World Haiku Series 2021 (40) Haiku by Neena Singh

quiet mourners a half-eaten peach on the table (is/let, February 12, 2021) 静かな会葬者食べかけの桃テーブルの上に *** granny's crooning awakens the baby winter sunshine (Wales Haiku Journal Winter issue 2021, February 2021) おばあちゃんのクルーニング赤ちゃんを目覚めさせる冬の日差し *** half moon in the bamboo grove— a tryst with wind (Presence Issue 69, March 2021) 半月竹林の中風とのデート *** spring … Continue reading World Haiku Series 2021 (40) Haiku by Neena Singh →

World Haiku Series 2021 (39) Haiku by Natalia Kuznetsova

a storm all night through ... thundering cymbals with rain drumming on the roof / World Haiku Review, Summer 2021, Neo-Classical, Haiku of Merit/ 一晩中嵐雨と共に雷鳴のシンバル屋根の上でドラミング —- cherry blossoms heavy with rain ... widowhood /VCBF Haiku Invitational 2021, Honourable Mention/ 桜の花雨で重い未亡人 —— rising dawn - pink mist of blossoms in no one’s … Continue reading World Haiku Series 2021 (39) Haiku by Natalia Kuznetsova →

World Haiku Series 2021 (38) Haiku by Nani Mariani

morning and morning barefoot gravel 朝と朝裸足砂利 Moonlight a piece of poetry hang pen 月光詩の一部ペンを掛ける the wind blows loneliness in winter natural fragrance 風が吹く冬の孤独自然の香り in winter old beggar blows the flute my handkerchief is wet 冬に年老いた乞食がフルートを吹く私のハンカチが濡れる on the way I talk to me heaven or hell 途中私は私に話しかける … Continue reading World Haiku Series 2021 (38) Haiku by Nani Mariani →

World Haiku Series 2021 (37) Haiku by 石渡みずき (Mizuki Ishiwatari)

灼熱を生き延びた枯木を誇りに思う　Bare branches Never beaten by the burning sun Their survival worth admiring いずれ溶ける雪を何故掻く？　 ―この瞬間のために　Shoveling snow this high That is For a moment’s living 山は遠く　微かな灰と青の影　Shades of gray and blue Mountains look so faint Standing still in the distance 父との思い出　母は宝石箱に　Precious times Of her married life Mother’s jewelry box アスファルトに雪　冬将軍の到来　Snow softly covers Asphalt … Continue reading World Haiku Series 2021 (37) Haiku by 石渡みずき (Mizuki Ishiwatari) →

World Haiku Series 2021 (36) Haiku by Milan Rajkumar

weavingfor the next life —a caterpillar Honourable mention in monthly Kukaihttps://thehaikufoundation.org/thf-monthly-kukai-march-2021/ 織っている次の人生のために毛虫 ********* a single candle . . .for the ailing worldnight before diwali Frogpond 44.1 • 2021 たった一本のキャンドル病んでいる世界のためにディワリ祭の前夜 *********** hot noonthe sweet seller and fliesnap together Presence issue #70 https://haikupresence.org/ 暑い正午キャンディーの売り手とハエ一緒に昼寝 ************* far from home –a bowl of … Continue reading World Haiku Series 2021 (36) Haiku by Milan Rajkumar →

稲美里佳の短歌：Tanka by Rika Inami (54)

2022年2月短歌 February 2022, Tanka All rights reserved ©Rika Inami 稲美里佳 1 天華舞ふ渓流に日はしづやかに光を映し佇みにけり in silence the sun reflects light on the valley stream where heavenly flowers beauteous snow alight 2 移りゆく色をば知らぬ寒の入り銀氷の山しろじろ浮かぶ beginning of midwinter— not knowing the vain colours mountains with silver-white shining snow float in the air afar 3 光まばゆき雪を積み厳冬を幾年経るか老いの桜木 an old cherry … Continue reading 稲美里佳の短歌：Tanka by Rika Inami (54) →

World Haiku Series 2021 (35) Haiku by Mihovila Čeperić-Biljan

a ripe grape bunch to my lips offering offering sweet moonlight 熟したブドウの房私の唇に捧げる甘い月明かりを捧げる 13th Yamadera Basho Memorial Museum English Haiku Contest 2021. (http://samidare.jp/basho/box/13th%20english%20haiku%20contest%20(results)pdf.pdf) * in the moonlight the first petals of the plum tree reflecting silence 月明かりの下で梅の木の最初の花びら沈黙を反映する The Asahi Haikuist Network, 3/19/2021. (https://www.asahi.com/sp/ajw/articles/14267890) * distance learning the garden covered with writing 通信教育 … Continue reading World Haiku Series 2021 (35) Haiku by Mihovila Čeperić-Biljan →

World Haiku Series 2021 (34) Haiku by Marilyn Ward

candlelight the wavering of first love キャンドルライト　初恋の揺らめき summer sweetness as bees buzz in middle c 夏の甘さミツバチが低く声を立てるとき中間ハ音で fresh persimmons in each seed a new universe 新鮮な柿それぞれの種に新しい宇宙 night train the owl's hoot softened 夜行列車　フクロウの鳴く声が柔らかくなった pungent daffodils we discuss the cost of cremation 刺激的な水仙火葬の費用について話し合う filling a broken flowerpot soft sunlight 満たす壊れた植木鉢を … Continue reading World Haiku Series 2021 (34) Haiku by Marilyn Ward →

World Haiku Series 2021 (33) Haiku by Marietta McGregor

My haiku and photo haiga (The haiku are all written and published in 2021) a basket of shells other tides wetting other children 貝殻のバスケット他の潮が濡らしている他の子供たちを sun shower passing a hillside shimmers into birdsong にわか雨が過ぎる丘の中腹がきらめく鳥のさえずりに ripe mango that delicious shiver after rain 熟したマンゴーそのおいしい震え雨上がり winter chill on the dog a scent … Continue reading World Haiku Series 2021 (33) Haiku by Marietta McGregor →

World Haiku Series 2021 (32) Haiku by Maria Concetta Conti

spreading spores the nothingness of my empty days 胞子を広げる私のむなしい日何もない springtime someone asks me about loneliness World Haiku Review -August 2021 春誰かが私に尋ねる孤独について april breeze those missing parts of my memories Kukai italiano- Spring 2021 4月のそよ風私の思い出の欠けている部分 her dancing what mysteries the sky holds 彼女のダンスどんな謎を空は持っているの more promising than flowers late … Continue reading World Haiku Series 2021 (32) Haiku by Maria Concetta Conti →