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Friday, September 26, 2014

Haiku Shuukan #23 Wasabi


Dear Haijin, visitors and travelers,

Another week has gone by and it's time for a new weekly prompt here at Haiku Shuukan. This week our prompt is Wasabi.


Wasabi (Wasabia japonica or Eutrema japonica), is a member of the Brassicaceae family, which includes cabbages, horseradish, and mustard. It is also called Japanese horseradish, although horseradish is a different plant (which is often used as a substitute for wasabi). Its stem is used as a condiment and has an extremely strong flavor. Its hotness is more akin to that of a hot mustard than that of the capsaicin in a chili pepper, producing vapors that stimulate the nasal passages more than the tongue. The plant grows naturally along stream beds in mountain river valleys in Japan. The two main cultivars in the marketplace are W. japonica 'Daruma' and 'Mazuma', but there are many others.

Credits: Wasabi (Dutch website)
I am not really familiar with this plant and I think that there will be no haiku about it. ... As I was on twitter however, I ran into a 'twaiku' (haiku on twitter) which was about Wasabi and I love to share it here.

Small, spicy, and green,
I want to eat all of them,
But they burn my tongue.


© Emily Suderman

And now it's up to you. This episode is NOW OPEN for your submissions and will remain open until next Friday October 3rd at noon (CET). Have fun!



Friday, September 19, 2014

haiku Shuukan #22, Violin


Dear Haijin, visitors and travelers,

I am a bit late with posting this post, but there were other things which were a little bit more important. It's a joy to bring you our new prompt for Haiku Shuukan, Violin, so here it is ... Our new prompt is

VIOLIN

and this is my haiku:

the sound of violins
resonates through the summer night -
Tchaikovsky comes to life

© Chèvrefeuille


The violin player on this video is a Dutch woman named Janine Jansen, she plays the violin like a goddess.

This episode is NOW OPEN for your submissions and will remain open until next Friday September 26th at noon (CET). I will (try to) post our next episode, Wasabi, around that time too. For now ... have fun, be inspired and share your haiku about violin with us all.


Friday, September 12, 2014

Haiku Shuukan #21, Universe


Dear Haijin, visitors and travelers,

I have a busy today. I am creating a few episodes of our daily haiku meme Carpe Diem Haiku Kai and another new post here at Haiku Shuukan our weekly haiku meme. I had what time left, so I could do more than one posts today.

This week our prompt here at Haiku Shuukan is Universe that great space around us and the universe needs no further explanation so here is my haiku for this week's episode:

Orion's Belt
Orion's Belt
brighter than ever
in a moonless night

in a moonless night
wandering over the heath -
the Milky Way

the Milky Way
a path of thousand stars -
like a river

© Chèvrefeuille

It's really beautiful to see Orion's Belt, earlier this day, it was already dawning I saw Orion's Belt arise above the horizon ... gorgeous and breathtaking ...

This episode is NOW OPEN for your submissions and will remain open until next Friday September 19th at noon (CET). I will (try to) post our next episode, Violin, around that time. For now! Have fun!