The American Haiku Archives launched its website on February 1, 1008. At the site, I learned that
“The American Haiku Archives is the world’s largest public collection of haiku and related poetry books and papers outside Japan. This repository is housed at the California State Library in Sacramento, California, and is dedicated to preserving the history of North American haiku.”
Garry Gay and Randy Brooks are co-chairs of the AHA advisory board. Brooks designed the site, and Michael Dylan Welch is the webmaster. Click to learn how to do online research at AHA. The Archives is seeking donors to help support its mission, which includes “promotion of haiku and related poetry as a vital component of literature in the English language.”
Go here, for answers to Frequently Asked Questions, and find a link for sending additional queries to Michael Dylan Welch.
tai chi
with my wife . . .
morning glories open
school’s out—
a boy follows his dog
into the woods
creek water warm . . .
I swing the grapevine
up to my cousin
……………………………………….. by Randy Brooks
first star—
a sea shell held
to my baby’s ear
after the quake
the weathervane
pointing to earth
warm winter evening—
the chairs askew
after the poetry reading…………………………………………… by Michael Dylan Welch
[Note: the original publishers of the above poems were not credited at the AHA website.]
Best wishes and thanks to all those working to make the American Haiku Archives a success.
Thanks for plugging the new American Haiku Archives Web site. It was fun to put together, but there’s still a lot more to do! Meanwhile, of course, it’s just the Web site that’s new. The archives itself was founded in 1996, so it’s already a dozen years old!
Comment by Michael Dylan Welch — February 4, 2008 @ 2:51 pm
I like “school’s out” and the warm creek water haikus. Really get the feeling of a summer’s day. Good luck to the new Archives web site.
Comment by summerafter — February 6, 2008 @ 4:10 pm