World Haiku Series 2020 (16)
Haiku by Carmela Marino
moon flower…
the rest of a dream
on the windowsill
June 24,2020 on Haiku Commentary
夕顔
夢の残り
窓辺に
his deep sleep
the milk of my breast
frozen
July 1,2020 honorable mention on The 5th Annual H. Gene Murtha Memorial Senryu Contest
彼の深い眠り
私の胸の乳
冷え切る
first date
the half-closed wings
of the butterfly
September 3, 2020 on Heron’s
初めてのデート
半分閉じた翼
その蝶の
cicadas
I clean the headstone
of my grandma
September 10 2020 on Mainichi
蝉
墓石を掃除する
おばあちゃんの
July sky
in his last message
still beats a heart
September 29, 2020 on World haiku review
七月の空
彼の最後のメッセージで
まだ心を打つ
dew drops-
who knows who I was
in past life
October 6,2020 on FemkuMag
露の滴
私が誰であったか誰も知らない
過去の人生において
melanoma
the wings of a butterfly
leaning against the rock
October 15,2020 chrysanthemum
黒色腫
蝶の羽
岩にもたれている
full moon
the ash carried
by the wind
October 23,2020 on Cattailsjournal
満月
運ばれた灰
風によって
twilight leaves-
I just hear the noise
of my steps
November 20,2020 on Underbasho
黄昏の葉
音が聞こえるだけ
私のステップの
slow thaw
every snowflake
has its sunset
september 9,2020 on daylahaiga
ゆっくりとした雪解け
あらゆる雪片に
日没がある
― Translated by Hidenori Hiruta
Bio:
Carmela Marino was born 9 January 1980 Sacco Salerno, and lives in Rome since 2005.
She is married and a full-time mother.
She likes to write, over all poetry thanks to her children.
She started writing in the hospital during frequent hospitalizations of her second-child Daniele with Down’s syndrome.
Haiku was a therapy for her and “writing a great feeling in a small space”.
Her haiku were published in blogs and magazines such as Akita International Haiku Network World Haiku Series 2019; Bones, Charlotte Digregorio’s Writer’s Blog, Chrysanthemum, Failed haiku, #FemkuMag, Haiku Commentary, Haikuniverse, Harusame, Hedgerow, Otata, Stardust Haiku, The Asahi Shimbun, The Bamboo Hut,Underbasho,Autumnmoon
https://akitahaiku.com/2020/05/18/
first date
the half-closed wings
of the butterfly
Beautiful haiku with beautiful photos. Thanks.
What beautiful images, and lovely surprising turns.