en&q=bangalore+india">Bangalore / India </a><br /><br /><br /><strong>ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo</strong><br /><br /><br /><br />The <a href="http://community.webshots.com/user/IndiaSaijiki">WHF PHOTO ALBUM !</a><br /><br /><br /><br />Here are four photo albums from <a href="http://indiasaijikiworlkhaiku.blogspot.com/">Gabi Greve (India Saijiki) </a>about a trip to India in 1978. They are a bit orange-old, but that might enhance the joy of writing haiku for them.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/grevegabi4000/sets/72157600448118867/"><img style="CURSOR: hand" alt="CLICK for the Kashmir Album !" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_0X9cmmIqAvU/RyGX_lllNUI/AAAAAAAAABc/cqJQRVrTvsM/s200/kashmir.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/grevegabi4000/sets/72157600448118867/">Kashmir </a><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/grevegabi4000/sets/72157600562336554/">Himalayas, Tibetan Opera </a><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/grevegabi4000/sets/72157600562740279/">Benares/Varanasi and Kajuraho </a><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/grevegabi4000/sets/72157600561992088/">Nepal </a><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://worldhaikufestival2008.blogspot.com/2008/02/countdown.html"><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">Read the COUNTDOWN<br />February 01 till 22 ! </span></strong></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><strong>:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::<br /></strong><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ff0000;"><strong><span style="font-size:180%;">Your Contributions</span><br /></strong></span><br /><br />To wish all well for the World Haiku Festival 2008 here are some poems from children at <strong>Roundhill School in Charnwood UK</strong>. They are their first haiku and come from a walk in the school grounds.<br /><br />All the best and much love to all,<br />Paul Conneally, UK<br /><br /><strong>Poems From Roundhill High School Children<br /></strong><a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/worldhaikufestival2008/message/366">Children's Haiku to WHF 2008 </a><br /><br /><span style="color:#ffffff;">Ninth World Haiku Festival<br /></span>:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1656003124292656735-490853153229826934?l=worldhaikufestival2008.blogspot.com'/></div>WHF India 2008http://www.blogger.com/profile/08044924441502900362noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1656003124292656735.post-38136010214908943622008-02-25T23:38:00.000-08:002008-05-21T00:36:22.029-07:00The Meeting:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://blog.360.yahoo.com/blog-BfzpZ0EmdLRDdKKhEty08iA-?cq=1&p=207">PROGRAMM of the meeting </a><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://members.aon.at/bregen/chrysantenum/chrys3/Chrysanthemum3.pdf">Report by Kala Ramesh</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Chrysanthemum Magazine</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">The proceedings of the meeting are </span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">published here: </span></strong><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://worldhaikureview.googlepages.com/home">WORLD HAIKU REVIEW - Volume 6, March 2008</a><br /><br /><br />:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::<br /><br /><strong>Report on World Haiku Festival 2008</strong><br /><br />A festival is about interaction— about similarities and differences, new ideas, contrasting views. Imparting, absorbing, forming opinions and breaking prejudices! It’s about agreement and also argument but most importantly it’s about people who have cared to come together in full spirit and enthusiasm … with each individual making it a richer and a more varied experience for all of us!<br /><br />The 9th World Haiku Festival was the first of its kind in India, and the first for most of us haiku poets to meet and exchange and collaborate in such a grand manner. This festival would certainly have a great significance and impact on the Indian haiku scene, as this is a new form of expression that India is waking up to.<br /><br />Read the full text here<br /><a href="http://www.museindia.com/showcurrent8.asp?id=942"> © muse india / Kala Ramesh</a><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><strong>Keynote Address at WHF 2008</strong><br /></span><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_AdeUgwXpSAM/SBmBbrUMb4I/AAAAAAAAHD4/AXvqLxNJf98/s1600-h/museindia.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5195325957632454530" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_AdeUgwXpSAM/SBmBbrUMb4I/AAAAAAAAHD4/AXvqLxNJf98/s400/museindia.