World Haiku Series 2019 (62) Haiku by Hifsa Ashraf

World Haiku Series 2019 (62)

Haiku by Hifsa Ashraf

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Unpublished haiku 

hot stones
touching the core
of another life

熱い石

別の生命のコアに触れる

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Buddha and Sufi
facing the sun
spring equinox

仏陀とスーフィー

太陽に面している

春分

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tranquil koi pond
the yin-yang
of my dreams

静かな鯉の池

私の夢の陰陽

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wisteria tunnel
at the end…
my dreams 

藤のトンネル

最後に…

私の夢

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Published haiku 

plumes of smoke
curl around…
the half-opened roses

Haikuniverse, October 10th, 2019

もくもく立ち上がる煙

うずを巻く…

半分開いたバラ

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winter cleaning
moth wings cling
to mother’s scarf

hedgerow #128 (the summer issue)

冬の清掃

蛾がしがみつく

母のスカーフに

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summer sky
the kaleidoscope
of my dreams

Stardust Haiku, Issue 32 – August 2019

夏の空

私の夢の万華鏡

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sweltering day
the loud sound
of the dripping tap

August 2, 2019, ASAHI HAIKUIST NETWORK/ David McMurray

蒸し暑い日

滴下タップの大きな音
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peace negotiations —
a refugee child collects
the bullet shells

hedgerow, spring 127

和平交渉－

難民の子供が集める

弾丸の殻を
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sandpiper—
rolling back
the ebb tide

The Heron’s Nest, Volume XXI, Number 2: June 2019

シギ

転がって戻る

引き潮
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— Translated by Hidenori Hiruta

 

Bio

Hifsa Ashraf is from Pakistan.

She is an award-winning poet, story writer, and co-editor of Haiku Commentary blog.

Being a multilingual poet, she writes poetry in English, Urdu, and Punjabi. Her haiku, senryu, tanka, haiga, cherita, sonnets, and free verse poems have been published in various international poetry journals, anthologies, and magazines.

Besides that, her short stories have been published in a UK based online English magazine.

Here are five photos presented by Ms. Hifsa Ashraf , which will inspire you to write haiku.