Poet Profile

Daniel Py

Co-founder of the AFH (French Haiku Association), 2003; Moderator of the WHC French forum (2005); Co-founder & organizer of the Paris kukaï (2007) [http://kukai.paris.free.fr/blog/]; Founder of the forum « senryu-fr » (2010) [http://fr.groups.yahoo.com/groups/senryu-fr].

Awards and Other Honors: Haiku International (Japan, 2001) [1 haiku (« winning works »]; Second Prize, Kumamoto Kusamakura Haiku Comp (2001); Selected haiku, Basho Memorial Museum (2007).

Books Published: HAÏKU 1999-2000 (bilingual. French-English)/ Ed. Clapàs (France, 2000); HAÏKU-SENRYÛ 2000-2001 (bilingual French-English)/ Ed. Clapàs (France, 2001); L'ANNÉE HAÏKU ( bilingual French-English) / Radijs 25, Ed. T'hoge Woord (Holland, 2001); etc.

the fruit bowl
overflowing with oranges
first snow

lush snow
slush now

white
ink: 
haiku

grey shadows
of snowflakes
the white pavement

running around the
corner becomes ecstasy:
magnolia blossoms

on the small road
to the cemetery
the sun – my dad

Credits: "the fruit bowl" - Hermitage III (2006); "white" - Hermitage I (2004);"running around the" - Haiku International 24 (1996); "lush snow" - WHCfrench # 1624 (December 2011); "grey shadows" - Bashô Memorial Museum Competition (2007); "on the small road" - Woodpecker (September 2002).