World Haiku Series 2020 (106) Haiku by Lakshmi Iyer

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Hiroshima day
the memories unfold
in the fallen blooms

広島の日
思い出が広がる
落花の中で

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day dreaming
in father's loud laughter
i cuddle up

空想中
父の大笑いに
私は寄り添う

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joining dots
from one to twenty
a meandering train

ドットを結合する
1から20まで
曲がりくねった電車

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circus stand
the child takes a balloon dog
for a walk

サーカススタンド
子供が気球犬を連れて行く
散歩に

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pergola
moonlight finds a place
to rest

パーゴラ
月光が場所を見つける
休むため

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Ganga arati
on the banks of Haridwar
another starlit sky

ガンガ川のアラティ
ハリドワールの岸に
別の星空

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air show
right hand on my sunglasses
the left on my hat

航空ショー
私のサングラスには右手
帽子には左手

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half-open eyed
Buddha looks at me
looking at him

半開きの目で
仏陀は私を見る
彼を見ながら

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newspaper kite
the obituary page
now closer to heaven

新聞凧
死亡記事のページ
今天国に近い

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mother gathers
a spoonful of stars ...
autumn light

母が集める
スプーン一杯の星を
秋の光

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―　Translated into Japanese by Hidenori Hiruta

Ms. Lakshmi Iyer kindly and delightedly presented her favorite photos to the World Haiku Series 2020.

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Bio:
Within words and spaces, Lakshmi Iyer’s poems have found their homes in the various journals of Japanese Haikai Poetry. 
Under the Basho, Cattails, Cold Moon Journal, Poetry Pea, Brass Bell, The Haiku Foundation, the Mainichi Contest, First Yugen International contest Romania, Chrysanthemum, Wales Haiku Journal are some of them. Fascinated with the minimilist and strong perspectives, Lakshmi Iyer continues writing tanka, haibun, cherita and rengay. 

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