Il 19 luglio 2017, Mainichi ha annunciato la morte di Isamu Hashimoto, per 20 anni selezionatore della rubrica Haiku in English, aveva 75 anni.
Oggi, gli amministratori ed alcuni membri del Lab lo vogliono ricordare, riproponendo alcuni dei loro lavori, da lui selezionati.
Haiku: May 30, 2017
me and the dog
different footprints
in the shore
Antonio Mangiameli (Lentini, Italy)
Haiku: Jan. 6, 2017
anesthesia-
on tanned hands
a butterfly
Angiola Inglese (Pederobba, Italy)
Haiku: June 5, 2017
smell of rain
unmistakable
grass cut
Angiola Inglese (Pederobba, Italy)
Haiku: July 25, 2017
a scarp
and a poppy field–
choreography of the wind
Margherita Petriccione (Scauri, Italy)
Haiku: June 10, 2017
spring cleaning–
scattered in the wind
the words
Margherita Petriccione (Scauri, Italy)
Haiku: April 21, 2017
blurred images
in black and white
Memorial Day
Margherita Petriccione (Scauri, Italy)
Haiku: March 6, 2017
A white hair…
Let the winter sun
kindle it
Margherita Petriccione (Scauri, Italy)
Haiku: May 13, 2017
in a hot cup
the face before I was born
bergamot black tea
elio gottardi (Milano, Italy)
Haiku: July 27, 2017
Sudden sun
The shadow of pine
over hydrangeas
Nazarena Rampini (Milano, Italy)
Haiku: April 20, 2017
convalescence
a bit of pink eye shadow
and a snowdrop
Nazarena Rampini (Milano, Italy)
Haiku: March 3, 2017
Foggy day
amongst pine trees fades away
a wing beat
Nazarena Rampini (Milano, Italy)
Haiku: Feb. 7, 2017
winter sky–
branches move apart
from one another
Nazarena Rampini (Milano, Italy)