Haiku beyond Earth「天上俳句会」Haiku by Dinko Sule

Haiku by Dinko Sule (Croatia)

winter coming

high in the sky cranes

picking a leader

冬天や鶴の群れ群れ統べる者

(KERNELS HAIKU SPRING 2013)

World Haiku Series 2022 (131) Haiku by Dinko Sule

https://akitahaiku.com/2024/02/13/

HAIKU to Akita’s “Haiku Beyond Earth”

1.

exposed to the Sun

beautiful woman

the seagull calls

カモメ呼ぶきれいな女性日光浴

2.

veterinary medicine in genes

the black cat nibbles

medicinal herb

黒猫のかじる薬草獣医学

3.

white flag

the vineyard is growing old

the barbed thorn reigns

古くなり棘の君臨ブドウ畑

4.

medicinal herbs

the old islander heals

obsession with the island

薬草に島の老人癒されり

5.

warm December

blooming rosemary hosts

bees and bumblebees

暖かき師走の花に蜂宿る

6.

fireworks celebration,

prestige full of color

fills the soup kitchen

色に満つ花火大会炊き出しも

7.

at the bottom of the sea

a naked woman is sunbathing

her feet in the sea

海の底裸の女性日光浴

8.

under a clear sky

the tremor of the Earth settled

sad faces

晴れた空地震の後の顔悲し

9.

orchid in hand

he looks in the mirror

human negligence

蘭を手に鏡の中の自己を視る

10.

on the mountain

eel plant picked

a tired poet

山の上疲れし詩人甘藻かな

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Note: Short Japanese Poetry of 17 phonetic Units of 5, 7, 5 Pattern

Inspired by ten English haiku by Dinko Sule, Hidenori Hiruta translated them literally into ten Japanese short poems first of all.

As a result, the interpretative Japanese poems of 5, 7, 5 pattern are added to the English haiku as above. Some of them might be haiku（俳句）, and others senryū（川柳).  

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