First place, Dreamers Haiku Contest 2018

I won the first place of Dreamers Haiku Contest 2018
Thank you !


To be in the Summer
https://www.dreamerswriting.com/stories-poems/emi-miyaoka-to-be-in-the-summer-contest-winner/


Dreamers Haiku Contest 2018 The Winners
https://www.dreamerswriting.com/stories-poems/2018-haiku-contest-winners/



The reference to Shakespeare in a Japanese poem juxtaposes the two poetic traditions beautifully,
while encouraging us to look up and be one with the beauty around us.
 –James Brandon

MY ARTIST'S STATEMENT:　

First, thank you very much to Dreamers Creative Writing.

I learned biology at university because I was interested in nature and “living”.

Why are we living, what is life, and how should we live?
I am still in the middle of this long way. Shakespeare, and many poets (as well as scientists), can show us ways of living these days by their universal thinking.

Nature and mind are connected according to the Haiku worldview.

I try to weave my will into my Haiku.
My Haikus are a little conceptual and sensible, probably because I mainly write free verses in Japan.
However, Haiku and its rhythm are always in my life, as are Basho, Issa, and many contemporary Haiku writers.
I would be happy if, in the future, more people get to know about the beauty and the deep worldview of Haiku.

 – Emi Miyaoka

Thank you for Dreamers Creative Writing,
James Brandon,
and everyone in this world !