Month: June 2021

World Haiku Series 2020 (51) Haiku by Kimberly Olmtak

wind sweeps the leaves on their way autumn’s closure 風が葉を運び去る その途中 秋の終わり little girl displaying her ornamental dolls Hinamatsuri *hinmatsuri: Girl’s day/Dolls Day in Japan 小さな女の子が飾る 彼女の人形を ひなまつり sing-alongs from balconies in isolation spirits of hope 一緒に歌う 孤立したバルコニーから 希望の精 quarantine the only onlookers pigeons on a wire 検疫 唯一の見物人 電線のハト in the sakura trees bright … Continue reading World Haiku Series 2020 (51) Haiku by Kimberly Olmtak →

World Haiku Series 2020 (50) Haiku by Ken Sawitri

airborne troops a soap bubble safely landing 航空部隊 シャボン玉 安全に着陸 Ken Sawitri Photograph by Aisha Shifa the pattering light on uprooted seedlings ... summer moon パラパラする光 根こそぎの苗に 夏の月 Ken Sawitri Photograph by Aisha Shifa cat yowling ... the wooden cuckoo bird strikes a quick two-note call 猫のうなり声 木製のカッコウ鳥が奏でる 速い 2 音符の鳴き声を Ken Sawitri Photograph by … Continue reading World Haiku Series 2020 (50) Haiku by Ken Sawitri →

Winners of the contest Haiku – Spring 2021

HAIKU BY THE STUDENTS OF           HIGHER SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS NATIONAL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY (Russia, Moscow) Haiku Club of Professor Alexander Dolin Winners of the contest   Haiku – Spring 2021 (composed in English) Tatyana Shevchenko Татьяна Шевченко Red and yellow leaves Falling on a dark lake Dressing it for winter Jolly yellow leaves Stuck in my … Continue reading Winners of the contest Haiku – Spring 2021 →

World Haiku Series 2020 (49) Haiku by Kanchan Chatterjee

after the long whistle . . . moonlit fields 後 長い笛 月明かりの野原 on the still mill owner’s roof also — hailstones 上に 静かな製紛場の所有者の屋根も あられ among the cold stones somehow a single lily — my fifty two years 冷たい石の間 どういうわけか一輪の百合 私の52年間 spring drizzle . . . the weather app is slow to upgrade 春の霧雨 天気アプリが遅い 格上げへ … Continue reading World Haiku Series 2020 (49) Haiku by Kanchan Chatterjee →