World Haiku Series 2019 (107)
Haiku by Mallika Chari
loud tides
disturbed mind
becoming silent
[published in Wild Plum 2017]
大潮
心を乱した
沈黙
open sky
fluttering thoughts
finding space
[published in Chrysanthemum 2017]
広々とした空
羽ばたく思い
スペースを見つける
hot day
two cuckoos wait
for the fountain to start
[published in Under The Basho 2019]
暑い日
二羽のカッコウが待つ
噴水が始まるのを
swing
to and fro
my thoughts
ブランコ
行ったり来たり
私の考え
forest
coming from nowhere
a stream
森林
どこからも来ない
流れ
summer
all around neighborhoods
sound of lawnmowers
夏
近所中
芝刈り機の音
afternoon
a lone sparrow
hopping around
午後
孤独なスズメ
跳び回る
ploughed field
parrots feasting
before their flight
耕された畑
オウムのごちそう
飛行の前に
dark clouds
flock of birds and i
back from fields
暗雲
鳥の群れと私
畑から戻る
dawn
parrots on trees
are they verbose?
夜明け
木々のオウム
饒舌ですか？
— Translated by Hidenori Hiruta
Brief bio:
Mallika Chari, a poet & an artist loves to give colors and shape to her poetry.
Her poetry collection’ Lively Words’ bears testimony to this where each of Her poem is represented by her paintings.
Her poems have found places in online journals and poetry anthologies.
Her haiga got published in Daily Haiga and Haiga Online.
Her haiku were published in Wild Plum ,Chrysanthemum and Under The Basho.
Here is a haiga presented by Ms. Mallika Chari for the World Haiku Series 2019, which will inspire you to write more haiku, I hope.
Akita International Haiku Network 
Beautiful ❤️
Mallika,
Your drawings are all the more attractive!
Apt image
Apt haiku
💐💐
I like all your haiku poems. Superb…this one…
hot day
two cuckoos wait
for the fountain to start
Beautiful expressions with art.
Dear haiku poets, or haijin, thank you very much for having sent fine haiku for the World Haiku Series 2019.
Sharing nice works of haiku is one of the greatest pleasures in life. Thanks a million again for having given such a good time, a rich source of inspiration, and a big delight. Hidenori Hiruta