T
H E F I S H I
N G C A T P
R E S S
seashores
an international journal to share the
spirit of haiku
The
objective of seashores is to share haiku from all over the world
and explore how the way and the spirit of haiku, with its power to connect us
to nature and our world can play a role in poetry and our lives in general.
ISSUE 7
November 2021
Contents of Volume 7
Contributors
Introduction
A
bit of food for thought (1)
Selected
haiku and senryu
Meet…
Jim Norton
Essays and Articles
My
Lockdown Diary Edward Gilligan
Writing
Haiku: my experience as an Indian poet R K Singh
David Burleigh
What’s in a haiku? Gilles
Fabre
A
bit of food for thought (2)
Selected
haiku and senryu
The sources of haiku
Season-words
and Environment Alain
Kervern
The Kodansha Saijiki:
New Year’s Major Themes
A Few New Year’s Season-Words
A
bit of food for thought (3)
Selected
haiku and senryu
On
the bookshelves
Contributors
Names
of contributors and first lines of haiku selected:
Adjei
Agyei-Baah
harmattan
fires
Ramesh
Anand
candlelight
chess
coconut
Cynthia
Anderson
watering
at dusk
the
opal glow
Marilyn
Ashbaugh
not
yet
the
lies
Joanna
Ashwell
dairy
herd
a
kaleidoscope
Blessmond Alebna Ayinbire
whispering
wind
Michael
Baeyens
forest
fog
dawn
Amanda
Bell
sudden
chill –
behind
red tulips
a
walk to clear my head –
Ingrid
Baluchi
evening
chill
Brad
Bennett
storm
clouds
late
summer clouds
Robert
Beveridge
distilled
water
Tom
Bierovic
taking
turns
explaining
Daniel
Birnbaum
departure
Adrian
Bouter
the
weathered bench
unanswered
call
Justin
Brown
running
late
alligator
sighting
Kevin
Browne
afternoon
heat
Robyn
Cairns
against
a backdrop
resting
place
Mariangela
Canzi
summer
moonlight
an
old couple
Erin
Castaldi
shadow
people
unworthy
Christina
Chin
summer
break
Jackie
Chou
the
placid air
first
raspberries
Eileen
Connolly
popcorn
Vera
Constantineau
melon
slices
Maya
Daneva
it
knows nothing
Sylviane Donnio
grand froid
Carlos Manuel Eusoya
Three
sweet persimmons
Gilles
Fabre
seconds
old -
yes,
butterfly,
Marisa
Fazio
your
hand in mine
the
world
silk
cravat
Bruce
H. Feingold
getting
older
never
returning
P.
H. Fischer
gibbous
moon
starry
night
Michael
Flanagan
left
to its self
Anton
Floyd
riverrun
sudden
rain
Jim
Force
all
the lies
Jenny
Fraser
overground
unwinding
Jay
Friedenberg
evening
cool
summer
dreams
Ben
Gaa
diagnosis
day —
so
quick to change
William
Scott Galasso
a
tall pitcher
David
Gale
winter
rain
brimming
river
Michael
Galko
an
empty slot
Mike
Gallagher
cigarette smoke
ebb tide
Marianne Gambaro
late
autumn rain
Mark
Gilfillan
prison
yard
John
Gonzalez
listening
Paul
Benedict Grant
first
Christmas
Sherry
Grant
sea
shore
Eufemia
Griffo
basil
blossoms
summer
stars
Elisabeth
Guichard
Enamel
sink
Mary
Gunn
the
first day
sultry
night --
John
Hawkhead
soft
morning
Florence
Heyhoe
that
soft neck—
Jeff
Hoagland
skywriting
my
mind
Nick
Hoffman
passing
the minutes
honeysuckle
in bloom
stillin
Louise
Hopewell
the
curled tip
wishes
whorl
Gary
Hotham
after
the news
Louisa
Howerow
his
bulldog slobbers
soundless
clarity
privée des étoiles / starless
night
Vladislav Hristov
wgd5efs7h
Andrew
Hubball
aged
skin
just
beyond
Marilyn
Humbert
rumbling
at
the tideline
Mona
Iordan
whistling
train
Dejan Ivanovic
Grandma's
cupboard
Lynne
Jambor
funeral
wreath
Anne-Marie
Joubert-Gaillard
au creux du vallon
Mick Joyce
evening
mist
Jim
Kacian
something
each
drop
Mayumi
Kawaharada
Spring
darkness-
Kazumi
Karaki
太陽を欲しがる肌や夏蜜柑
Gerald Kells
wind snagged -
David J Kelly
birch
catkins —
Noel
King
Storm
Ciara --
kjmunro
tap
tap
winter
solstice
Nicholas
Klacsanzky
wedding
. . .
