Haiku beyond Earth「天上俳句会」Haiku by Ravi Kiran

Haiku by Ravi Kiran (India)

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soaring above

the wing prints in snow

a rabbit

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雪上に翼の跡や飛ぶ兎

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HAIKU to Akita’s “Haiku Beyond Earth”

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soaring above

the wing prints in snow

a rabbit

雪上に翼の跡や飛ぶ兎

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seasoned with salt

what was once

a river

塩の味残りし所川ありき

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in the silence

the crows left behind

fireflies

静けさに蛍を残す烏ども

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echoing inside

its empty shell

cicada’s song

空蝉の殻に鳴き声こだまする

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waterfall

a birdsong drowns

and floats

囀りや溺れて浮かぶ滝の中

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my world

in a dew drop

upside down

露の滴の我が世界逆さまに

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country fair

the ants finish

an ice cream

蟻の群れ田舎の市に加はりぬアイスクリーム食べ尽くしけり

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late spring

the scarecrow

back in action

晩春に活動始む案山子かな

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ripples

a koi’s shadow

shivers

さざ波や震える如き鯉の影

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in the stillness

of the reeds

a heron’s legs

葦原の静寂の中に鷺の足

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

Inspired by ten English haiku by Ravi Kiran, 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). 

Surprisingly, one of the English haiku was interpreted into Japanese tanka （短歌）poetry of 5,7,5,7,7 pattern.This is because English is different from Japanese. 

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Message:

I would be very grateful if you can share your thoughts on the first two haiku “soaring above” and “seasoned with salt” in a line or two. To me these haiku embody the true spirit of Japanese Haiku and they are huge personal favorites. 

Deeply grateful for the opportunity to submit my haiku. Shall look forward to your reply.

Arigatou gozaimasu

Warm Regards

Ravi Kiran

India

Brief Bio:

Ravi is an Electronics Engineer and is a working professional. All things Japanese – from Bonsai to Japanese kitchen knives fascinate him. Haiku – which is a journey for Ravi is also a means of unwinding in the midst of his professional routine.

Ravi’s haiku are featured in leading international journals like The Heron’s Nest, Modern Haiku, Frogpond, Presence, Prune Juice, Wales Haiku Journal, Failed Haiku among others besides Poetry Pea.

Ravi serves as a web-editor with the monthly haiku magazine haikuKATHA and has served as a Community editor with Poetry Pea.

Ravi’s haiku have won First place in the following contests a) World Haiku Review Spring 2021 Vanguard Section b) Bulgarian Gendai Kotodama 2022 and c) The haiku Foundation’s Monthly Kukai for the month of August 2022.

Besides this Ravi’s haiku have also secured Honourable Mentions in many International haiku contests.