Haiku Calendar 2019 · This calendar is dedicated to my Haiku-Friends all around the world. Hope...
Transcript of Haiku Calendar 2019 · This calendar is dedicated to my Haiku-Friends all around the world. Hope...
This calendar is dedicated to my Haiku-Friends all around the world.
Hope you will enjoy the calendarduring the year 2019.
Special thanks to Bernadette Duncan for translating the poems and to David Lanoue
for his editing skills.
Hamburg, October 2018Stefan Wolfschütz
HAIKU24
www.haiku24.de
Monday ThursdayWednesdayTuesday Friday Saturday Sunday
31 1 2 3 4 5 6December | January Week 1
first of the first no promise broken yet
Anke Holtz
yesterday just a scent in the wind
first snowWolfgang Gründer
Monday ThursdayWednesdayTuesday Friday Saturday Sunday
7 8 19 10 11 12 13January Week 2
wintry woods echoing through the silence
facts and counter-factsDeborah Karl-Brandt
Monday ThursdayWednesdayTuesday Friday Saturday Sunday
14 15 16 17 18 19 20January Week 3
a snowball hits me: angrily I look for culprits –
an angelic grinLothar Schwarz
behind the front door snowball in hand waiting for dadFranziska Beuershausen
warm from a brick in bed ice flowers on the window
mum’s goodnight kissBrigitte Schulze-van der Wal
Monday ThursdayWednesdayTuesday Friday Saturday Sunday
21 22 23 24 25 26 27January Week 4
rolled up like a little snail shell
my sleeping catGerhild Michel
Monday ThursdayWednesdayTuesday Friday Saturday Sunday
28 29 30 31 1 2 3January | February Week 5
deep winter – the dance of polar lights
in the mountain lakeGérard Krebs
Monday ThursdayWednesdayTuesday Friday Saturday Sunday
4 5 6 7 8 9 10February Week 6
wing beat from the hazel bush a dusting of snow
Ilse Jacobson
Monday ThursdayWednesdayTuesday Friday Saturday Sunday
11 12 13 14 15 16 17February Week 7
snow drops all those nosy questions of the little know-it-all
Marianne Kunz
Monday ThursdayWednesdayTuesday Friday Saturday Sunday
18 19 20 21 22 23 24February Week 8
spring’s awakening – broken off bits of ice drift with the swan
Ulrike Schultz
broken river ice floating downstream without destination
Hildegund Sell
Monday ThursdayWednesdayTuesday Friday Saturday Sunday
25 26 27 28 1 2 3February | March Week 9
February mood springtime fatigue takes over from
hibernationSonja Raab
Monday ThursdayWednesdayTuesday Friday Saturday Sunday
4 5 6 7 8 9 10March Week 10
carnival we swap
last year’s masksDyrk-Olaf Schreiber
ash wednesday – under ice
shimmering confetti ...Ruth Guggenmos-Walter
carnival license to be jolly I’m doing my best
Theo Schmich
Monday ThursdayWednesdayTuesday Friday Saturday Sunday
11 12 13 14 15 16 17March Week 11
early spring in birch branches
a tit trillingLidwina Bilgerig
Monday ThursdayWednesdayTuesday Friday Saturday Sunday
18 19 20 21 22 23 24March Week 12
spring sun – the kingfisher sprays turquoise blue sparks
Susanne Kruse
Monday ThursdayWednesdayTuesday Friday Saturday Sunday
25 26 27 28 29 30 31March Week 13
dried up wild stories growing around the old well
Angelika Knetsch
gasping and gurgling the old well
means springDyrk-Olaf Schreiber
Monday ThursdayWednesdayTuesday Friday Saturday Sunday
1 2 3 4 5 6 7April Week 14
cherry blossoms ... guests arriving
the hum of beesPavle Mijuković
cherry tree orchestra – the bees‘ violins rise above
bumbling bassesWalther Stonet
April longing on our path
a blossom carpetAngelika Knetsch
