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World Tempos Journal は、各国の俳人による、月四回程度の特派員報告です。
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Author Profile
Ashe My name is Ashe. I am a lover of nature in all its infinite detail. I am often to be found wandering the woods and hills of southern England, camera in hand and note book in my pocket. I also like to visit historic locations, houses, gardens and castles. Over the coming months I hope to share with you some moments from these ventures.
Carol Raisfeld My name is Carol Raisfeld.I live in Atlantic Beach, NY USA.
My interests range from sailing and tournament chess to sculpting and painting.Photography and poetry are an integral part of my life,as well as yoga and kickboxing.As an inventor,I hold US and foreign patents.I am a member of the Haiku Society of America,the World Haiku Association, and the World Haiku Club.
Being able to capture and share special moments in time is exciting and rewarding.I am happy to be part of World Tempos Journal and look forward to comments from readers as I share with them the tempo and rhythm of my life.
Darrell Byrd My name is Darrell Byrd. I live in Imperial Valley, in southern California,USA. This is a lush valley of diversified agricultural production. It was carved out of the desert in 1901.This was accomplished by digging a canal through the desert,to deliver water from the Colorado River,sixty miles to the east. With water,the fertile land blossomed. I have worked as an agricultural inspector and biologist for the County of Imperial for the past 32 years. I will attempt to share with you, through photos and brief diaries, the life and beauty of this marvelous oasis.


Deborah Russell I am a resident of Lutherville, in northern Baltimore County. Generally known for lumber, fishing, farming and industry called the Mid-Atlantic Region, it is one of the earliest settled areas of the original thirteen colonies. It is rich in history, natural resources and trade. Includes: mountains, hills, wetlands, the Chesapeake Bay and coastal waters of the Atlantic Ocean. Serves as a center of government and education. It's advantageous for a writer and artist and centrally located to Washington DC, Philadelphia and New York City.
Dominique Chipot My name is Dominique Chipot.
I live in Seichamps, near Nancy, at east of FRANCE.

My region is a vast countryside with not very contrasting landscapes : plains, forests, ponds, rivers and cultivated lands.
Its climate is continental with an oceanic influence.
Seasons are contrasting and strong (sometimes harsh winter with –15°C, hot and stormy summer).

I divide my time between my family activities (married with 2 children), my job (accountancy and computerization), photography (some pictures published in books or magazines through an agency) and haikus.
Ena Rosa Maghlen I'm Ena Rosa Maghlen de Linares (ena) and I live in Barcelona,Spain.(Barcelona is on the northeastern coast of the Iberian peninsula, on the shores of the Mediterranean. It is the second largest city in Spain, pop. l.500.000. The languages spoken are Catalan and Castilian-Spanish)

I have three children, three grandchildren. I am a student of English literature. Ceramics is one of my hobbies. I am a ZEN Buddhist, follower of Thich Nhat Hahnｴs teachings of Buddha. I enjoy taking photographs and try to write haiku. I especially enjoy PHOTO HAIKU and also WHCspanish.
GEERT VERBEKE Born 31 may 1948 in Kortrijk, Flanders Europe. Writing haiku is where my heart lies. As a free-thinker I am not participating in the new age, I prefer humorous concepts into the everyday reality. I believe in the possibilities of haiku & singing bowls music (I edited 10 CD's) to promote a peaceful understanding between peoples.

My first haiku-book KOKORO (Dutch-English, 68 p.) is just out!
See my website for info:
http://users.skynet.be/geert.verbeke.bowls

silver light
before the first snow
a bit of silence
Gail Goto Hi, my name is Gail Goto. I live in Honolulu, Hawai'i. I'm an architect, part-time jogger, half-time housekeeper, and full time mom of two boys. I enjoy new age music, puzzles, poetry, haiku, photography, and mystery novels. Words, connections, sounds, and space have always intrigued me. I've enjoyed the daily sights of the photo journalists here. Each view and recording is from a different pair of lenses. I hope you'll enjoy our views! Much Aloha!
Jasminka Nadaskic Diordievic My name is Jasminka Nadaskic Diordievic. I live in Smederevo, an old town on the right bank of Danube in Yugoslavia. Danube flows through all my works (photography, free-style poetry, haiku, computer images). I am an electrical engineer - computer specialist, art photographer, poet, mountaineer and a member of WHA, WHC, HS of Yugoslavia, ANHC (Yu) and HaikuOz. My poetry books are: “Time of Nettles”, “The Patch of Dark”, “Jostling of Butterflies” and “An Upset Bird”.

