the flash of light
in a blackbird’s eye
August morning
Honorable Mention, Basho-An contest
光のきらめき
ムクドリモドキの目に
8月の朝
evening pines…
blackbird pathways through
moonlight
Soka City Pine Haiku contest, Outstanding Haiku
夕方の松の木
ムクドリモドキの通路
月光を通って
sun rising
on a school mourning…
the long cortège
Bloodroot Contest, Honorable Mention
日の出
学校の追悼に
長い行列
embassy row…
we listen for the language
of flowers
Golden Triangle contest, selected for display
大使館の並び
私たちは耳を傾ける
花の言語に
rustic graveyard
all the tombstones
facing the road
Viewing Stone Haiku contest, third prize
田舎の墓地
すべての墓石
道路に面している
loneliness…
spring offers me
a new leaf
Indian Kukai, First prize winner
孤独
春が私に提供する
新しい葉を
battlefield…
doves nest among the fallen
cherry blossoms
Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival, honorable mention
戦場
ハトが巣を作る
散った桜の中に
end of a long night
how much the moon has grown
smaller…
Yamadera Basho contest, selected for publication
長い夜の終わり
月がどれだけ小さく
なったろう
mass grave…
social distance no longer
required
World Haiku Review, honorable mention, and Editor’s Choice
集団墓地
社会的距離はもはや
必要としない
Covid winter…
her one-breath poem
in two breaths
Morioka Haiku contest, second prize
コロナウイルスの冬
彼女の一息の詩
二呼吸で
― Translated into Japanese by Hidenori Hiruta
Photos:
Mr. Ed Bremson kindly and delightedly presented two photos to the World Haiku Series 2020.
Bio:
Ed Bremson has been writing and publishing poetry for fifty years.
His poems have appeared recently in the journals Prune Juice, Daily Haiga, Bruce Ross’ Autumn Moon Haiku, and Under the Bashō, as well as in the Japanese newspaper Asahi Shimbun.
In 2017-2018 he was selected three times as Haiku Master of the Week by NHK World, Japanese TV.
In 2020 he has won ten awards.
Ed lives in Raleigh, North Carolina, USA.
Akita International Haiku Network 
Wow! Beautiful haiku & photos. Thanks.
Enjoyed reading ! Thank you! 🌺
I particularly love Ed’s blackbird poems.
marion