World Haiku Series 2021 (31) Haiku by Luciana Moretto

new roommate
a dormant
ladybug

( STARDUST,  JANUARY ISSUE  2021)

新しいルームメイト
休眠中
天道虫

angel cake
I try to win
you back

( HAIKUNIVERSE, FEBRUARY 4, 2021 )

エンジェルケーキ
取り戻そう
あなたを

soft soap rubbed
between four hands
rose-scented love

( STARDUST - MARCH ISSUE 2021 )

柔らかい石鹸をこすった
4本の手の間で
バラの香りの愛

yielding
to newborn dawn
plum in bloom

( CHRYSANTHEMUM SPRING ISSUE – APRIL 15, 2021 )

譲る
新生児の夜明けに
満開の梅

clumps of clover
the symbolic leaf
end of pandemic

( AUTUMN MOON  HAIKU JOURNAL 
SPRING-SUMMER ISSUE, 2021 )

クローバーの塊
象徴的な葉
パンデミックの終わり

moving...
a paperweight
groundswell of memory

( WALES HAIKU JOURNAL SUMMER ISSUE, 2021 )

動いている
ペーパーウェイト
記憶のうねり

drowsy 
summer’s afternoon 
to hell with the lawn mower!

( HAIKUNIVERSE, JUNE 26, 2021 )

眠気
夏の午後
芝刈り機と地獄へ！

peeling 
a prickly pear
no going back 

( STARDUST SEPTEMBER ISSUE, 2021 )

皮をむいている
ウチワサボテン
戻らない

rainy November night
running out
of things to say

( WALES HAIKU JOURNAL　AUTUMN ISSUE,  2021 ) 

11月の雨の夜
言うことが
なくなる

seeking solace...
her daily stroll
among the graves 

( HAIKU CANADA REVIEW　OCTOBER ISSUE,  2021 )

慰めを求めて
彼女の毎日の散歩
墓の間を

― Translated into Japanese by Hidenori Hiruta

Here are photos presented by Ms. Luciana Moretto. 

BIO:

Luciana Moretto lives in a small town near Venice, the most beautiful city in the world ( high water apart )
Over the years she has published seven poetry books.
In 2005 she was rewarded, as the winner, in the Italian Haiku Contest ‘ Haiku negli anni ‘ ( the collection translated into Japanase by Uchida Sonoo, Araki Tadao, Kuroda Momoko, Nojiri MichiKo ) - Japanese Institute of Culture in Rome.
In 2020 she won the first prize in the National Haiku Competition ‘ La luna e il vigneto ‘ ( The moon and the vineyard ) Included in the list of European Top 100 Most Creative Haiku Authors ( years 2018- 2019- 2020 )