Linda Papanicolaou I am an art teacher in Palo Alto, California. I became interested in haiku about four years ago and am now the assistant director of the World Haiku Club's Haikumultimedia group. Some of my digital haiga have been published in Haiga Online and Simply Haiku. Through my haiku art I have also become interested in digital photography and photo haiku. Please enjoy these pictures of the area in which I live.
Mary Angela Nangini Hello! My name if Mary Angela. I work in Toronto, Ontario, Canada but live in Brampton, more commonly referred to as part of the Greater Toronto Area or GTA region. With the photos I post here, I hope to share with you my daily travels that span over a large and diverse area, changing panoramas with the glorious sights of the four seasons, and interesting events that at times may be of World renown.
Michael Baribeau I live in a little rural town in Michigan USA with my 4 year old son Lee, two cats, and two dogs. I am a bench jeweler (jewelry repair) and wedding videographer and commute to the big city, Grand Rapids for work. I love Michigan. Anywhere in the State your no more than a 90 minute drive from one of the fresh water Great Lakes and there is nothing like running full speed down a tall dune. Huge State forests make it a great place to camp, hike, and fish. And the change of seasons from budding green, warm breezes, falling leaves, and snow, makes each one precious.
Michael Rehling I am a writer whose primary residence is on several acres in Southern Michigan, living with my wife, dogs, cats, and many tall pines. I also spend a good deal of time in California, and in Arizona. My interests include haiku, senryu, and other 'short forms' of poetry. My father was a photographer; and my digital camera is always in my bag these days. I am the editor of Short Stuff, a monthly journal of 'short form' poetry, and webmaster of HaikuHut.Com, and HaikuHut.Net. I am in love with verbs... ;-)
Ray Rasmussen Ray Rasmussen lives in Edmonton, Alberta, [Western] Canada. He teaches at the University of Alberta and is an active Environmentalist. He is a photographer who spends much of his time in Willmore Wilderness Park, Alberta and Canyonlands National Park, Utah. He is a web designer with a website containing photography, haiku, haiga and Japanese gardens webpages. Ray was one of the designers of the World Haiku Club's website. To visit his haiku websites simply add a "/" to his webpage name: http://raysweb.net followed by haiku, haiga, haiku-spring, haiku-dreams or japanesegardens.
peacesite I am peacesite. I live in Kanagawa-ku, southen part of Yokohama in Japan. I am engaged in the work of economic cooperation activities. Thousands of technical trainees and management exectives from developing countries participate the training courses in Japan.
I enjoy digital photo,Haiku in Japanese and in English,Renku,cooking Japanese traditional dishes,watching Noh and Kyougen at Yokohama Nohgakudo (Noh theatre).

Dear Students and Visitors:

The authors of World Tempos Journal wish to extend a warm welcome to our readers and cordialy invite and encourage all readers to contribute comments, ask the contributers questions concerning articles, and warmly invite the readers to post haiku responses to our work.

Our goal is to provide an informative and interactive exchange with our readers. World Tempos Journal is a collective of writers, from various parts of our globe, who present photos, haibun and haiku in an attempt to show the influence of their environment on the development of their personal haiku submissions.

World Tempos contributors focus their writing on the people, society and nature of the areas in which they work, live and travel. Questions by students and all interested readers are encouraged. We look forward to an innovative cultural exchange. Thank you for your participation and for your support. WTJ Contributors.