Haiku by Angelika Kolompar in Canada (1)
2010/08/21
On August 12, 2010, I knew about Angelika Kolompar Renville Bygott through facebook, and became a haiku friend of hers. Since then, we have started to share blogs with each other.
In her blog, ‘HAIKU LIFE OF ANGELIKA’, she says as follows:
“I write about my private and literary life. I compose haiku and this year have started writing tanka. My first love and joy is still haiku. I never leave the house without my pencil in my topnot. I am grateful to Serge Tome for being the first editor to publish me and for his encouragement since 2000, when i first started writing haiku. The wonderful island on which i live gives me daily inspiration. I am truly happy and blessed to be living here. ” Wie Gott in Frankreich.”
She also says in her e-mail as her short bio as follows:
“I started to write haiku after a bout of very bad depression. My son married a girl from Japan and she introduced me to haiku. I started to write them and it helped me with my depression. In 2006 i self-published a book of haiku. I am in the process of working on my 2nd book.”
Angelika Kolompar is a winner of the Suruga Baika Award in Japan. Her work has appeared in numerous publications, particularly in Japanese newspapers. She has a B.A. from the university of Alberta, Canada
She came to Canada from Europe with her Danish Mother and Hungarian Father. She makes her home on Vancouver Island where she derives her inspiration.
Here I present 12 haiku of hers written each month in 2007 with each photo, giving them my Japanese translations.
January 1, 2007
HAPPY NEW YEAR
At 12:00
he sits in last year’s
bath water
午前零時去年のお風呂の湯に浸かる
February 20, 2007
HAPPY cHINESE nEW yEAR
It is 4705, year of the Pig
The misty garden
yellow petals falling down now
as her tears flow down
霧の庭涙とともに花弁落つ
March 21, 2007
SPRING IS HERE
Spring morning
the first bird call
to awaken me
春の朝一番鳥に目を覚ます
April 23, 2007
EARTH DAY 2007
Earth Day
rain drops on
the Smart Car
アースデイスマートカーに雨しずく
May 13, 2007
HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY
Regal looking Lady
more silver in the gold
of her hair
貴婦人やシルバー目立つ金の髪
June 17, 2007
HAPPY FATHER’S DAY
Sunrise
She places haiku
upon his ashes
彼の灰彼女句を置く日の出かな
July 1, 2007
HAPPY CANADA DAY 2007
At dawn
sailboats enter the harbour
sailors ready for coffee
入港や明けのコーヒー帆船に
August 6, 2007
MID-SUMMER
On the still sea
his eyes look inward
creating stories
海静か話作りに内観す
September 23, 2007
TODAY IS AUTUMN (AKI)
In Mother’s garden
sound of many crickets
singing old songs
母の庭こおろぎ古い歌うたう
October 10, 2007
NEW MAN IN MY LIFE
In the long dark night
a new heart beat next to mine
i go to sleep with a smile
微笑んで新たな鼓動と眠りつく
November 3, 2007
HAPPY NOVEMBER
Trees from Italy
yellow leaves falling
near the cedars
イタリアの木の黄葉やスギに落つ
December 24, 2007
HAPPY CHRISTMAS SEASON
In the church
His light bright tonight
Christmas time
クリスマス神の光や教会に
The next posting ‘Haiku by P K Padhy in India (2)’ appears on August 28.
― Hidenori Hiruta
2010/08/22 at 11:12 pm
Very well done Angelika ,
Your friend,
The western Steer