Producer – Randall Vemer, short film Academy Award Winner
Photography – Hector Salazar
Haiku – Christina Chin
1
red plumes
of a golden pheasant
Spring Waltz
金雉の春のワルツや赤い羽根
2
streaming
through the window
sultan tit song
窓越しにカラの歌声流れけり
3
early to rise
the raspy notes
of warblers
早朝やムシクイの声ギシギシと
4
a swan
among the pond weed
c y g n e t s
白鳥や沼の雑草雛の群れ
5
Scent of a Woman
the grebes
dance
カイツブリ女の匂ふ踊りかな
6
lilting leaf
the dance
of warm breeze
南風に一葉軽く踊りけり
7
oboe concerto
the mandarin ducks
close to shore
オーボエの協奏曲を耳にしてオシドリの群れ岸に近付く
8
enraptured
petal by petal
the tulip blooms
うつとりと花びら開くチューリップ
9
swish
the ebb and flow
calm sea
穏やかな海の干満サラサラと
10
lonely moon
fills the attic
The Sound of Silence
屋根裏を満たす孤月の静寂かな
11
warbling white-eye
rhapsody
Imperial Palace Gardens
天真に囀る目白ラプソディー皇居外苑賑はいの満つ
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Note: Short Japanese Poetry of 17 phonetic Units of 5, 7, 5 Pattern
Inspired by English haiku by Christina Chin, Hidenori Hiruta translated them literally into short Japanese 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).
Surprisingly, two of the English haiku were interpreted into Japanese tanka（短歌）poetry of 5,7,5,7,7 pattern. This is because English is different from Japanese.
Bio: Hector Salazar
Hector Salazar is one of the top
photographers in Portland, Oregon.
He does wedding, nature, pet, family, and artist photography. In 2019 and 2021 he did a series of dramatic Caravaggio style black and white portraits of musician/artist Randall Vemer.
Instagram handle @hectorsalazarphotography
Akita International Haiku Network 
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