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />This year, 2008, marks the 314th anniversary of the death of Basho. Since his birth, indeed, as many as 364 years have passed. If we take Arakida Moritake (1473-1549), the renowned haikai-no-renga master, it is 535 years since his birth. Compared with this long history of haikai, the world haiku as I understand it is only about 20 or 30 years old in a loose sense, and only 10 years old in the strict sense. Haiku was first introduced outside Japan earlier, about 100 years ago, but then it could hardly be called world haiku. What can be called as American haiku has a history of mere 50 years or so.<br /><br />So, what is the world haiku scene today?<br />Until about 1900 haiku was a complete preserve of Japan, quite unheard of in the rest of the world. It is well-known that around that time the genre started to trickle out at the hands of pioneering introducers of Japanese culture, mainly to the West. However, it was only after the WWII, especially in the 1960s, that haiku began to be flowing out of Japan like streams, largely through North America.<br /><br /><strong>Read more HERE</strong><br /><a href="http://www.museindia.com/showcurrent8.asp?id=946"> © muse india / Susumu Takiguchi </a><br /><br /><br />:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::<br /><br /><br /><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">The Ninth World Haiku Festival</span></strong><br /><br />Some Notes by .. <a href="http://poetrywriting.org/Sketchbook3-2Feb08/Sketchbook_3-2_February_2008_Global_Correspondent_Aju_Mukhopadhyay.htm">Aju Mukhopadhyay </a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Sketchbook, February 2008<br /></span><br /><br />:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1656003124292656735-3813601021490894362?l=worldhaikufestival2008.blogspot.com'/></div>Gabi Grevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16362456518166174106noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1656003124292656735.post-47301326501732275912008-02-23T23:09:00.000-08:002008-03-09T17:54:08.946-07:00Yogini Gandhi:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ff0000;"><strong>Yogini Gandhi Performance</strong></span><br /><br /><a href="http://www.desizip.com/asp/D_e_eventsdesc.asp?events_id=6512"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5172667207867088402" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_AdeUgwXpSAM/R8kBa2o6vhI/AAAAAAAAGb0/zbNHZP6hVbE/s400/gandhiyogini.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">INDIA , 8-February-2008 </span><br /><br />Kathak & Odissi exponent Yogini Gandhi and troupe will perform at the <strong>WORLD HAIKU FESTIVAL</strong>. The concert will feature both Kathak & Odissi dance pieces based on nature, an integral element of Haiku poetry.<br /><br />At: Art of Living International Centre, Kanakpura Rd, Bangalore, 7pm.<br /><a href="http://www.desizip.com/asp/D_e_eventsdesc.asp?events_id=6512"><span style="font-size:85%;"> © Desizip</span></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.yoginigandhi.com/index.htm">http://www.yoginigandhi.com/index.htm</a><br /><br /><br />:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_AdeUgwXpSAM/R8yr_5Y877I/AAAAAAAAGfg/1uFLqbrIoeM/s1600-h/ananayogini.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5173699186167443378" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_AdeUgwXpSAM/R8yr_5Y877I/AAAAAAAAGfg/1uFLqbrIoeM/s400/ananayogini.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><img src="http://web.mac.com/vjyoti/ananda-haiku/first_evening_files/DSC02165.jpg" /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://web.mac.com/vjyoti/ananda-haiku/poses.html"><img src="http://web.mac.com/vjyoti/ananda-haiku/poses_files/DSC02211.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><strong>Look at more photos from </strong><br /><a href="http://web.mac.com/vjyoti/ananda-haiku/first_evening.html">© Dr. Vidur Jyoti </a><br /><br /><a href="http://web.mac.com/vjyoti/ananda-haiku/first_evening.html" _extended="true">first evening </a><br /><a href="http://web.mac.com/vjyoti/ananda-haiku/expressions.html" _extended="true">expressions </a><br /><a href="http://www2.blogger.com/" _extended="true">poses </a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">a bit of moonshine<br />and bagful of memories<br />the festival<br /></span><br /><br /><strong>Read the Haiku by<br /></strong><a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/worldhaikufestival2008/message/391">Dr.Vidur Jyoti</a><br /><br /><br />:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1656003124292656735-4730132650173227591?l=worldhaikufestival2008.blogspot.com'/></div>Gabi Grevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16362456518166174106noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1656003124292656735.post-46717194090043696862008-02-23T21:12:00.000-08:002008-03-09T17:54:17.829-07:00Johannes Manjrekar<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_AdeUgwXpSAM/R9Igk0kyPzI/AAAAAAAAGjY/Z771shuATS0/s1600-h/johanneslake.