Your browser does not support JavaScript, or it is disabled．Please check the site policy for more information Asahi Haikuist Network cold moon on the seashore rock a painter’s brush--Tsanka Shishkova (Sofia summer nightthe bear claw skyoverwhelms me--Jerome Berglund (Minneapolis Observed at sunseta shimmering filamentthread radio waves--Philip Davison (Dublin flashpointthe moment we realisedwe weren’t alone--Joanna Ashwell (Durham shooting starsshooting dreamsyear after year--Mario Massimo Zontini (Parma shooting star--calling againthe days of forgiveness--Giuliana Ravaglia (Bologna ever strongerthe voice of vengeance--falling stars--Maria Teresa Sisti (Massa Carrara piercing the silencea meteor fallsinto the earth’s atmosphere--John Paul Caponigro (Cushing State Fair with my girlamid death-defying rides...mom in hospice--Carl Brennan (North Syracuse ------------------------------FROM THE NOTEBOOK------------------------------ fading from sight--Cheng Wei Fong (Kuala Lumpur The haikuist is patiently waiting to see a comet tail tonight The Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) announced that the icy dirtball star-gazing haikuists share their out-of-this-world celestial experiences watching comets Improved camera technology and forecasting tools has increased the number of photo-haikuists who peruse the skies each night Luciana Moretto often enjoyed star-gazing during this spectacular year of the dragon in Treviso but seemed to know that tears were falling in Kagoshima Dragon’s headlost in the starstail of a comet late at nightecstatic woman’s voicePerseids From pampas grass homesCrying to the moon unseenCrickets in the mist Natalia Kuznetsova recalled sitting beside her story-telling father under dreamy night skies overhead Moscow Nazarena Rampini recalled her dad’s heartwarming response to seeing a comet flash by Pogliano Milanese dad’s UFOs talesand my flights of fantasy...comet’s tail Sheila Barksdale said she held her breath “at the tail-end of summer here in England,” when night-time fishermen from Cornwall “extinguished their boat lights and threw a ring net onto the ocean’s surface and a shoal of sardines--so plentiful that the chute swinging around depositing them in buckets on deck was a shimmering sight to see.” haul of pilchardsstreaming crazy down the chute:comet’s tail Donna Fleischer visited a farm in Bloomfield where birds have been known to occasionally escape and show-off their colorful tail feathers to the neighbors Ivan Georgiev chased after a dog down the street in Gottingen the comet’s tailin a peacock’s dream,end of August dog daysin line for ice creama runaway pet James Penha watched over children watching over farms in Bali Bali kids make noiseand a little pay scaringbirds from rice fields Eugeniusz Zacharski visited a dairy farm in Darlowo Teiichi Suzuki nervously stirred his morning coffee in Osaka bright summer nightdrinking milk straightfrom the cow’s teats Flow of milkin the black coffee--typhoon comes David Cox danced indoors to the tune of Typhoon Yagi in Hanoi corrugated ironthe rap and ripping…typhoon’s last song Angela Giordano attended a wedding in Avigliano in the darkness--the comet’s tailbridal train Aljosa Vukovic enjoyed a showtime at dinner in Sibenik Ken Sawitri enjoyed last night’s show in Blora comet tails--the shrimps tossedon my plate comet tailsan orchestra ended with thedelayed audience clapping sleepless nightin the ceiling windowa comet trail show Tuyet Van Do enjoyed a wide-angle view from Melbourne great expansethrough the Outbacka comet’s tail Ashoka Weerakkody was a fan of the de Havilland Comet 4 jetliner the haikuist was delighted by the “jet trails of the Comet that crisscrossed the Indian subcontinent linking England and Australia” until 1981 crisscrossingmy childhood skiesthat Comet’s t(r)ails Tomislav Maretic recalled jogging down the street in 1997 when a bright comet with a shining tail caught his eye Henryk Czempiel likes the comet knot and comet bun hairstyles that are trendy this year in Strzelce Opolskie Comet Hale-Bopp--will any of my descendantssee it again watching a comether blond ponytailon my shoulder Tony Williams worried that children would be looking up when they should have been looking out for potholes in Glasgow Jean-Hughes Chevy won’t lose his pet French poodle hot summerkids falling through cracksin the pavement summer in Parisa hydrant keeps the dogon a leash Florian Munteanu aimed his telescope at one of the brightest objects in the sky tonight step by stepa cosmic waltz night--sights on Mars Emil Karla’s family stayed up late watching the skies over Paris Fallen from the bed...A new constellationon my son’s back Elizabeth Fanto didn’t use a flashlight in Baltimore Glowworms rely on their own light source to attract mates But street lights and light pollution caused by non-natural white light makes the green glow from the creatures weaker and less visible harvest moondims the flash of a lastglowworm Gazing at yesterday’s spinning baseball moon fly balls and stolen bases that excited thousands of cheering high school fans at Koshien Stadium this season No more cheersrise from the ballparkcooler moon Murasaki Sagano closely followed Shohei Ohtani’s back number 17 She dropped everything when the Dodgers player became Major League Baseball’s