Japan Traditional Haiku Association Prize にほんでんとうはいくきょうかいしょう
Edition 35 (2024)
Haiku
Winners
1 peopleA thirty-poem haiku sequence that follows Awa Odori from arrival at the venue through dancers, music, the crowd's heat, and the city late at night. Sound, light, and movement accumulate before the poems settle into the lingering atmosphere after the dance ends.
A haiku sequence tracing the sounds of dance and the heat of the city at night.
haikuAwa Odorifestivalsoundcity at night