World Haiku Series 2019 (199)
Haiku by Xenia Tran
blossom haze
spring is passing
before our eyes
– from Between Heather and Grass – Poems Filled with Love, Hope and Whippets by Xenia Tran (Nairn, UK: Holistic Linguistics, 2019)
花のもや
春が過ぎて行く
目の前で
light rain
around the buddha’s feet
a sea of diamonds
– published in EarthRise Rolling Haiku Collaboration 2019 (Winchester, VA: The Haiku Foundation, 2019)
小雨
仏の足の周り
ダイヤモンドの海
sea pinks
sunlight draws her colours
around the rocks
– published on Whippet Wisdom blog
海のピンク
日光が色を描く
岩の周りに
these colours
the new and ever newer
gifts from the sea
– from Between Heather and Grass – Poems Filled with Love, Hope and Whippets by Xenia Tran (Nairn, UK: Holistic Linguistics, 2019)
これらの色
新しい、かってないほど新しい
海からの贈り物
empty salad bowl
too beautiful to eat
these flowers
– published on Tranature blog
空のサラダボウル
美しすぎて食べられない
これらの花を
stillness of trees
the wind picks up where she left
a blackbird singing
– published on Whippet Wisdom blog
木の静けさ
風が彼女の去ったところで強くなる
ムクドリモドキの歌
autumn woods
still this green holding
onto blue
– published on Whippet Wisdom blog
秋の森
まだこの緑は持ち続け
青に
an eagle calls –
whose star greets the sky
in these moments
– published on Whippet Wisdom blog
鷲が叫ぶ
星が空に挨拶する
これらの瞬間
hazy moon
we carry the starfish
back to sea
– from Sharing Our Horizon – A Journey Through the Scottish Highlands with Two Adopted Whippets by Xenia Tran (Nairn, UK: Holistic Linguistics, 2018)
もやのかかった月
ヒトデを運び
海に戻す
frost melts
the buddha in our garden
smiles again
– from Sharing Our Horizon – A Journey Through the Scottish Highlands with Two Adopted Whippets by Xenia Tran (Nairn, UK: Holistic Linguistics, 2018)
霜が溶ける
私たちの庭の仏
再び微笑む
Translated by Hidenori Hiruta
Biography:
Xenia Tran was born in The Netherlands in 1962 and lives in the Scottish Highlands with her husband and two adopted whippets.
She blogs at whippetwisdom.com and tranature.com.
Her poems have appeared on television, in online poetry journals, print magazines and anthologies.
Her first collection of poems and photographs Sharing Our Horizon – A Journey through the Scottish Highlands with Two Adopted Whippets was published in September 2018 in aid of animal rehoming charities.
Her second collection Between Heather and Grass – Poems Filled with Love, Hope and Whippets was published in October 2019 in aid of Children with Cancer UK and animal rehoming charities.
Both books are available in paperback, ebook and Kindle editions.
Haiku offers her the opportunity to pause, to be fully present in a moment and to connect with that moment in a few simple words. It is a breathing space in a busy life, a breathing space that she will always treasure.
Akita International Haiku Network 
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Reblogged this on Whippet Wisdom – a Highland Journey and commented:
We are deeply honoured and delighted to share our haiku with haiku friends in the world and appreciate each other’s haiku as part of the World Haiku Series 2019, celebrating the 330th anniversary of Bashõ’s visit to Kisakata at the same time. A special thank you to Mr Hidenori Hiruta for his beautiful Japanese translations.
Thank you so much for your beautiful translations and for allowing me to part of this beautiful series celebrating haiku poetry. Yours sincerely with best wishes, Xenia
Thank you kindly dear Yassy
Reblogged this on Frank J. Tassone and commented:
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Reblogged this on Eugi's Causerie I and commented:
Congrats to and sharing Hidenori Hiruta presents haiku by Xenia Trans! –
Beauty in few words. I love haiku and tanka. However my own attempts fall short compared to these.
Thank you very much for your inspiring comments.
It is my great pleasure in life to meet haiku friends on the website, sharing haiku with each other.
Thanks a million again for having given such a good time, a rich source of inspiration, and a big delight. Hidenori Hiruta