first player with 50 homers and 50 stolen bases in a season The haikuist hopes to compose another earth-shattering haiku during the designated batter’s debut in the playoff season September breakfasthis 50/50spilled my miso soup Rob Goss is “starting to feel the first anticipatory twangs of empty nest syndrome.” The Tokyo-based travel writer’s son plans to study overseas so “little things… stir memories of early parenthood That includes the moon ducking in and out of the cover of passing clouds like the games of peekaboo we used to play.” Cox positioned himself behind a stone lantern at moonrise memorial stone--tonight’s space carved outfor the moon Foteini Georgakopoulou turned off her satellite television and went outside to play hide-and-seek in Athens in the summer skypeeking from behind a dishthe moon Junko Saeki suggested a way for mothers to remember how happy they were with children running about and to keep them going after the house empties scarecrows inmy children’s clothes--empty nest greying town--scarecrows outnumberreal people Refika Dedic contemplated a starry-eyed path in Bihac next to the scarecrowquixoticgoes its own way harvest moonilluminating the paththat nobody takes Thankful for his late-night dinner in Los Angeles DeGuire reminded us that farmers sometimes have to work all night long harvest timethe weight of moonlighton farmers’ backs Masumi Orihara rolled onto her side in Atsugi lingering heatbedroom window wide openbuckmoon viewing Urszula Marciniak nonchalantly described the heat in Lodz The heat roused Georgakopoulou from a fitful sleep such a hot dayhis nurse undoes one buttonof her uniform I woke up from the heatto find that the moon had made its wayin front of my bed Murasaki Sagano consented to an overpowering moon in Tokyo Willing or notowing to this full moonI’m Juliet Mackerel skyto stumble on an unknown worldused book shop Lilia Racheva in Bulgaria and Isabella Kramer in Germany the blue moonlights up the stubble:gold in the fields Anne-Marie McHarg sketched black on black in London the poet emissary of The Ontario Poetry Society confirmed “poetry is everywhere” even “while putting out the garbage” in front of his home in Cobalt Sherry Reniker enjoyed the conversations of birds in East Hill Kent Leon Tefft gave the shirt off his back in Greenville Anne Marie McHarg spruced up a gentleman farmer in London Nani Mariani gave away the shirt off her back in Melbourne Marilyn Monroe’s legendary skirt flew in a subway breeze but Babusci witnessed what windspeeds of 70 kph can do still feeling good vibesthe beggar’saloha shirt A child’s posyIn the buttonholeOf a scarecrow scarecrowwaving my old red t-shirtscares the birds night walkI keep forgetting there’s a scarecrow there John Hawkhead muttered about the madness of believing in imaginary enemies as he made his way around a cemetery in Bradford on Avon tilting windmillsfollowing a circular paththrough war graves These two haiku about the war in Ukraine were penned by Myron Lysenko from Woodend open fieldthe invading soldierbecomes a scarecrow sunflower stalks…a farmer in his tractortows away a tank Suresh Babu gave ministrations as flames swept cornstalks and burned a strawman at the stake in Thiruvalla Kanchan Chatterjee returned home with a co-worker in Jamshedpur stubble burningthe last ritesof a scarecrow end of the harvest…the farmer takes his scarecrowback home Arvinder Kaur has no friends in Chandigarh Rosemarie Schuldes composed this haiku with a silver lining in Mattsee Mike Fainzilber sold memories once thought to be worth their weight in silver in Rehovot wartime economytrying to pawngrandpa’s old medals missiles againa war orphan staresat the comet’s tail harvest moonbehind the barbed wire fencea migrant’s dream During what must have seemed like just a moment of a lifetime Ravaglia was distracted by the thought of a speeding bullet in the autumn wind sudden flash--his twentiesdisperse in the wind --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The next issues of the Asahi Haikuist Network appear on Nov Readers are invited to send haiku about toys or numbers on a postcard to David McMurray at the International University of Kagoshima David McMurray has been writing the Asahi Haikuist Network column since April 1995 He is on the editorial board of the Red Moon Anthology of English-Language Haiku columnist for the Haiku International Association a column in The Language Teacher of the Japan Association for Language Teaching (JALT) McMurray is professor of intercultural studies at The International University of Kagoshima where he lectures on international haiku At the Graduate School he supervises students who research haiku He is a correspondent school teacher of Haiku in English for the Asahi Culture Center in Tokyo McMurray judges haiku contests organized by The International University of Kagoshima McMurray’s award-winning books include: “Teaching and Learning Haiku in English” (2022); “Only One Tree Haiku Music & Metaphor” (2015); “Canada Project Collected Essays & Poems” Vols 1-8 (2013); and “Haiku in English as a Japanese Language” (2003) Information on the latest cherry blossom conditions Please right click to use your browser’s translation function.) A series based on diplomatic documents declassified by Japan’s Foreign Ministry