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5175234738762432306" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_AdeUgwXpSAM/R9Igk0kyPzI/AAAAAAAAGjY/Z771shuATS0/s400/johanneslake.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />The lake where we had our morning gingko walk.<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://ph.groups.yahoo.com/group/worldhaikufestival2008/photos/browse/bc48">Photo Album of Johannes</a><br /><br /><br />:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1656003124292656735-4671719409004369686?l=worldhaikufestival2008.blogspot.com'/></div>Gabi Grevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16362456518166174106noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1656003124292656735.post-501606121826070202008-02-20T18:19:00.000-08:002008-03-16T17:43:45.087-07:00INDIA SAIJIKI<strong><span style="font-size:130%;">My Road to India</span></strong><br /><br /><em>Keylong, Himalayas 1979</em><br /><br />:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/worldhaikufestival2008/message/5"><img style="WIDTH: 430px; HEIGHT: 297px" height="327" alt=" " src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1041/667531665_90c89a84d2.jpg?v=0" width="400" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#993300;"><strong>my road to India -<br />hoping for sunshine<br />at the other side</strong></span><br /><br /><br /><br /><a title="Photo Sharing" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/grevegabi4000/668291840/"><img height="239" alt="donkey caravan" src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1083/668291840_702a2838a2.jpg" width="400" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Many good things have happened since I started collecting kigo and getting the <strong>INDIA SAIJIKI</strong> under way. Later the WHCindia forum was established for communication too and now the great meeting of worldwide haiku poets in India will take place!<br />Quite a lot in such a short time!<br /><br />A great big THANK YOU to all who helped to make this happen !<br /><br />With the establishment of the <strong>INDIA SAIJIKI</strong> you haiku poets from India have shown poets of other areas of the world that it is well possible to continue the Japanese tradition in a different cultural background and still keep its essence, KIGO, well alive. <br />BRAVO for your efforts !<br />BRAVO, dear Kala !<br /><br /><br />I hope the meeting will give you time to discuss the establishment and collection of more kigo for India further with Susumu Takiguchi sensei himself! I am looking forward to reading your haiku from the meeting!<br /><br />I am sorry I can not be with you all, but I will think of you every day!<br /><br /><br />Enjoy the meeting, enjoy your company and make the best of each day!<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">May your Haiku Life glow and grow !</span><br /><br />Gabi Greve, Okayama, Japan<br /><br /><br /><br /><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">THE INDIA SAIJIKI !</span></strong><br /><br /><a href="http://indiasaijikiworlkhaiku.blogspot.com/">http://indiasaijikiworlkhaiku.blogspot.com/</a><br /><br /><br />:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1656003124292656735-50160612182607020?l=worldhaikufestival2008.blogspot.com'/></div>Gabi Grevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16362456518166174106noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1656003124292656735.post-70283327795761846312008-02-01T16:52:00.000-08:002008-03-09T17:54:41.341-07:00COUNTDOWN:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:180%;color:#ff0000;"><strong><span style="color:#ffffff;">. . . .</span> COUNTDOWN </strong></span><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.geocities.com/worldkigo/anandafinal.pdf">COUNTDOWN till February 22, 2008 </a><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">PDF file with all contributions from the WHF Forum.