Monday ThursdayWednesdayTuesday Friday Saturday Sunday
8 9 10 11 12 13 14April Week 15
a green carpet small huddled islands –
ducks’ paradiseReinhard Lehmitz
close to the shore mandarin ducks
swim in spring lightIngrid Töbermann
spring outing the chicks from the playgroup
chirping pastSusanne Effert-Hartmann
Monday ThursdayWednesdayTuesday Friday Saturday Sunday
15 16 17 18 19 20 21April Week 16
Good Friday the first cock
breaks the silenceGabriele Hartmann
Easter morning the chocolate eggs in the garden
are nibbled onHelga Schulz Blank
Easter promenade in the green field
hare’s earsChrista Beau
Monday ThursdayWednesdayTuesday Friday Saturday Sunday
22 23 24 25 26 27 28April Week 17
daffodils make me see
starsHans-Jürgen Göhrung
Monday ThursdayWednesdayTuesday Friday Saturday Sunday
29 30 1 2 3 4 5April | May Week 18
spring clean window by window
fresh lightSebastian Salie
nearly spring ants are running
through the kitchenGünter Gollmann
Monday ThursdayWednesdayTuesday Friday Saturday Sunday
6 7 8 9 10 11 12May Week 19
from the distance the toll of evening bells
for May devotionsJoachim Maria Nauroth
May rain softer the sound
of the graveyard bellIsabella Kramer
sunny morning the bluebells are ringing and the world awakes
Mait Buttgereit
Monday ThursdayWednesdayTuesday Friday Saturday Sunday
13 14 15 16 17 18 19May Week 20
The sun has dipped into dark clouds
rainbowKerstin Hoffmann
Monday ThursdayWednesdayTuesday Friday Saturday Sunday
20 21 22 23 24 25 26May Week 21
off season in the spa park the music
of nightingale and frogSusanne Effert-Hartmann
Monday ThursdayWednesdayTuesday Friday Saturday Sunday
27 28 29 30 31 1 2May | June Week 22
through all cracks dandelions are sprouting
secret winnersGerhild Michel
Monday ThursdayWednesdayTuesday Friday Saturday Sunday
3 4 5 6 7 8 9June Week 23
Whitsunday how the wind tears at the grass
and blows where it wantsSulamith Sommerfeld
high grass this side and the other
of the fenceSebastian Salie
Monday ThursdayWednesdayTuesday Friday Saturday Sunday
10 11 12 13 14 15 16June Week 24
springtime rush hour at the entrance
to the toad tunnelFriedrich Winzer
Monday ThursdayWednesdayTuesday Friday Saturday Sunday
17 18 19 20 21 22 23June Week 25
how the moment is lifted
peewits courtingHelga Stania
Monday ThursdayWednesdayTuesday Friday Saturday Sunday
24 25 26 27 28 29 30June Week 26
rain at last on the pavement the company
of snailsRenate Küppers
the salad snailiciousTobias Tiefensee
a snail on the ground that crunch under my shoe
was a lifeJael Backe
Monday ThursdayWednesdayTuesday Friday Saturday Sunday
1 2 3 4 5 6 7July Week 27
two young ladies cycling down the avenue –
one admirerTobias Roth
evening breeze – by bike slowly through
lime blossom scentAngelica Seithe
Monday ThursdayWednesdayTuesday Friday Saturday Sunday
8 9 10 11 12 13 14July Week 28
dog days – the carp in the pond
gulping for airSilvia Kempen
summer dress– holidays by the North Sea
in fluttering frillsGrazyna Werner
Monday ThursdayWednesdayTuesday Friday Saturday Sunday
15 16 17 18 19 20 21July Week 29
sultry summer day the board games deserted –
checkmate for the kingBrigitte Fuchs
butterfly greeting a kiss on the hand
and goodbyeSiegfried Ohl
Monday ThursdayWednesdayTuesday Friday Saturday Sunday
22 23 24 25 26 27 28July Week 30
swallow fledglings the safety of
swaying grainBernadette Duncan
