   Editor's
Selection
Mainichi Daily News
Osaka,
Japan
March
17, (Sun) 1985
| Basket
of petals
Season's first blossom
Full fragrance
| | Red
Weather
Moorhead State University
Minnesota
Literary Magazine
Spring 1995 No. 14
| The sound of footseps
Of the little child
walking
In the silent rain | Glass wind chimes
In the cool mountain breeze
The village far below
|
夏のよに - natsu no yo ni - on a summer night
せみのこえ - semi no koe - cicadas chirping
鯉のぼり - koinobori - carp streamers flying
| | めい日の出 -
mei hinode - the
bright sun
雲はあれど - kumo wa aredo - peering through the clouds
朝さむや - asasamu ya - morning's breeze
| | あ
きはじめ -
aki hajime - The start of autumn
れきにまるかな - reki ni maru kana - circled on my calendar
なつのそら - natsu no sora - the skies of summer
| |
 Kenneth
Thomas, the author of this collection of haiku, is an educator, music
researcher and author of numerous performance educational books and
articles. Graduated from Moorhead State University, in Minnesota,
Kenneth lived in Japan for more than twelve years where he was a
teacher and performing musician. He studied wadaiko, in Japan with
taiko drummer and instructor, Sato Ryuji. As a musician he has
performed around the world.
Kenneth studied drum history and
construction at Bando Taiko Factory,
in Osaka, Japan and was a member of the taiko group, IKAZUCHI, in
Osaka. He studied Nihongo at Osaka Language Institute receiving his
Japan national language certificate in 1993. His haiku books, "SUNLIGHT
ON ICE"
,
"At The Edge Of Time" and "The
Forest Awakes" are now available on
Amazon.com, for Kindle and at Barnes&Noble.com
for NOOK eReaders.
He has had his haiku
published in Japan by the “Mainichi Daily Newspaper” and in the
literary magazine, “Red Weather,” published by Moorhead State
University. He taught Japanese language at Harding High School, in St.
Paul, Minnesota. He is the teacher advisor for the Japanese Club at
Roseville High School and teaches Japanese language for the Community
Education programs in Roseville and North St. Paul, MN. As an educator
in Minnesota Kenneth also facilitates his "Drums From A Small Planet"
workshops and clinics, at schools, institutions, community centers and
for civic organizations. Kenneth works extensively with children and
teens, especially handicapped, disadvantaged and special needs youth.
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