old woman in a cup on the table tea and morning silence 老婦人 テーブルの上のカップに お茶と朝の沈黙 autumn haze a boy's whisper to his mum attracts the sun (The Wales Haiku Journal, October 2020) 秋の霞 男の子の母親へのささやき 太陽を引き付ける friend's secret the first to know it me and the wind (The Asahi Haikuist Network, October 2020) 友達の秘密 それを最初に知ったのは 私と風 bonfire starting to melt my years (The Wales Haiku Journal, June 2021) 焚き火 溶け始める 私の年月 father's crutches leaning on them the whole house (The Quatrain.Fish Zine, January 2021) 父の松葉杖 寄りかかっている 家全体 grandad's car together in it me and memories an image of my grandad's car (the old-timer) おじいちゃんの車 その中で一緒 私と思い出

safety mask totally hidden the river crab (The Frameless Sky: Art Video Journal, December 2020) 安全マスク 完全に隠された 川のカニ closed border crosses it freely only breeze 閉ざされた国境 自由に交差する そよ風だけ evening forest not quite big enough for all the shadows (The Ink Sweat & Tears The poetry and prose webzine, March 2021) 夕方の森 十分な大きさではない すべての影にとって chaos in the room lost between the clutter a beam of the moon (The Under the Basho, September 2020) 部屋の混沌 散らかった間に失われた 月の光線 ― Translated into Japanese by Hidenori Hiruta

BIO SKETCH: Samo Kreutz (1975 -) lives in Ljubljana, Slovenia. Besides haiku (which he has been writing since 2011), he writes novels, short stories, and poetry. Up till now he has published eight books (three of them were haiku books). His recent work has appeared on international websites (and journals) such as Wales Haiku Journal, Under the Basho, Poetry Pea, NeverEnding Story: First English-Chinese Bilingual Haiku and Tanka Blog, Frameless Sky: Art Video Journal, Jalmurra: Art & Poetry Journal, Autumn Moon Haiku Journal, Asahi Haikuist Network, Akitsu Quarterly, Akita International Haiku Network and others.
World Haiku Series 2019 (165) Haiku by Samo Kreutz – Akita …