World Haiku Series 2019 (74) Haiku by Jenny Fraser

World Haiku Series 2019 (74)

Haiku by Jenny Fraser

 

abbey ruins

the wintering over

of stars  

 

Peggy Willis Lyles Haiku Award, 2019: Placed Second

 

修道院跡

星の越冬

 

low tide 

the baby’s foot hanging out

of a buggy

 

The Heron’s Nest, Volume XV111, June 2016: Issue 2 

The Wonder Code by Scott Mason: 2017

 

干潮

赤ちゃんの足がバギーからぶらぶら

 

on the other side

of my autumn sky

your crocus opening   

 

Presence 61: 2018

Red Moon Anthology of English-Language Haiku: 2019 

 

秋の空の反対側で

あなたのクロッカスの花が咲いている

 

the shifting light of winter sun the withered reeds

 

5th Japan-Russia Haiku Contest 2016: Honourable Mention

 

冬の太陽の向きが変わる光　枯れた葦

 

summer night

the rain fragrance    

of naked skin

 

Diogen Summer 2013 Haiku Contest: Honourable Mention

OZNZ Haiku Anthology: 2013   

International Matsuo Bashō Award for haiku poetry Anthology: Italian Haiku Association 2014 

 

夏の夜

裸の肌に残る雨の香り

 

all the things

i want to say

the depth of water        

 

Little Iris Haiku Contest Croatia 2018: Commended

 

私が言いたいことの全て

水の深さ

 

filling a billy

from the cowshed vat          

buttermilk sky

 

The Heron’s Nest, Volume XX, June 2018: Issue 2

 

牛舎の大桶からビリーを埋める

薄黄色の空

 

log after log

through the cry of gulls     

export

 

N.Z. Poetry Society Competitions 2018: Third Prize 

 

丸太から丸太

カモメの鳴き声を通して

輸出

 

where the bush scent 

turns salty

Smugglers Bay    

 

The Heron’s Nest, Volume XX1, June 2019: Issue 2

 

ブッシュの香りが塩辛くなる所

スマグラーズ湾 

 

autumnal colours 

falling away 

some part of myself 

 

Autumn Moon Haiku Contest 2018: Honourable Mention

 

秋の色が消え失せている

自分の一部

 

— Translated by Hidenori Hiruta

 

Here is a photo taken last weekend at a little country festival in The King Country, North Island, New Zealand.

 

 

Jenny Fraser bio: 2019

 ‘Born in the Waikato, New Zealand and having lived there for most of her life, Jenny, a nature lover, musician, artist and poet, now lives by the Pacific Ocean in Mt Maunganui in The Bay of Plenty.

Her haiku are regularly published in New Zealand and International Journals.   

Here is another photo presented by Jenny.