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Haiku Poets Association Newcomer Award はいじんきょうかいしんじんしょう

Edition 41 (2017)

Haiku

Winners

3 people
大西朋 award

Tomo Onishi's first haiku collection layers clear, direct language over familiar scenes such as town streets, a doma passage, and the Enoden railway, creating a world that feels both nostalgic and fresh.

A haiku collection in which familiar landscapes approach the reader's own memory through clear language.

173 pages
haikueveryday lifelandscapememoryfirst collection

Asako Kurosawa's first haiku collection moves through chapters such as Magic Wand, Paulownia Geta, Scent of Ink, Loquat Seeds, and Family Photograph, gathering details of memory and daily life with gentle humor and resonance.

A haiku collection that seals memories of daily life into a transparent afterglow like a glass goldfish bowl.

201 pages
haikumemoryfamilydaily lifefirst collection
白石渕路 award

Cho no Ie is a haiku collection by Fuchiro Shiraishi. It turns everyday scenes and bodily impressions into quiet unease and clear lyricism, showing a young poet's attention to nature and the details of daily life.

A collection that gathers the presences hidden in daily life with language as delicate as a butterfly's wing.

haikueveryday lifenatureyoung sensibility