The ``NHK National Haiku Contest'', which introduced excellent haiku submitted from all over the country, was held on the 31st at NHK Hall in Shibuya, Tokyo.
This competition, now in its 25th year, is held every year by NHK and NHK Gakuen, and this year, approximately 38,000 works were submitted from ages 4 to 107, and three haiku were selected for the grand prize. .
One of these works, ``The Sun is an Ordinary Star Fuki no Tau,'' by Naoya Sato (38) from Kanagawa Prefecture, reminds us that when we think about the vastness of the universe, we realize that the irreplaceable sun is also an ordinary star. This poem describes how a small butterbur sprout sustains life through the sunlight.
It was praised as ``It reminds us that each person, even an ordinary person, is irreplaceable.''
``I wonder if I'll swim in the rain melting into the ocean,'' by Minako Kinoshita (70) from Hokkaido, is about when she is swimming in the sea and suddenly it starts to rain, and she imagines that the rain falling from the sky, the sea that accepts it, and herself are one. This poem describes the joy of that moment.
It was praised as ``The powerful chant, ``I wonder if I'm going to swim,'' evokes the image of a lonely but determined figure facing forward.''
``Eating is so much fun, baby swallow'' by Mr. Ishihara Yoshio (81) of Saitama Prefecture is a poem about the joy he felt watching the swallows that come to his friend's house every year to eat. is.
The poem was praised as ``trying to live life to the fullest. Moreover, the point of this poem is that it seems to be fun.''
The tournament will be broadcast on E-Tele from 2:30 pm on April 28th.