summer‘s day your straw hat’s ribbons
keep a steady beatSigrid Gebauer
Monday ThursdayWednesdayTuesday Friday Saturday Sunday
29 30 31 1 2 3 4July | August Week 31
fresh hay all the way to the horizon
waves of scent …Ruth Guggenmos-Walter
old farming village cows in the pasture time standing still
Wolfgang Bittner
Monday ThursdayWednesdayTuesday Friday Saturday Sunday
5 6 7 8 9 10 11August Week 32
just one, unseen so many stars in the gras –
white daisiesDoris Seibert
Monday ThursdayWednesdayTuesday Friday Saturday Sunday
12 13 14 15 16 17 18August Week 33
wind and rain lash summer grass. squeals of joy
hover in the airSabine Engertsberger
rainy day someone sings with all his heart
little wrenBirgit Lockheimer
Monday ThursdayWednesdayTuesday Friday Saturday Sunday
19 20 21 22 23 24 25August Week 34
Provence – this scent of trees, shrubs, herbs
and then – the sun!Theo Schmich
my five fingers brushed over mint
empty handful of scentFranz Weiland
in time with the cicadas sage bush swinging
in the heatHans Egerer
Monday ThursdayWednesdayTuesday Friday Saturday Sunday
26 27 28 29 30 31 1August | September Week 35
dazzling the rose garden blossoming
on your skinBeate Waszner
flowering and wilting roses in the round bed wilting and flowering
Ellen Althaus-Rojas
Monday ThursdayWednesdayTuesday Friday Saturday Sunday
2 3 4 5 6 7 8September Week 36
whispering woods the summer of my childhood
in mossy scentsSonja Raab
a mossy plank across the forest brook –
whispering steps…Ruth Guggenmos-Walter
Monday ThursdayWednesdayTuesday Friday Saturday Sunday
9 10 11 12 13 14 15September Week 37
ur sound ur music
at the AtlanticLidwina Bilgerig
Monday ThursdayWednesdayTuesday Friday Saturday Sunday
16 17 18 19 20 21 22September Week 38
barefoot through the dewy grass
no four-leafed cloverSigrid Mertens
a ladybird crossing a window
walks across the skyKlaus-Dieter Wirth
Monday ThursdayWednesdayTuesday Friday Saturday Sunday
23 24 25 26 27 28 29September Week 39
a day by the sea – my thoughts
fill a blank pageGerd Börner
sunset five hundred miles
from the beachWolfgang Rödig
on the sandy beach my dog
stretching out Yuko Igarashi
Monday ThursdayWednesdayTuesday Friday Saturday Sunday
30 1 2 3 4 5 6September | October Week 40
a rustle in the bush – gathering fruit once more
before hibernationUlrike Schultz
by the light of a street lamp a hedgehog crossing the road –
lucky himRenate Küppers
Monday ThursdayWednesdayTuesday Friday Saturday Sunday
7 8 9 10 11 12 13October Week 41
salty winds a sunny green in the shadow
of the olive treeJoachim Maria Nauroth
Monday ThursdayWednesdayTuesday Friday Saturday Sunday
14 15 16 17 18 19 20October Week 42
as if it had rained suns
pumpkins in the greenReinhard Lehmitz
smoke from the chimney spiderwebs at the window
first pumpkin soupMarta Budna-Lamla
Monday ThursdayWednesdayTuesday Friday Saturday Sunday
21 22 23 24 25 26 27October Week 43
harvest moon – a stray cat
scrounging for foodEva Limbach
overly large moon tonight it’s an estranged friend
so near and so farAndreas Graf
Monday ThursdayWednesdayTuesday Friday Saturday Sunday
28 29 30 31 1 2 3October | November Week 44
lost yesterday long looked for today
never found againRoland Lenz
Monday ThursdayWednesdayTuesday Friday Saturday Sunday
4 5 6 7 8 9 10November Week 45
November in the historic town center
