The Haiku Society of Rijeka
The Haiku Society of Rijeka,
Croatia, was founded in 2000 with the aim of promoting and cherishing haiku poetry in the northwest part of
Croatia, Croatia as a whole and worldwide. It is also deserving for fostering and writing haiku in the čakavian dialect of the Croatian language
The HSR gathers around 30 members, but there are much more those who write haiku poetry.
The Society has founded its own library which publishes haiku books by its members. Over 30 titles have been published so far. Its members participate in international haiku contests and publish their haiku in Croatia and in international magazines. Many of them have been included in international haiku anthologies.
The Society has its website
Every year in May a spring haiku meeting, often of international
character, is organized in a different place of choice.
Haiku submitted for the purpose of these poetry gatherings by haiku poets
from the world are selected and presented at the meetings. Collections of
poems pertaining to the meetings are printed after the meetings. Some haiku poets from the Society attended the First WHA Congress held in Tolmin, Slovenia, then the German Congress in Kronach, Germany, Conference held in Constantia, Cascina Macondo, Italy, etc. Some haiku by the HSR's members:
IVANKA KLARIĆ (OPATIJA)
A lonely child
And a crab on the beach
Both scared to death
VERA PRIMORAC (RIJEKA)
Sunday dinner
All chairs are vacant
Except mine
BORIVOJ BUKVA (RIJEKA)
A cricket
In my tent
It screams all the night
The Croatian haiku production, according to Prof. Dr. Vladimir Devide, is at the third place in the world. Haiku is written all over Croatia and international haiku gatherings are organized in Samobor, Ludbreg, Zagreb, Ivanic grad and Rijeka.
The most famous Croatian haiku poets are Dubravko Ivančan, Dragutin Tadijanović, Marijan Čekolj and many others. There are so many good ones that it is impossible to mention all of them in such a small space.
Jadran Zalokar, Ph.D. began to write haiku more than 30 years ago. He has published around 10 haiku collections and has been included in almost all international anthologies. He is one of the leading Croatian haiku poets. He also draws haiga and illustrates his own and other authors' books.
Jadran Zalokar, Ph. D. Tr. Saša Važić
Jadran Zalokar i Borivoj Bukva demonstriraju crtanje haigi pred Japanskom Tv., na Trsatskoj gradini u Rijeci
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----- Original Message ----- From: sasavazic To: jim kacian Cc: Jadran Zalokar Sent: Monday, May 11, 2009 3:10 PM Subject: HSR-Jadran Zalokar
Dear Jim, Jadran Zalokar asked me to send you this. I am not sure if it is appropriate for the Haiku Foundation... Thanks, Sasa
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U Rijeci, 19.05.2009. godine Borivoj Bukva
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