World Haiku Series 2019 (57)
Haiku by Heike Gewi
#1
peony dreams —
in that strange land the geese fly
the other direction
牡丹の夢－
その見知らぬ土地で雁が飛ぶ
別の方向に
#2
First mammography –
I feel naked
without glasses
最初のマンモグラフィ －
裸のような感じ
眼鏡をかけないで
#3
coffee grounds –
reading
about failed war policy
コーヒー農場－
読書
失敗した戦争政策について
#4
monastery –
carrying carefully the master’s thoughts
to the edge
修道院－
マスターの考えを注意深く運ぶ
末端まで
#5
White Monday —
seven decades between these
and those peonies
ホワイト マンデー –
この牡丹とあの牡丹の間の70年
#6
Winter clouds
pulling and pushing
a child’s wet bed
冬の雲
子供の濡れたベッドを
引いたり押したり
#7
Hunt Safari.
Was the wisdom of elephants
ever
in their teeth?
狩猟旅行。
象の知恵は
これまでに
歯の中にあっただろうか
#8
Fair Trade.
A foreign word
while buying bananas.
公正取引。
外国の言葉
バナナを買いながら
#9
Black Nile waters
the cotton fields
and this night sky
黒いナイル川の水
綿花畑
そしてこの夜空
— Translated by Hidenori Hiruta
Heike Gewi * 1964
Passionate haiku poetess, whose work has been published in Germany and abroad.
Author of three Haiku books and co-author of a book devoted to Japanese linked verses.
Married. Mother of two and a caring gardener.
Akita International Haiku Network 
Thanks for soulful haiku written by Heike Gewi.
A lovely Haiku from a lovely author
Delightful senryu…I am especially drawn to #2. It illustrates so well the incongruity of the situation.
Thank you…
Hiruta-san…I am a new member, and I would like to post some haiku. Please tell me how to proceed. Many thanks… Ely
On Mon, Feb 24, 2020, 15:01 Akita International Haiku Network wrote:
> Hiruta posted: “World Haiku Series 2019 (57) Haiku by Heike Gewi #1 > peony dreams — in that strange land the geese fly the other direction > 牡丹の夢－ その見知らぬ土地で雁が飛ぶ 別の方向に #2 First mammography – I feel naked wi” >
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