Haiku by Mihovila Čeperić-Biljan in Croatia

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house library

haiku collections

never aligned

家の図書室

俳句集

整列しない

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the fireflies …

the grandmother’s story

lit the room

蛍

おばあちゃんの話

部屋を照らした

A joint collection, Ludbreg, Croatia, 2021.

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bougainvillea

in full bloom

end of holidays

ブーゲンビリア

満開

休日の終わり

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a crafty barista

different latte art leaf

in each cup of coffee

巧妙なバリスタ

別のラッテ アート リーフ

コーヒー一杯ごとに

A joint collection, Samobor, Croatia, 2021.

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assembled sails

tight ropes

rocking my thoughts

in a hitch knot

a grey hair in the moonlight

組み立て帆

きついロープ

私の考えを揺るがす

ヒッチノットで

月明かりの中の灰色の髪

3rd prize for tanka,

The Haiku Association “Three Rivers”, 8th “Gathering Croatian Haigins” 2021.

― Translated into Japanese by Hidenori Hiruta

Photo Haiga

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Bio:

Mihovila Čeperić-Biljan

(born Mihovila Čeperić, April 17, 1968, Senj, Croatia,Croatian haiku poet.)

She received a degree in Croatian language and literature from the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences in Rijeka and is employed as a teacher at the Vežica Grammar School, Rijeka.

She founded the Vežica Gathering of Haiku Poets, a haiku and haiga contest for schoolchildren, and edits its annual miscellany. Her pupils have won contests for haiku and haiga in Croatia and Japan. Čeperić-Biljan is a member of the editorial staff of Iris magazine.

An award-winning author, she publishes poetry in her hometown Chakavian dialect as well as spiritual poems in standard Croatian. She lives in Rijeka.