skip of a flat stone bluegills leap スキップ 平らな石の ブルーギルが跳ぶ snow flurries a horse’s nostrils twitch 風花 馬の鼻孔が ぴくぴく動く pines on fire antlers rise and fall in white water 燃える松 枝角が上下する 白い水の中 melting icicle a sparrow showers drip by drip 溶ける氷柱 雀がシャワーを浴びる 一滴ずつ dewdrops on an iris petal the cat's tongue 露の滴 アイリスの花びらに 猫の舌 old pond Basho jumps in sound of laughter 古池 芭蕉が飛び込む 笑い声 fallen branches after the ice storm hint of primrose 倒れた枝 氷の嵐の後 サクラソウの兆し blossoming at just the right time butterfly bush 開花 ちょうどいいタイミングで フジウツギ clearing sky the butterfly decides on a violet 晴天 蝶が決心する スミレの上で plum blossoms a turtle tilts its head toward the sun 梅の花 カメが頭を傾ける 太陽に向かって ― Translated into Japanese by Hidenori Hiruta
Bio: Tom Bierovic (M.Ed., M.Div.) is a widely published, award-winning writer of haiku, senryu, and tanka poetry. His books, 'Blink of a Duck's Eye,' and 'Paper Boats' are available on Amazon. In his free time, Tom enjoys reading, playing backgammon, studying Anglo-Saxon Runes and Celtic Ogham staves, playing Native American flutes and Irish whistles, and drumming on bongos and djembe. He and his wife Laurie make their home in DeLand, Florida, USA.
Here are 4 additional haiku by Tom Bierovic
a shimmer of trout in the osprey's talon summer's end - First Place, Japan Fair 2021 マスのきらめき ミサゴのかぎづめで 夏の終わり origami boat the hospice nurse gives it a name - First Place, the Modern Haiku Robert M. Spiess Memorial Award, 2021 折り紙の舟 ホスピスの看護師が 名前を付ける crack of thunder a heron unfolds into echo - Second Place, the 10th Annual Polish International Haiku Competition, 2020 雷の鋭い音 サギが広げる エコーに a year at most . . . we pretend to watch the hummingbirds First Place, The Haiku Society of America Harold G. Henderson Memorial Award, 2021 せいぜい1年 見ているふりをする ハチドリを
Akita International Haiku Network 