World Haiku Series 2022 (16) Haiku by Charlotte Digregorio

Haiku by Charlotte Digregorio

after our quarrel . . . 

oak leaves splotch 

my windshield 

Haiku Canada Review, February 2022 

私たちの喧嘩の後

オークの葉が

私のフロントガラスにしみをつける

walking the beach 

currents carry a jellyfish . . . 

the sting of Mom’s death

 Honorable Mention 

2022 Poetry Challenge 

Highland Park Poetry, Highland Park, IL (USA) 

ビーチを歩く

海流がクラゲを運ぶ

母の死の痛み

in the park 

beside wildflowers 

homeless tents 

Haiku Canada Members’ Anthology 2022 

公園の中

野の花のそばに

ホームレスのテント

spring again . . . 

his promises 

cloud the pink moon
 

First Place 

Joe McClard Haiku Award (USA), April 2022

再び春

彼の約束が

ピンクの月を曇らせる

at our picnic 

old prisoner of war savors 

watermelon seeds 

Asahi Haikuist Network, July 2022 

私たちのピクニックで

年老いた捕虜が味わう

スイカの種を

after church 

on a seaside stroll 

salt breeze whispers hymns
 

 First Place 

Marie Brass Haiku Award (USA), June 2022 

教会の帰り

海辺の散歩で

塩風が賛美歌をささやく

tide cleanses my feet . . . 

i raise my palms 

to sunlight
 

First Place 

Richard Lewis Award (USA), August 2022 

潮が私の足をきれいにする

私は手のひらを上げる

日光に

sitting on driftwood 

i dream about the man 

sculpting a sand whale
 

The Volunteer Anthology, 2022 

The Haiku Foundation 

流木に座る

私は砂のクジラの形を造る男の夢を見る

Mother visits . . . 

a spider in the corner 

spins my white lies
 

Haiku Canada Review, October 2022

母の訪問

隅にいるクモが罪のないうそを紡ぐ

conch shell . . . 

listening to the surge 

of silence 

Honorable Mention 

Ouachita Life Magazine (USA), October 2022

ホラ貝

無言の大波の音に耳を澄ます

at the park 

i practice handstands . . . 

maple leaves cartwheel

First Place, Modern Haiku Award 

Illinois State Poetry Society Annual Contest, 2022
公園で

私は逆立ちを練習

カエデの葉がくるくる回転して動く

Charlotte Digregorio (USA) blogs about various genres of writing for publication, including poetry, and posts The Daily Haiku by poets from sixty-one countries atwww.charlottedigregorio.wordpress.com. 

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Inspired by fine works of haiku by Charlotte Digregorio, Hidenori Hiruta introduces 10 Japanese Haiku (Japanese/English) on 母, or MOTHER from HI (Haiku International) magazine issued by HIA (HAIKU INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION).

母の日の母の笑顔を描く子かな

(haha no hi no haha no egao o kaku ko kana)

A child

drawing a mother’s smiling face

on Mother’s Day

丸若加壽子

MARUWAKA Kazuko

HI 2008 No.79

風のごと来る息子や母の日に

(kaze no goto kitaru musuko ya haha no hi ni)

the visit of my son

is like a wind

on “Mother’s Day”

辻　由紀　

TSUJI Yuki

HI 2009 No.84

歩をゆるめ母の手を引く野菊径

(ho o yurume haha no te o hiku nogiku-michi)

Walking slowly

holding my mother’s hand

a path filled with wild chrysanthemums

久保田悦子

KUBOTA Etsuko

HI 2009 No.82

風薫る車椅子の母を押し

(kaze kaoru kruma-isu no haha o oshi)

Pushing

my mother’s wheelchair

fragrant breezes

瀧澤孝安

TAKIZAWA Takayasu

HI 2008 No.79

米寿なる母よりたまふお年玉

(beiju naru haha yori tamau o-toshidama)

Receiving a New Year’s gift

from my mother

eighty-eight years old

三好かほる

MIYOSHI Kahoru

HI 2009 No.81

入院の母の代わりに初みくじ

(nyū-in no haha no kawari ni hatsu-mikuji)

for my mother

who is in the hospital

a New Year fortune paper

栄　女

SHIGEJO

HI 2009 No.82

冬深し母の最期を看取りけり

(fuyu fukashi haha no saigo o mitori keri)

Mid-winter

caring for mother

in her final days

岸　一泉

KISHI Issen

HI 2009 No.81

今年から母の日の母いなくなり

(kotoshi kara haha no hi no haha inaku-nari)

mother’s day of this year

my mother is nowhere

but in heaven

梅澤鳳舞

UMESAWA Hōbu

TSUJI Yuki

HI 2010 No.87

母の日の朝より仏壇灯りをり

(haha no hi no asa yori butsudan tomori-ori)

On Mother’s Day,

Buddhist altar is shining

from morning.

鈴木　石花

SUZUKI Sekka

HI 2009 No.85

命日の母へ供へる栗御飯

(meinichi no haha e sonaeru kuri go-han)

Putting a bowl of chestnut rice

on the anniversary

of my mother’s death

三澤治子

MISAWA Haruko

HI 2009 No.81