Month: March 2022

World Haiku Series 2021 (55) Haiku by Arvinder Kaur

new year’s morning knee deep in the snow left by last year ( The Mainichi, January 1,2021 ) 元旦の朝 雪の中ひざまで深い 去年までに残っていた parental home forget-me-not blooms from the rubble ( The haiku foundation, Haiku dialogue, March 3,2021) 親の家 勿忘草の花が咲く がれきから a dry leaf where she left last mother’s prayer book ( Cold Moon Journal. April 30, … Continue reading World Haiku Series 2021 (55) Haiku by Arvinder Kaur →

World Haiku Series 2021 (54) Haiku by MIRELA BRĂILEAN

campfire a few sparks in Ursa Major キャンプファイヤー いくつかの火花 おおぐま座で steaming pie around grandmother grandchildren 蒸しパイ 祖母の周りに 孫たち a butterfly's wing landing on the windowsill - the moment you left you'd taken with you a piece from my broken heart 蝶の羽 窓辺に着陸 去った瞬間 あなたは一本を持っていった 私の失意の心から between two flowers of cherry trees on a branch top … Continue reading World Haiku Series 2021 (54) Haiku by MIRELA BRĂILEAN →

World Haiku Series 2021 (53) Haiku by Daniela Misso

winter rain – an old air ticket in my rucksack 1st Place in the 2021 AHA Haiku/Senryu Contest (Annual Hortensia Anderson Memorial Award) 冬の雨– 古い航空券 私のリュックサックに * open arms to the starry sky like a scarecrow The Eighth Annual Golden Triangle Haiku Poetry Contest. Judges Favorites 腕を広げる 星空へ かかしのように * butterflies – sharing a conversation … Continue reading World Haiku Series 2021 (53) Haiku by Daniela Misso →

World Haiku Series 2021 (52) Haiku by Xenia Tran

1 st brigid’s day hand in hand we brace the snow storm (Whippet Wisdom blog, 1 February 2021) 聖ブリジッドの日 手をつないで気を引き締める 吹雪 2 settling down three generations of oxen (Asahi Haikuist Network, The Asahi Shimbun, 5 February 2021) くつろぐ 牛の 3世代 3 cherry blossom an old pen fills with ink (Autumn Moon Haiku Journal 4:2, Spring/Summer … Continue reading World Haiku Series 2021 (52) Haiku by Xenia Tran →

World Haiku Series 2021 (51) Haiku by Vladislav Hristov

war children and blackbirds fight for the cherry-tree Cold Moon Journal, February, 2021 戦争 子供達とクロウタドリ 桜のために戦う … first snow sparrow on the sill between two worlds Presence, 69 issue 初雪 敷居のスズメ 二つの世界の間に … spring cleaning the echo of a church bell comes with the wind Autumn Moon Haiku Journal, Spring/Summer issue 春の大掃除 教会の鐘の響き 風に乗って来る … … Continue reading World Haiku Series 2021 (51) Haiku by Vladislav Hristov →

稲美里佳の短歌：Tanka by Rika Inami (55)

2022年3月 短歌 March 2022, Tanka All rights reserved ©Rika Inami 稲美 里佳   <反戦歌 / Anti-War Tanka> 1 一念は平和来たれと軍事侵攻さるるウクライナへの祈り my heart is filled with prayers for peace in Ukraine being invaded by Russian military force ※「ひまわり」はウクライナの国花です。 The sunflower is the national flower of Ukraine. 2 にはか掻き曇り暗澹たる世界　眼前(まさき)を揺らし立ちあらはるる all of a sudden the air becomes leaden and then … Continue reading 稲美里佳の短歌：Tanka by Rika Inami (55) →

World Haiku Series 2021 (50) Haiku by Vilma Knežević

grasshopper on the window sill dislodged by cold バッタ 窓枠に 寒さで外れた a spider and its net caught in the cedar resin 蜘蛛 そしてその巣がとらえられた 杉の樹脂に without that cedar tree entirely different house and the street その杉の木がなければ まったく違う家 そして通りも a bat holds firmly to the icicles コウモリ しっかりとつかまる 氷柱に top of the mountain stepped into the sky … Continue reading World Haiku Series 2021 (50) Haiku by Vilma Knežević →

World Haiku Series 2021 (49) Haiku by Vandana Parashar

family photograph the slight tilt of her head towards mother 家族写真 彼女の頭のわずかな傾き 母の方に winter storm the wind chime tangles untangles 冬の嵐 風鈴がもつれる もつれを解く your indifference I feel a lump in my breast あなたの無関心 しこりを感じる 胸に lotus moon leaving my “self” outside the temple door 蓮の月 私の「自分」を外に残す 寺院の扉 in it together in it alone dawn chorus … Continue reading World Haiku Series 2021 (49) Haiku by Vandana Parashar →

World Haiku Series 2021 (48) Haiku by Sasha A. Palmer

Two previously published haiga  "peony petals" - first appeared in Oct. 2021 issue of cattails journal;  peony petals… all things fall into place 牡丹の花びら すべてのものが落ちる 所定の位置に "tracing" - first appeared on Lavana Kray's blog (https://ourbesthaiga.blogspot.com/) in Aug. 2021; tracing my mother’s face in the mirror トレースする 母の顔を 鏡の中に Eight haiku Tricycle, March 2021 haiku challenge, … Continue reading World Haiku Series 2021 (48) Haiku by Sasha A. Palmer →