Here is a collection of first-hand accounts by “hibakusha” atomic bomb survivors chefs and others involved in the field of food introduce their special recipes intertwined with their paths in life A series about Japanese-Americans and their memories of World War II In-house News and Messages No reproduction or republication without written permission street food festivals and still more free and family-friendly events What to do (also for free) in Milan from April 12th to 14th The arrival of the beautiful season promises an unforgettable weekend of art It starts with the grand return of Milan Art Week the week dedicated to art in all its forms with more than 180 events scheduled and over 110 exhibitions (all weekend) the International Fair of Modern and Contemporary Art in Milan As summer approaches, the Milano Gelato Week also comes to the city a event dedicated to the coolest dessert ever gelato shops will also participate in the initiative by offering a limited edition flavor to be discovered in a real tour in the realm of artisanal flavors (all weekend) Finally, it's impossible not to mention the new Dolce and Gabbana exhibition at Palazzo Reale an unprecedented journey through craftsmanship the food festivals and street food festivals also return a unique opportunity to discover the flavors of the region and enjoy them outdoors It starts with Hop Hop Street Food a new street food festival that fills the streets of Cornaredo to let visitors taste the flavors of the region and excellent craft beers (all weekend) More street food, this time in Abbiategrasso with the Music Festival & Street Food a three-day event dedicated to the best Italian and international street food Finally, wild boar enthusiasts cannot miss the Wild Boar Festival in Senago a unique opportunity to taste local foods and authentic flavors (all weekend) Among the evenings worth noting, the return of Zarro Night at Fell in Love in Pogliano Milanese to dance all night to the beats of 2000s dance music (Saturday) Among the numerous events of the weekend, the tulip field in Arese to spend a weekend immersed in nature (all weekend) More beautiful tulips, this time in Vimodrone, at Garden Steflor (all weekend) There are plenty of free appointments for the new April weekend ranging from street art to exhibitions and photography It starts with the world of Urban Art, with the opportunity to visit two real open-air art galleries at Prologis Park in Romentino and Prologis Park in Lodi (Saturday and Sunday) At the Poliambulatorio Auxologico the Milan l'è on gran Milan photographic exhibition continues featuring images of the city of Milan seen through the sensitivity and perspective of various photographers Be-Polar is a dialogue between canvas works and comic-style drawings on paper by Mirko Leuzzi a Roman artist with an unconventional and provocative personality (all weekend) Finally, at the CDI headquarters - Centro Diagnostico Italiano - on Via Saint Bon 20 the Colpo di scena photographic exhibition is a visual journey behind the scenes of a theater discovering those who contribute to the realization of a show (all weekend) Among the beautiful exhibitions to mark on your agenda this weekend, the first weekend of the Dolce and Gabbana exhibition at Palazzo Reale stands out as well as innovation and theater (all weekend) At Tenoha, the Ukiyoe - Immersive Art exhibition continues featuring 3DCG animations and projections based on over 300 works by renowned artists such as Katsushika Hokusai At Palazzo Reale, the exhibitions dedicated to Cézanne and Renoir continue featuring 52 masterpieces from the Musée d’Orsay and the Musée de l’Orangerie in Paris The Eye of Paris is a path of 200 photographs by the great French artist (both all weekend) Also, worth noting is Monet and the Impressionists - Digital Experience an immersive experience celebrating 150 years since the first Impressionist exhibition the exhibition welcomes visitors into interactive rooms for a true multisensory experience (all weekend) At Mudec, the Picasso at Mudec works offer a unique journey dedicated to the great Spanish artist and his relationship with primitive art (all weekend) At the Next Museum in Sesto San Giovanni, Love, The Immersive Experience continues a true "selfie" exhibition dedicated to love and all lovers in a space of over 1500 square meters (all weekend) continues beneath the Madonnina with a journey into space featuring 16 colorful and immersive installations created to engage The Prism Core Center is the interactive artistic space ready to welcome the public and guide them towards self-awareness (all weekend) Color enthusiasts shouldn't miss the beautiful works of Van Gogh in the immersive virtual reality exhibition at Lampo Scalo Farini a surprising journey through the brushstrokes of one of the greatest artistic geniuses of the 19th century amidst sunflower fields and blooming almond trees (all weekend) Finally, at the Museo della Scienza, the Kaleidoscope installation by Karina Smigla-Bobinski is a large luminous table where different layers of primary color inks intertwine to be touched and mixed (all weekend) Among the numerous events for children this new weekend, the presentation of Mirò, the new book by Giulia Brocco, at Feltrinelli in Buenos Aires with a special workshop for