SPIDER Haiku Club
Dear Haiku friends,
We are a newly registered haiku group under the name Spider. We are located in the Soweto Slums of Nairobi and in the neighbourhood of Bahati Community Centre.
In fact, we are a sub-branch of the Bamboochas. Right now it is raining here in Nairobi and this is our introduction haiku about the long rain:
The Long Rain:
gray sky all day
spattering sounds on the roofs
umbrellas over heads
We are so delighted to be part and parcel of the haiku movemnet. We look forward to enjoying haiku adventures together with all of you.
Our school's name is Brookfield Secondary school and as we have already stated our nickname in Spiders.
Thank you all!
The Spiders.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/kenyasaijiki/message/99
SPIDER Haiku Club Records
........................................Brookfield Secondary School
nice looking students--
dressed in white and blue
smiling all the time
Patrick Wafula, April 2006
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THE SPIDERS HAIKU COLLECTION MARCH-APRIL 2006
KIGO: THE RAIN SEASON AND CHRISTMAS
Long Rains in Kenya.
people wear coats
gumboots and umbrellas
malaria is back
floods everywhere
houses are destroyed
emergency teams busy
cars are stuck
muddy clothes
laundries busy
Terry Lutivini
children play in puddles
muddy clothes
omo disappears from shops
*omo: detergent.
flowers blossom again
bougainvillea blooms pink
aromatic air
frogs emerge
termites flying in the drizzle
plenty of proteins
Lake Victoria is flooded
Ngege is back on our tables
Plenty of flies
*ngege: type of fish
soil erosion
flooded houses in Soweto
a woman drains her house
Patrick Wafula
Multi-coloured umbrellas
Floods all over the country
Mud all over
Fishermen happy
Plenty of fish in rivers
A lot flies all over
Farmers happy
Green vegetables in the garden
Healthy faces
Evening drizzle
Traffic jam on Jogoo Road
Mama Njeri is late
Enough water
No rationing of electricity
Heavy jackets
ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo
CHRISTMAS IN KENYA
by Terry Lutivini
people are smart
new hairstyles new clothes
new clean shoes
new things
people go to church
dances everywhere
at Machakos bus station
all buses travel upcountry
congested buses
buses are full
many happy faces
music and dancing
people are drunk
music noise everywhere
a staggering drunk
full stomachs
domestic animals happy
dirty toilets
flurry of shoppers
cars all over the place
shops open
churches full
offerings and gifts in plenty
many smiling faces
too much traveling
accidents all over
traffic police busy
empty schools
empty offices
workers rest
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Meeting of the Haiku Clubs of Nairobi
November 2006
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Related words
***** Bahati Haiku Club, Nairobi
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THE KENYA SAIJIKI
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1 comment:
All of Kenya's haiku friends.
I am very pleased to see your excellent haiku.
And I had strong impresion of your making haiku eagerly.
I am a great fan of Issa who is famouse Japanese haiku-ist.
Please visit my [Every day Issa]to learn English and Japanese with my haiga, poem picture.
sakuo.
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