World Haiku Series 2022 (18) Haiku by Christina Chin

Collaborative Photo-haiku

Haiku by Christina Chin

Photographs by Randall Vemer

briefly touching

the full eclipse

of summer moon

軽く触れる

夏の月の皆既月食

orange stripes

a hoverfly in and out

of bright dahlias

オレンジ色のストライプ

鮮やかなダリアに出入りするハナアブ

the scent of wild cosmos

in the cool autumn wind

garden high tea

野のコスモスの香り

涼しい秋の風に

ガーデンハイティー

memories

borne on the wind

beyond the hills

思い出

風に乗って

丘を越え

autumn

prelude in g minor

drifts by my window

秋

前奏曲　ト短調

私の窓のそばに漂う

reed in the hair

the sound of horns blowing

from Glen to Glen

髪の葦

ホーンの吹く音

グレンからグレンへ

there’s a path

down the cottage

nicotiana scent

道がある

コテージを下って

ニコティアナの香り

beside the window

addressing envelopes

an owl hoots too whoo

窓のそば

封筒に宛名を書く

フクロウも鳴く

how quickly the rain

changes to snow

creaking woods

なんてすぐさま

雨が雪に変わるのでしょう

うまくゆかない森

lightening up

the darkest night

Hallelujah

ライトアップ

最も暗い夜

ハレルヤ

－Translated into Japanese by Hidenori Hiruta

Artist: Randall Vemer

Violinist, illustrator, oil painter, mural and web designer, book cover designer, adjudicator, art curator, teacher, film-maker

Randall was a professional violinist/violist for 20 years playing throughout the US and Europe. He has since transitioned to oil painting for a profession also 20 years.

His multimedia project MusArt is an exhibition of 40 oil paintings of musicians around the world combining live music, Haiku poetry, film with original music by Grammy winning composer, a published book, and an orchestra instruments tree.

The multimedia exhibit is currently on a national tour; having been in Portland, Aspen, and Napa.

MusArt film has won film festival awards in Japan, Europe, Russia, Canada, Malaysia, India, Turkey, and throughout the USA.  

Randall currently teaches Renaissance and Baroque painting methods at Oregon School of Art in Portland, Oregon.

Portrait Artist

www.VemerPainter.com

and

https://artavita.com/artists/3714-randall-vemer

Instructor

https://www.osartists.org/

Comment

Inspired by fine works of haiku by Christina Chin, Hidenori Hiruta introduces 10 Japanese Haiku (Japanese/English), mainly from HI (Haiku International) magazine issued by HIA (HAIKU INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION).

安かれと御霊に捧ぐコンサート

(yasukare to  mi-tama ni sasagu  konsāto)

Dedicated to the souls

for rest in peace

the concert

蛭田秀法

HIRUTA Hidenori

Member of HIA 3.11, 2018

稲妻や地の果て見やる若き画家

(inazuma ya  chi no hate miyaru  wakaki gaka)

Lightning-

a young painter gazing at

the end of the earth

岸　一泉

KISHI Issen

HI 2009 No.80

青空を画布に描きたし初電車

(aozora o  gafu ni kaki-tashi  hatsu-densha)

The first train of the New Year-

if only I could paint

the blue sky

宮田祥子

MIYATA Shōko

HI 2009 No.81

雪しまく一村墨絵の中にして

(yuki shimaku  isson sumie no  naka ni shite)

Snow-covered

a village

in a brush painting

富田　要

TOMITA Kaname

HI 2009 No.81

真青なる空画布として木守柿

(masao naru  sora gafu toshite  komori-gaki)

A deep blue sky

serving as the canvas

a persimmon charm

渡辺彗春

WATANABE Suishun

HI 2010 No.87

ルノワールの小品に立つ春コート

(runowāru no  shōhin ni tatsu  haru-kōto)

Standing in front

of a small painting by Renoir

in a spring coat

大久保幸子

Ōkubo Yukiko

HI 2010 No.89

向日葵を描き終るまでゴッホの眼

(himawari o  kakiowaru made  gohho no me)

Painting sunflowers

to the very end

Van Gogh’s eye

成田紫野

NARITA Shino

HI 2010 No.90

一枚の絵黙の対話の終戦日

(ichimai no e  moku no taiwa no  shūsen-bi)

A single picture

a silent conversation

the day the war ended

大高霧海

ŌTAKA Mukai

　HI 2011 No.92

襖絵に及ぶ夕日や秋の蝿

(fusuma-e ni  oyobu yūhi ya  aki no hae)

The evening sun

touching the sliding door’s picture –

autumn flies

鈴木滋三

SUZUKI Shigezō

HI 2011 No.92

朝顔の絵心誘ふ今日の色

(asagao no  egokoro sasou  kyō no iro)

Morning glories

inviting me to paint them

 today’s colors        

久保田悦子

KUBOTA Etsuko

HI 2011 No.92