the little ones (Sunday) At Cascina Cuccagna, La Casa di Meneghino is a permanent place dedicated to the symbol mask of Milan with numerous workshops for children (Sunday) In the heart of the city, the FAO Schwarz Show continues it's impossible not to mention Scientopolis an exciting interactive journey at Spazio Ventura where visitors can experiment and delve into scientific concepts in an engaging way (all weekend) Fourth edition of the survey by the Confcommercio Research Office of Milan Monza and Brianza with the Tax Services: a detailed analysis of the Tari for non-domestic users in 226 municipalities - excluding that of Milan which is not comparable with the others by population and influx of non-residents - classified into large medium and small (from over 30 thousand inhabitants to less than 5 thousand) with a reference benchmark of the average Tari tariff and identifying deviations / anomalies Rozzano and Sesto San Giovanni have the most difficult situation the Tari tariff is double (31,2 against 15,6) of the benchmark for commercial activities classified as highly taxed for the production of waste (bars flowers and plants) and is close to triple (18,3 versus 7) for medium and large retail surfaces (supermarkets Rozzano is a "black jersey" for the waste tax with increased rates in all areas of non-domestic users: over double (32,7 against 15,6 of the benchmark) in highly taxed businesses and in medium / large retail areas (14,4 versus 7) Criticalities in Bresso for high taxation activities (23,9 against 15,6) and in Paullo (15,2 against 7) and Pieve Emanuele (19,2 against 7) where the Tari rate for medium and large companies is more than double sales areas as it has a higher waste tax rate level in all categories: in particular in highly taxed companies 21,8 against the benchmark of 10,4 and in medium / large surfaces 11,6 against 5,3 higher rates in all reference values (especially for highly taxed companies: 24,4 against 11,8) Higher rates are also found in Mulazzano (Lodi): 21,6 against 11,8 for highly taxed companies and 12,5 against 6,2 in medium / large surfaces The "black jersey" goes to Boffalora Sopra Ticino in Magentino: more than double (37 against 10) for highly taxed commercial activities and in medium / large retail areas (16,2 against 5,1) but with tariff values also high in all other categories of companies each percentage increase in separate waste collection leads to an average saving in the rates of the waste tax of 0,56 euros per square meter the increase in the share of separate waste collection leads to an increase in the tariff cost of 0,36 euros per square meter In large municipalities below the reference percentage for separate waste collection (71 per cent) is Rozzano in particular (51 per cent) Slightly lower values for Segrate (67 percent but with an average rate that remains below the benchmark) and Sesto San Giovanni (69 percent) In the medium-sized municipalities "virtuous" in separate collection is Pogliano Milanese (83 percent against an average of 74 percent) but the rates of Tari are on average higher than the benchmark Pieve Emanuele has a low separate waste collection (57 percent) and on average higher rates It is Assago that has the lowest percentage of separate waste collection (54 percent) with rates the highest percentage of separate waste collection is in Colturano (Melegnanese) with 90 percent against an average of 76 percent The lowest in Montanaso Lombardo (Lodi): 52 percent makes official the end of the love story between Belen Rodriguez and Stefano De Martino: the Argentine showgirl caught by paparazzi while kissing her new boyfriend It's over definitively between Belen Rodriguez and Stefano De Martino: the two but the latest photos of the Argentine showgirl they confirmed the breakup and put the point to the love story between Rodriguez and the Neapolitan conductor You can see them in the photos Belen Rodriguez and Elio Lorenzoni the entrepreneur from Brescia with whom he would have already established a "very strong bond" kissing and exchanging fiery hugs at the birthday party of Ignatius Moser where the Argentine showgirl would have brought her new boyfriend to make him known to the family Belen Rodriguez and Elio Lorenzoni they were together with her family and future spouses that is Ignazio Moser and Cecilia Rodriguez The Mimosa Polo Club of Pogliano Milanese Santiago DeMartino would go away with the grandparents would have left the party in the car of Elio and they would then park under the building of Belen Rodriguezwhere they would spend the night together we can give a few more details: Elio Lorenzoni he studied economics and business management at the Catholic University of Milan is president of Lorenzmotors and director of Lorenzoni Srl accessories and components all over the world She is in her 40s and unlike Belen Rodriguez it seems that he has not made himself known on social networks (his profile on Instagram We don't know the exact date of birthnor the height Belen Rodriguez has a new boyfriend? Name and photo Belen Rodriguez and De Martino, the photo that denies the crisis Belen Rodriguez and her farewell to Le Iene "I chose" we earn a commission from qualifying purchases through ticketing links This commission does not entail any additional price for the user.