World Haiku Series 2019 (137) Haiku by Nicole Pottier

World Haiku Series 2019 (137)

Haiku by Nicole Pottier

 

cherry fragrance –
in a pink whirlwind
passionate kiss

 

さくらんぼの香り

ピンクの旋風の中で

情熱的なキス

 

flag’s still flying –
just a few memories carried
by the wind

 

旗はまだ翻っている

ほんの少しの思い出が風で運ばれている

 

Titanic-
in the waves roaring
radio silence

 

タイタニック

ごうごうと鳴る波の中に

無線停止

 

summer heat –
buried under pebbles
creek melody

 

夏の暑さ

小石の下に葬り去られた

小川のメロディー

 

transit area –
travellers and cockroaches
both in a hurry

 

トランジットエリア

旅行者とゴキブリ

両方急いでいる

 

children’s story –
in the old man’s eyes
patch of blue sky

 

童話

老人の目の中に

青空の斑点

 

lunar eclipse —
drawing empty circle
with black ink

 

月食

空の円を描いている

黒インクで

 

forest fires-
memories of summer
get smoky smell

 

山火事

夏の思い出

煙の匂いがする

 

fall colours –
a bleeding bird burrows
into the flowers

 

紅葉

出血している鳥が花の中に隠れる

 

end of the year –
as fast as lightning
last brushstroke

 

年の暮れ

稲妻と同じくらい速い

最後の筆

 

— Translated by Hidenori Hiruta

 

Brief bio :

Nicole Pottier is a french haiku poet. Her haiku poems and haiga regularly appear in many languages in reviews like Haiku, Albatros (Romania), Haiku Canada (Canada), Ploc!, Haikouest (France), Diogen Pro Kultura ( Croatia), World Haiku Association (Japan).

In 2014, she won the First Prize in the international Haiku Foundation Contest (USA) for her haiku in English in the traditional category, and a third prize in the 19th international contest « Kusamakura » (Japan).

In 2016, she won an honourable mention in the 20th international haiku contest « Mainichi » (Japan).

In 2017, she won an honourable mention in the 15th UkiaHaiku festival in the Jane Reichhold International category (USA).

She’s member of the board of « Haiku review », in the  Romanian Society of Haiku (Bucharest).

Since 2019, she is redactor for the review « Albatros », published by the Haiku Society of Constanta where she is member since 2017. She is the organizer of the annual haiku contest of this society.