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Gray clouds trail across the sky. In the pale winter sun a flock of geese (Ben Grafström–Akita, Japan)
World Haiku Series 2020 (13) Haiku by Keith A. SIMMONDS A red butterfly quivering upon a rose… ephemeral glow 赤い蝶 バラに震える 一時的な熱情 Visiting hours… mum calls me by a name from her repertoire 訪問時間 母が私を名前で呼ぶ 彼女のレパートリーから Social distancing… when will it ever become a remote memory? 人と人との間隔を保つ いつになるのだろうか 遠い思い出に … Continue reading World Haiku Series 2020 (13) Haiku by Keith A. SIMMONDS
World Haiku Series 2020 (12) Haiku by Christina Chin a kiss beside the shoji screen b u t t e r f l i e s Published in Akitsu Quarterly Journal キス 障子のそばで 蝶々 checkered light under the trellis petrea volubilis Published in Cantos 2020 多彩な光 格子の下 … Continue reading World Haiku Series 2020 (12) Haiku by Christina Chin
World Haiku Series 2020 (11) Haiku by Daniela Misso the silence of jasmine incense… evening shadows The Asahi Shimbun Asahi Haikuist Network/David McMurray August 21, 2020 沈黙 ジャスミンの香りの 夕方の影 bedridden – the route of swallows above my roof Modern Haiku Volume 51.3 2020 寝たきり 燕のルート 私の屋根の上 a one-legged … Continue reading World Haiku Series 2020 (11) Haiku by Daniela Misso
World Haiku Series 2020 (10) Haiku by Adam Kajzer A-bomb blast centre long row of lanterns flows on the Motoyasu River (Basho Memorial English Haiku Contest, 74th Basho Festival, Grand Prize) 原爆の爆心地 長い列の灯籠が流れる 元安川を the Chopin’s statue drenching brittle willow floating in the wind (Soka Matsubara International Haiku Competition, Outstanding … Continue reading World Haiku Series 2020 (10) Haiku by Adam Kajzer
2021年1月 短歌 January 2021, Tanka All rights reserved ©Rika Inami 稲美 里佳 1 君よりのいらへ無きをこぼしたれば即届きしボイスメッセージ grumbling about no-response -- I got a voice-message from you right away 2 霜ふりて靄ふかき朝ねず色の空よりもるる幽けき日輪 on a morning with frost in deep mist… the faint and ethereal sunlight leaks through the grey sky … Continue reading 稲美里佳の短歌：Tanka by Rika Inami (41)
World Haiku Series 2020 (9) Haiku by Ram Krishna Singh half-clad and bare foot she croons an old song selling candy on roadside 半裸でそして素足で 彼女は古い歌をやさしく歌っている 道端でキャンデーを売りながら forever a visiting guest-- loneliness 永遠に 訪問する客― 孤独 unlockdown: fractured biorhythm deity distance 封鎖解除 壊れたバイオリズム 神の距離 sunset-- smoke and mirror muddy path … Continue reading World Haiku Series 2020 (9) Haiku by Ram Krishna Singh
World Haiku Series 2020 (8) Haiku by Andrea Cecon travel ban ~ my mind wanders in our past Poetry Pea, S3E14 (voyages) 旅行禁止 私の心はさ迷う 私たちの過去に crossing the border I change a word in my haiku Poetry Pea, S3E14 (voyages) 国境を越える 言葉を変える 私の俳句で off the train the sunlight takes … Continue reading World Haiku Series 2020 (8) Haiku by Andrea Cecon
World Haiku Series 2020 (7) Haiku by Arunachalashiva Ravi Sankar a sugarcane leaf tries to shade the mount Annamalai (Mount Annamalai is a holy mountain in South India and this is my photo haiku ) サトウキビの葉 陰を作ろうとする アンナマライ山に game over reaches to mother's arm a baby squirrel ゲームオーバー 母の腕に達する … Continue reading World Haiku Series 2020 (7) Haiku by Arunachalashiva Ravi Sankar
World Haiku Series 2020 (6) Haiku by Arvinder Kaur the gentle swing of a poppy - hopping bees ( published at The Mainichi July 15,2020 ) 穏やかな揺れ ケシの 飛び回るハチ mother's funeral - the breeze gently caressing my hair ( Honourable mention 23'rd Mainichi Haiku Contest ) 母の葬式 そよ風がやさしく 私の髪を愛撫する self … Continue reading World Haiku Series 2020 (6) Haiku by Arvinder Kaur
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