World Haiku Series 2022 (24) Haiku by Debbie Strange

Haiku, Tanka, and Haiga by Debbie Strange 

1)

sakura

we learn the lesson

of resilience

Honourable Mention, Sakura Award (Canada)

2022 Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival Haiku Invitational

さくら

私たちは復元力の教訓を学ぶ

2)

herring shoals

the ocean turns itself

inside out

2nd Place, Shintai Haiku

World Haiku Review, Winter 2021-2022

ニシンの群れ

海は完全に自転

3)

prairie blizzard

squirrels take the shape

of their tails

Zatsuei Haiku of Merit, Neo-Classical Haiku World Haiku Review, Winter 2021-2022

大草原の猛吹雪

リスは尾の形になる

4)

estuary light

the treble clefs

of flamingos

2nd Place

2022 Third Maya Lyubenova International Haiku Contest

河口の光

フラミンゴの高音部記号

5)

awaiting

rain’s unkept promise

crops wither

in the dust of dreams

passed down to me

1st Place

2022 Drifting Sands Monuments Number 1 Contest

待っている

雨の守られない約束を

作物が枯れる

夢の塵の中で

私に伝えられた

6)

dried cattails

delicately spun with frost

confections

sweetening the bitterness

of winter without you

2nd Place

2022 Fleeting Words Tanka Contest

干しガマ

霜で精巧に繊維状にされる

糖菓

あなたのいない冬の苦味を甘くする

7)

stubbled fields

the remains of something

I cannot name

Editor’s Choice

Haiga in Focus, Number 52, 2022

切り株の残った畑

何かの残りもの

名前がつけられない

8)

busker’s hat

a child offers coins

of dried lunaria

1st Place

2022 Bloodroot Haiku Award

大道芸人の帽子

子供が乾燥したルナリアのコインを差し出す

9)

heated debate

even the fence

is barbed

1st Place

2022 Creatrix Haiku Prize

白熱した議論

フェンスさえとげがある

10)

canyonlands

a meadowlark sings

me out of myself

1st Place

2022 Drifting Sands Monuments Number 1 Contest

キャニオンランズ

メドウヒバリが歌う

私は自分から

A publication and awards archive, reviews of her books, and hundreds of haiga and artworks may be accessed at: https://debbiemstrange.blogspot.com

－ Translated into Japanese by Hidenori Hiruta

Comment

Inspired by fine works of haiku by Debbie Strange, Hidenori Hiruta introduces 10 Japanese Haiku (Japanese/English) on 桜（さくら）, or Cherry blossoms from HI (Haiku International) magazine issued by HIA (HAIKU INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION).

初桜顔も綻ぶ浅草寺

(hatsuzakura  kao mo hokorobu  sensōji)

Fresh cherry blossoms

delighting visitors

 Senso-ji Temple

蛭田 秀法

HIRUTA Hidenori

HI 2009 No.83

真青なる空の深さや初桜

(masao naru  sora no fukasa ya  hatsu-zakura)

In a clear deep blue sky –

the first cherry blossoms

are in bloom

柚木　武

YUKI Takeshi

HI 2009 No.83

橋の上鳩のいたずら花吹雪

(hashi no ue  hato no itazura  hana-fubuki)

Falling and falling

cherry petals on the bridge –

pigeon flies away

山田　由紀子

YAMADA Yukiko

HI 2009 No.83

天寿えし心にたたむ桜花

(tenju eshi  kokoro ni tatamu  sakura-bana)

Happy with my life

in my heart

remembering the cherry blossoms

山田　七十

YAMADA Shichijū

HI 2009 No.84

綿菓子のふんわり匂う花の雲

(wata-gashi no  funwari niou  hana no kumo)

The aroma wafting

from cotton candy

clouds of cherry blossoms

石綿　久子

ISHIWATA Hisako

HI 2009 No.84

孫の手につかまれし桜花開く

(mago no te ni  tsukamare-shi sakura  hana hiraku)

Cherry blossoms

in

my grandchilod’s hands

桜井　百合子

SAKURAI Yuriko

HI 2009 No.84

満開の前をざわめく桜かな

(mankai no  mae o zawameku  sakura kana)

Cherry blossoms!

murmur in the air

before in full bloom.

片山　タケ子

KATAYAMA Takeko

HI 2009 No.84

人類の危機何のその花開く

(jinrui no  kiki nan no sono  hana hiraku)

No concern

with the pinch of human beings

cherry blossoms open

中島　深川

NAKAJIMA Shinsen

HI 2009 No.84

白鳥の泳ぐ城濠桜花

(hakuchō no  oyogu jōgō  sakura-bana) 

Swans swimming

in the castle moat

cherry blossoms

瀧澤　孝安

TAKIZAWA Takayasu

HI 2010 No.89

春の闇桜かくして匂いけり

(haru no yami  sakura kakushi-te  nioi keri)

Spring darkness

hiding the cherry blossoms

and their fragrance

田井　淑江

TAI Toshie

HI 2010 No.89