</span><br /><br /><a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/worldhaikufestival2008/links/COUNTDOWN_001202095586/">Use this LINK for indivitual days ! </a><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/worldhaikufestival2008/links/Russian_Contributions_001202605034/">COUNTDOWN : Contributions in Russian </a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><table style="BORDER-RIGHT: white 0pt outset; BORDER-TOP: white 0pt outset; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; BORDER-LEFT: white 0pt outset; WIDTH: 405px; BORDER-BOTTOM: white 0pt outset; mso-padding-alt: 3.0pt 3.0pt 3.0pt 3.0pt; mso-cellspacing: 0mm" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="460" border="1"><tbody><tr><td style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 0.75pt inset; PADDING-RIGHT: 3pt; BORDER-TOP: black 0.75pt inset; PADDING-LEFT: 3pt; BACKGROUND: #fcd592; PADDING-BOTTOM: 3pt; BORDER-LEFT: black 0.75pt inset; WIDTH: 100%; PADDING-TOP: 3pt; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 0.75pt inset" width="100%"> <center><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/grevegabi4000/667305263/in/set-72157600561992088/"><img height="282" src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1363/667305263_beae1536da.jpg" width="394" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#660000;"><strong>heavy snowfall -<br />the beach of Goa<br />in my dream</strong></span><br /><br /><br /><br /></center></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">Photo : Gabi Greve, Anjuna Beach, Goa 1979 / </span><span style="font-size:100%;">February 10, 2008 </span><br /><br /><br /><br />:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::<br /><br /><br /><strong>Check out other possibilities to contribute to the Festival !</strong><br /><a href="http://worldhaikufestival2008.blogspot.com/2007/10/participate.html">Participate at the WHF India Online Activities !</a><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://worldhaikufestival2008.blogspot.com/search/label/message">Your messages are HERE !</a><br /><br /><br /><strong>:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::<br />:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::</strong><br /><br /><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">COUNTDOWN February 10</span></strong><br /><br />from SPRITE, UK<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_AdeUgwXpSAM/R653N_Y6m6I/AAAAAAAAGOI/0ge66hLPE6s/s1600-h/sprite01.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5165196904878480290" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_AdeUgwXpSAM/R653N_Y6m6I/AAAAAAAAGOI/0ge66hLPE6s/s400/sprite01.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_AdeUgwXpSAM/R653RPY6m7I/AAAAAAAAGOQ/Zbpw1oXrucs/s1600-h/sprite02.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5165196960713055154" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_AdeUgwXpSAM/R653RPY6m7I/AAAAAAAAGOQ/Zbpw1oXrucs/s400/sprite02.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::<br /><br /><br /><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">COUNTDOWN February 17</span></strong><br /><br /><br /><table style="BORDER-RIGHT: white 0pt outset; BORDER-TOP: white 0pt outset; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; BORDER-LEFT: white 0pt outset; WIDTH: 400px; BORDER-BOTTOM: white 0pt outset; mso-padding-alt: 3.0pt 3.0pt 3.0pt 3.0pt; mso-cellspacing: 0mm" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="460" border="1"><tbody><tr><td style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 0.75pt inset; PADDING-RIGHT: 3pt; BORDER-TOP: black 0.75pt inset; PADDING-LEFT: 3pt; BACKGROUND: #96514d; PADDING-BOTTOM: 3pt; BORDER-LEFT: black 0.75pt inset; WIDTH: 100%; PADDING-TOP: 3pt; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 0.75pt inset" width="100%"> <center> <br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ffffcc;"><strong>countdown -<br />all I count is five<br />seven five<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />! Join the Countdown !<br /></strong></span><br /><a href="http://worldhaikufestival2008.blogspot.com/"><span style="color:#ffff66;"><strong>World Haiku Festival - India 2008</strong></span> </a><br /><br /><br /><br /></center></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><a href="http://haikuandhappiness.blogspot.com/2008/02/countdown-india.html">© Gabi Greve<br />Happy Haiku Gallery </a><br /><br />:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::<br /><br /><br /><strong>WHC russian</strong><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">sleepless in Prague...<br />looking for 5 7 5 people<br />unsuccessfully</span><br /><br />Zinovy Vayman<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><br />5-7-5 poets -<br />among them, I found<br />many good friends<br /><br /><br />go shichi go -<br />a new craze among poets<br />all over the world </span><br /><br />Zhanna Rader<br /><br /><br />:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::<br /><br /><br /><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">COUNTDOWN February 20</span></strong><br /><br /><br /><table style="BORDER-RIGHT: white 0pt outset; BORDER-TOP: white 0pt outset; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; BORDER-LEFT: white 0pt outset; WIDTH: 400px; BORDER-BOTTOM: white 0pt outset; mso-padding-alt: 