Dear Haijin, visitors and travelers,
We haven't yet a new winner of our "summertime" kukai, so I have another wonderful haiku poet from Ghana, Africa, for you this month as our featured haiku poet. His name is Adjei Agyei Baah and he is the co-founder of the Poetry Foundation Ghana. He has "invented" the (as he calls it) Afriku, the haiku from Africa.
Yesterday Adjei emailed me to ask me if I would publish his haiku (afriku) at Carpe Diem Haiku Kai. Of course I was immediately enthusiastic and we had a little chat. It's a great honor that I may use his haiku for Carpe Diem Haiku Kai.
Here are his "stones"-haiku/afriku which he would like to share here at CDHK:
shoreline pebbles...
a reminder of how far
we have come
preparing
daddy's delicacy-
taking stones out of gizzard
daddy's delicacy-
taking stones out of gizzard
stone temple
leftover boulders
add to reverence
leftover boulders
add to reverence
© Adjei Agyei-Baah, Kumasi, Ghana
I think Adjei is a very gifted haiku poet. This month I will tell you all more about him in our CD-Specials.
To read more about his afriku please visit the website of the Poetry Foundation Ghana. (By clicking HERE you can read his article about afriku)
This CD-Special is open for your submissions tonight at 7.00 PM (CET) and will remain open until July 4th at noon (CET). I am looking forward to your haiku inspired on the above haiku/afriku by Adjei.
I think Adjei is a very gifted haiku poet. This month I will tell you all more about him in our CD-Specials.
To read more about his afriku please visit the website of the Poetry Foundation Ghana. (By clicking HERE you can read his article about afriku)
This CD-Special is open for your submissions tonight at 7.00 PM (CET) and will remain open until July 4th at noon (CET). I am looking forward to your haiku inspired on the above haiku/afriku by Adjei.
Share your haiku inspired on the haiku by Adjei, and in the same sense, tone and spirit, with us all here at Carpe Diem Haiku Kai, the place to be if you like to write and share haiku.
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Good prompt, but what happened to "full moon"?
ReplyDeleteOepss ... you're right Mark, I was very enthusiastic about this African haiku poet that I forgot our prompt-list. I will make a second CD-Special themed "full moon
DeleteMark, What are you complaining about! You wrote a great haiku! I put this comment here because you actually censored it from your blog.
DeleteI think this replaces full moon wonderfully.
ReplyDeleteThank you for introducing us to Adjei Agyei-Baah and the Afriku. I enjoyed this very much :)
ReplyDeleteThanks Kristjaan for this honour done my fellow country man. Adjei Agyei Baah is simply amazing and I am glad you have featured.
ReplyDeleteThanks for introducing this new poet, Kristjaan!
ReplyDeleteMine is up at: https://purplepeninportland.wordpress.com/2015/07/05/types-of-stones/