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
ペオレア・ウォルビス
frogs
in the lily pond
whistling ducks
Published in Fireflies’s Light
Note:
frogs
in the lily pond
whistling ducks (is also the name of a kind of duck. It makes the verse a bit interesting)
蛙
ユリの池の中で
口笛を吹くように鳴くアヒル
rice plains
a breeze spins rainbows
in soap bubbles
Published in Wales Haiku Journal
田んぼ
そよ風が虹を紡ぐ
シャボン玉で
restless sea
the plover rushes in
rushes out
Published in Cattails (UHTS)
絶えず動く海
千鳥が飛び込んだり
飛び出たり
castle ruins
classical guitars
tremolo into sunset
Published in Cantos 2020
城跡
クラシックギター
日没へのトレモロ
passing voices
so clear in the night
wild geese
通り過ぎる声
夜とてもよく聞き取れる
野生の雁
the loud throttles
of a fisherman’s boat
homebound
音の大きなスロットル
漁師の舟の
家に帰るところ
warm conversations
in spicy bamboo shoot
Spring Festival
温かな会話
香しい竹の子で
春のお祭り
twitters
under a bo tree
bird of paradise
Note:
twitters
under a bo tree
bird of paradise (can also be the name of the flower in the haiga)
ツイッター
菩提樹の下
楽園の鳥
cylclamen breeze
the old bamboo chime
rattles its fragrance
Published in Serow
シクラメンのそよ風
古い竹のチャイム
その香りをガタガタ揺する
thunderhead
a dragon on the kite
blows fire
Published in Serow
雷雲
凧の上の龍
火を吹く
― Translated by Hidenori Hiruta
Artist/Poet Bio:
Christina Chin, Kuching, Malaysia. She is the 1st place winner in the 34th Annual Cherry Blossom Sakura Festival 2020 Haiku Contest.
Her photo-haiku won 1st prize Award in the 8th Setouchi Matsuyama International Contest in 2019. Recently she won two of City Soka Saitama’s 2020 prizes and earned five merits in the World Haiku Review 2020.
She is published in the multilingual Haiku Anthology (Volumes 3-6) and the International Spring and Summer Saijiki issues.
Christina is published in Haikukai (俳句界) one of Japan’s biggest monthly haiku magazines.
Her poems appear in many journals including AHS Frogpond Journal, the Red Moon Anthology, Akita International Haiku Network, African Haiku Network, Akitsu Quarterly Journal, The Asahi Shimbun, ESUJ-Haiku, Presence, Chrysanthemum, The Cicada’s Cry, The Zen Space, Wales Haiku Journal, Prune Juice, Failed Haiku and Cattails (UHTS) and has many more awards and accolades to her name.
She also maintains an ongoing scheduled blog of featured and published haiku: https://haikuzyg.blogspot.com/.
Thank you very much, Hidenori Hiruta-san for the selection and translations. Very much appreciate your deligence, hard work and dedication promoting many fine poets and providing a venue to showcase works by a global community of international poets.
Also a special thanks to Ben Grafström for the wonderful page layout and design.
~ Christina Chin
Reblogged this on Christina Chin Haiku and commented:
I have the great honour of being featured in the Akita International Haiku Network. Many thanks to Hidenori Hiruta-san.
Beautiful!
Beautiful haiga Christina, thank you so much for sharing them with us here 💜
So beautiful. A wonder ful selection. Love the whistling ducks. Thanks for reminding me.
Thanks for enjoying, whippetwisdom! Very much appreciate your encouragement and feedback.
My pleasure to share with you.
~ Christina Chin 😊☕
Thanks a lot, Corine! So pleased you enjoyed! Your encouragement and feedback is very much appreciated!
~ Christina Chin 😊☕
Thanks so very much, elaine patricia! I’m so glad you like this. Many thanks for taking the time to read. I appreciate your encouragement and feedback. Much appreciated.
~ Christina Chin 😊🙏🌹
These are exquisite. Your Haiga are beautiful! Thank you for this selection, Christina- brings much beauty and cheer!
Warmly,
Geethanjali
Geethanjali Rajan, thanks ever so much for kind feedback. They mean a lot, I’m so pleased you enjoyed. Very much appreciated!
~ Christina Chin 😊 ☕
Beautiful and inspiring!! Applause!!
Thanks a lot for reading, Paul Callus very pleased you enjoyed!
~ Christina Chin