3.0pt 3.0pt 3.0pt 3.0pt; mso-cellspacing: 0mm" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="460" border="1"><tbody><tr><td style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 0.75pt inset; PADDING-RIGHT: 3pt; BORDER-TOP: black 0.75pt inset; PADDING-LEFT: 3pt; BACKGROUND: #7d7d7d; PADDING-BOTTOM: 3pt; BORDER-LEFT: black 0.75pt inset; WIDTH: 100%; PADDING-TOP: 3pt; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 0.75pt inset" width="100%"> <center> <br /><br /><br /><br /><a title="11 icicles my friends END by grevegabi4000, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/grevegabi4000/2227465717/sizes/l/in/set-72157603577803568/"><img height="180" alt="11 icicles on my roof " src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2409/2227465717_617032fb23_m.jpg" width="240" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ffffcc;"><strong>countdown -<br />still counting the icicles<br />on my roof !<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />! Final call till Feb. 22 !<br />! Join the Countdown !<br /><br />February 23 to 25, 2008 Bangalore, India<br /><br /></strong></span><br /><a href="http://worldhaikufestival2008.blogspot.com/2008/02/countdown.html"><span style="color:#ffff66;"><strong>World Haiku Festival - India 2008</strong></span> </a><br /><br /><br /><br /></center></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><a href="http://haikuandhappiness.blogspot.com/2008/02/countdown-finale.html">© Gabi Greve, Okayama, Japan<br />Happy Haiku Gallery </a><br /><br /><br />:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1656003124292656735-7028332779576184631?l=worldhaikufestival2008.blogspot.com'/></div>Gabi Grevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16362456518166174106noreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1656003124292656735.post-24268369655123852012007-10-29T21:00:00.000-07:002008-03-17T17:44:35.065-07:00Your Messages<span style="font-size:130%;color:#cc0000;"><strong>Messages from our haiku friends<br /></strong></span><br /><br />:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::<br /><br />Dear Kala,<br /><br />it is not possible for me to come to India (i would love to come but...!).<br /><br />Here my little contribution for The 9th World Haiku Festival in Bangalore - an autumnal haiku from Germany.<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">a silent walk --<br />the town`s silhouette<br />absorbed by fog<br /></span><br /><br />Best wishes for you and for The 9th World Haiku Festival!<br /><br />Angelika Wienert<br />Oberhausen/Germany<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Oct 29, 2007</span><br /><br />:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::<br /><br /><br />Congratulations for World Haiku Festival 2008!!!<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">fiori di pesco<br />cospargono un cammino<br />fatto d'aurora<br /><br />peach blossoms<br />on a path<br />made of dawn</span><br /><br />Moussia - Roma (Italy)<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">WHC workshop, February 23</span><br /><br />:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::<br /><br />Nice to hear so ! Congratulations and good luck!<br /><br />maitia<br />ANAKU Asociación Navarra de Haiku,<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">WHC spanish, February 23</span><br /><br />:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1656003124292656735-2426836965512385201?l=worldhaikufestival2008.blogspot.com'/></div>WHF India 2008http://www.blogger.com/profile/08044924441502900362noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1656003124292656735.post-22060267521672181302007-10-28T22:36:00.000-07:002008-05-03T16:39:07.095-07:00The END:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">The meeting is over now.<br />Thank you all for participating in our online activities.<br /><br /><br /><strong>The proceedings of the meeting will be </strong><br /><strong>published here: </strong><br /><br /><br />WORLD HAIKU REVIEW Volume 6, 2008<br /><br /><span style="color:#ffffff;">worldhaikureview<br /></span><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_AdeUgwXpSAM/R9OGIEkyP3I/AAAAAAAAGj4/EUMh9Jad5xM/s1600-h/zzz+whf2008.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5175627870003937138" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_AdeUgwXpSAM/R9OGIEkyP3I/AAAAAAAAGj4/EUMh9Jad5xM/s320/zzz+whf2008.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /></span><span style="font-size:78%;">March, 2008<br /></span>:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1656003124292656735-2206026752167218130?l=worldhaikufestival2008.blogspot.com'/></div>Gabi Grevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16362456518166174106noreply@blogger.com