mist on the noseMarta Budna-Lamla
shrunken the world foggy dayMarita Bagdahn
Monday ThursdayWednesdayTuesday Friday Saturday Sunday
11 12 13 14 15 16 17November Week 46
grief counselling the creaking of roof beams
in the winter nightHans-Jürgen Göhrung
November time to paint
with bright colorsMartin Berner
Monday ThursdayWednesdayTuesday Friday Saturday Sunday
18 19 20 21 22 23 24November Week 47
im kies stiefmütterchen –
aus den gräbern gewandert …Ruth Guggenmos-Walter
at the old grave the peace of the dead
and a toadstoolTobias Krissel
Monday ThursdayWednesdayTuesday Friday Saturday Sunday
25 26 27 28 29 30 1November | December Week 48
Christmas market two angels taking
a breakEleonore Nickolay
the gingerbread man left with only one leg
and his smileTobias Tiefensee
the neighbor knocks to give me a box of edible starsSusanne Staudinger
Monday ThursdayWednesdayTuesday Friday Saturday Sunday
2 3 4 5 6 7 8December Week 49
Hallelujah the little Christmas angel
loses its balanceIsabella Kramer
Monday ThursdayWednesdayTuesday Friday Saturday Sunday
9 10 11 12 13 14 15December Week 50
candles reflect in a double-glazed window
sixth day of AdventRené Possél
Monday ThursdayWednesdayTuesday Friday Saturday Sunday
16 17 18 19 20 21 22December Week 51
Twelve Nights, quiet time. fragrance of herbs in the nose
I forge a planIra Bräuer
in fresh snow the cat tracks end
in fresh snowDyrk-Olaf Schreiber
Monday ThursdayWednesdayTuesday Friday Saturday Sunday
23 24 25 26 27 28 29December Week 52
Holy Night– why did we come here?
the barman asksEva Limbach
Holy Silent Night: the dreams of the world falling
from fir treesOtmar Matthes
Christmas our memories
fall softly at nightEleonore Nickolay
Monday ThursdayWednesdayTuesday Friday Saturday Sunday
30 31 1 2 3 4 5December | January Week 1
end of year the weights of the grandfather clock
in my handsEleonore Nickolay
after the fireworks we listen to the whisper
of starsChristof Blumentrath
Imprint
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Concept & production: Stefan Wolfschütz
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Authors
Ellen Althaus-Rojas, Jael Backe, Marita Bagdahn, Christa Beau, Martin Berner, Franziska Beuershausen, Lidwina Bilgerig, Wolfgang Bittner, Christof Blumentrath, Gerd Börner, Ira Bräuer, Marta Budna-Lamla, Mait Buttgereit, Bernadette Duncan, Susanne Effert-Hartmann, Kerstin Hoffmann, Hans Egerer, Sabine Engertsberger, Brigitte Fuchs, Sigrid Gebauer, Hans-Jürgen Göhrung, Günter Gollmann, Andreas Graf, Wolfgang Gründer, Ruth Guggenmos-Walter, Gabriele Hartmann, Anke Holtz, Yuko Igarashi, Ilse Jacobson, Deborah Karl-Brandt, Silvia Kempen, Angelika Knetsch, Isabella Kramer, Gérard Krebs, Tobias Krissel, Susanne Kruse, Marianne Kunz, Renate Küppers, Reinhard Lehmitz, Roland Lenz, Eva Limbach, Birgit Lockheimer, Otmar Matthes, Sigrid Mertens, Gerhild Michel, Pavle Mijuković, Joachim Maria Nauroth, Eleonore Nickolay, Siegfried Ohl, René Possél, Sonja Raab, Wolfgang Rödig, Tobias Roth, Sebastian Salie, Theo Schmich, Dyrk-Olaf Schreiber, Ulrike Schultz, Helga Schulz Blank, Brigitte Schulze-van der Wal, Lothar Schwarz, Doris Seibert, Angelica Seithe, Hildegund Sell, Sulamith Sommerfeld, Helga Stania, Susanne Staudinger, Walther Stonet, Tobias Tiefensee, Ingrid Töbermann, Beate Waszner, Franz Weiland, Grazyna Werner, Friedrich Winzer, Klaus-Dieter Wirth