hail
Nina
Kovačić
šumsko raskrižje
Deborah
P Kolodji
surfside
ride
Nadejda Kostadinova
always
quiet
Samo Kreutz
autumn
downpour
James Krotzman
blood thinner
Kelli Lage
I
trace my
Des
Lalor
april swim
Hervé Le Gall
randonnée -
Ryland Shengzhi Li
autumn
dusk
rustling
Kristen
Lindquist
late
winter
winter
light
Chen-ou Liu
cicada
chorus
an
unknown flower
Earl
Livings
all
that matters...
morning
echo—
Anthony
Lusardi
her
first birthday—
paul m.
final
church bell …
reed
stubble …
also
in
John
Martone
Semi
letterato / Semi-literate
how
many it takes —
Gerry
Mc Donnell
one
light
Marietta
McGregor
diving
petrels—
showers
forecast—
Palma
McKeown
ripples
on water
Rob
McKinnon
passing
the church…
Kokuu Andy McLellan
mountain
cloud
morning
zazen
Ursula
Maierl
Online
singing
Richard
L. Matta
afternoon
trail
a
lone wren
Mark
Miller
losing
its name
a
toddler’s sandal
low
winter sky over the shore the croak of a white egret
Bedi Mona
birdsong
Leanne
Mumford
thump
of a newspaper
full
of holes
Bernadette
Ní Riada
leafy
birch
upturned
stone
Pravat Kumar Padhy
fruit
bats
winter
night--
Dejan Pavlinović
toliko ljudi
Alan Peat
summer’s end / la fin de l'été —
longer
the
breeze...
Keith
Polette
what’s
left
desert
road
Meera
Rehm
a
closed hibiscus
Sébastien Revon
fauteuil roulant / wheelchair
cérémonie du thé / tea ceremony
Bryan
Rickert
chickadee
resting
on me
Srinivas
S
muezzin's
call…
Marianne
Sahlin
learning
kanji
cool
spring
Bona
M. Santos
first
light
morning
chill
Agnes
Eva Savich
a
cathedral
pandemic
spring
Dan
Schwerin
midday
office
I
stay
Ron
Scully
lastly
the rain
Joe
Sebastian
twilight
. . .
Richa
Sharma
zigzagging
deepening
Tomislav
Sjekloća
half-full
moon
Joshua
St. Claire
finding
a grey hair
Manoj
Sharma
Valentine's
Day ---
Neena Singh
his
last letter—
paddy
field—
Barbara
Strang
at
my feet
Debbie
Strange
I
wonder
cracked
headstone
Zlatka Timenova-Valtcheva
Vieille photo / old photo
Tito
The
rainbow pillar
Under
the old pine
The
pace of life --
David
Watts
lone
cypress
fox
in her den
Michael Dylan Welch
blossom sun
birdman—
uncurling
frond
Kelley
J. White
tossing
out
Mary
White
soft
thread –
soft
breeze
Elaine
Wilburt
half
a butterfly
summer
solstice
Jane
Williams
forecast
rain
Kath
Abela Wilson
conjuring
Robert
Witmer
raindrops
lightning
Hassane Zemmouri
summer
holidays / vacances d'été-