Hemlock pollen- the scent of your hair in the wind polline di cicuta— il profumo dei tuoi capelli nel vento Cattails Aprile 2021 ヘムロック花粉 あなたの髪の香り 風の中 half moon - my husband tonight doesn’t sit at dinner mezza luna- mio marito stasera non siede a cena Haikuniverse February 2nd,2021 半月 今夜の夫 夕食の座にいない frozen haze - the breath of a runner flows beside me nebbia gelata- il respiro di un runner mi scorre accanto winner at the Italian Kukai: Winter 2021 凍った霞 ランナーの息吹 私のそばを流れる separations . . . the axillary buds of the tomatoes separazioni… le gemme ascellari dei pomodori Cattails october 2021 分離 トマトの 腋芽 worn sticks left by the tide ... meet again by chance bastoncini consumati lasciati dalla marea… incontrarci di nuovo per caso 磨耗したスティック 潮によって残された 偶然にまた会う bells through the tinnitus an Easter in a minor key campane attraverso l’acufene una Pasqua in tono minore 耳鳴りによる鐘の音 マイナーキーのイースター small coffin - the wind ruffles the petals of a white hyacinth piccola bara- il vento scompiglia i petali di un giacinto bianco 小さな棺 風が白いヒヤシンスの花びらを 波立たせる meditation- a cabbage soup eaten in silence meditazione- una zuppa di cavoli mangiata in silenzio Spazio Zen- Winter 2021 瞑想 キャベツのスープを 黙って食べる in yin and yang that contrasting point… Indian summer tra lo yin e lo yang quel punto di contrasto… estate indiana Spazio Zen- Winter 2021 陰と陽に その対照的な点 小春日和 my face as it is not - round mirror il mio viso come non è - specchio rotondo Cold moon Journal -December 17, 2020 私の顔 私のようではない ラウンドミラー ― Translated into Japanese by Hidenori Hiruta
Photos presented by Ms. Margherita Petriccione
Bio:
Margherita Petriccione is a retired math teacher born on November 19, 1947 in Scauri (LT), a seaside village from which she has drawn inspiration for many of her poems, as from her tiny garden where she finds serenity and communion with nature. She felled in love with haiku at first sight and found in it the poetic form closest to her sensibility. She published the collection of haiku and tanka: "Il Pino e il Bambù", edit.by Mnamon Among his awards and others honors: 1st place MHP Academy "quickie writing challenge" dedicated to D-Day, June, 2018; Honorable mention Premio Letterario Internazionale Matsuo Bashō 2016; 2nd prize at the Italian language competition LA COULEUR D’UN POEME (2018); Nomination at the Basho-an International English Haiku Competition 2018; 2nd prize at The 23rd Mainichi Haiku Contest 9 Her works appear in prestigious on-line and print magazines including: The Mainichi, The Asahi Shimbun, Hedgerow, Under the Basho, Ephemerae ; Skylark tanka Journal ;Cattails; Atlas Poetica .
Akita International Haiku Network 
Particularly enjoyed the “hemlock pollen” haiku. Thank you for the read, and images.