World Haiku Series 2022 (131) Haiku by Dinko Sule (Croatia)

Haiku by Dinko Sule

winter coming

high in the sky cranes

picking a leader

(KERNELS HAIKU SPRING 2013)

a cat is washing itself

almond tree in bloom

my mother expects guests

(Translated by Đurđa V. Rožić)

a birdcage on the wall

goldfinch is singing

ode to Freedom

(Translated by Smiljka Bilankov)

from the corn field

a miller grins grain for mush–

hungry children

(KERNELS HAIKU – Translated by an’ya)

down the mountain

a descending wind

fir trees in white

(IRIS Jornal of Haiku Association „Three Rivers“ Ivanić Grad Croatia – 7/8, 2013-2014)

endless sea

motherlees child – crying

in a wave of refugees

(ASAHI HAIKUIST – oktobar/ 2015; AN UNMOWN SKY 2008 – 2018 – An amtology of Croatian haiku poerty)

Sun painting

two rainbows

from raindrops

(Translated by Đurđa V. Rožić)

stormy sky

an orchid hides

in a Red book

(AN UNMOWN SKY 2008 – 2018 – An antology of Croatian haiku poerty)

cricket song

butterflies get drunk

with the lavender scent

glass of vine

sun rays penetrate

my solitude

(Haiku zbornik Ludbreg 2019)

Bio:

Dinko Sule (Grohote, 1953.)

Lives and works in Grohote/Island of Šolta/ Croatia

Career: Painter and poet

Dinko Sule was presented in the monograph “The Miracle of Croatian Naive Art ”(1996). 

He is the editor of the magazine “Bašćina” (Heritage – history and culture of the Island Šolta).

In cooperation with some scientists, he has been enumerating flora, fauna, the lichen flora and the mushrooms of the Islans of Šolta.

Besides haiku he writes poerty and prose in Croatian and the Chakavian dialect and he has published 19 books of his poerty, two dramas and three plays.

He edited several monographs concerning the Island of Šolta and Eugen Buktenica (1914-1997) a Croatian painter.

Dinko has been presented in “The Encyclopedia of Croatian Literature” (2012).

He was bestowed with an Award for the Life Deed by the town of Šolta (2015).

In 2015, R. Poland honored him with Order “Zasłużony dla Kultury Polskiej”. His work been presented in three antologies:

Translated by Đ. V. Rožić