Haiku by Giuliana Ravaglia (Italy)
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fiori di ciliegio
un battito d’ali
lungo il fiume
cherry blossoms
a flutter of wings
along the river
HONOURABLE MENTIONS
Vancouver Cherry Blossom 2023
桜花小鳥羽ばたく川沿いに
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HAIKU and PHOTOS to Akita’s “Haiku Beyond Earth”
1
fiori di ciliegio
un battito d’ali
lungo il fiume
cherry blossoms
a flutter of wings
along the river
HONOURABLE MENTIONS
Vancouver Cherry Blossom 2023.
桜花小鳥羽ばたく川沿いに
2
ancora estate –
sottovoce il profumo
di mamma
still summer-
the perfume in an undertone
mom’s
ESUJ-H: English Haiku – July 2023
母さんの夏の香りやほのかなり
3
fiori d’arancio…
ho dimenticato
di dimenticare
orange flowers…
I forgot
to forget
Haikuniverse,14 January 2023
いつまでもオレンジの花心中に
4
quella gonna a fiori…
in questa estate
di vacanze perdute
that floral skirt…
in this summer
of lost holidays
Haikuniverse, 20 August 2023
花柄のスカート夏の休みの日
5
guardando il mare…
un giorno intero
senza dolore
looking at the sea…
a whole day
without pain
The Haiku Foundation Blog , 18 January 2032
海眺め終日我に痛み無し
6
dolce angolo
quella goccia
sul bordo del labbro
sweet corner
that drop
on the edge of the lip
ASAHI HAIKUIST NETWORK , 31 March 2023
唇の端に一滴甘きすみ
7
impermanenza…
fiocchi di neve
sui miei capelli
impermanence…
snowflakes
on my hair
Scarlet Dragonfly Journal, 31 January 2023
無常かな私の髪の雪化粧
8
foglie cadute….
tutte le parole
che non ho detto
fallen leaves…
all the words
I didn’t say
HaikuNetra, 11 September 2023
言外の私の全て落葉かな
9
maestrale…
senza guinzaglio
l’ombra delle nuvole
mistral…
without a leash
the shadow of the clouds
Haiku Corner, 25 January 2023
ミストラル止める人無し雲の影
10
libellula – così veloce il ritmo delle onde
dragonfly – so fast the rhythm of the waves
ASAHI HAIKUIST NETWORK, 6 October 2023
波の如速きリズムの蜻蛉かな
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Note: Short Japanese Poetry of 17 phonetic Units of 5, 7, 5 Pattern
Inspired by ten English haiku by Giuliana Ravaglia, 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).
Biography:
Born in the province of Bologna (Italy),former elementary school teacher,
she cultivates a love for poetry, in particular for haiku, understood
as an incessant “journey” of knowledge and awareness.
She has published two collections of poetry, a collection of haiku
and is present in some anthologies: Haiku University, Viaggi Di Versi,
Haiku Ludbreg, Fields of Gold.
Her poems are published on websites, online magazines and local magazines:
Otata, Troutswirl (Haiku Foundation blog), Snails, Memoirs of a Geisha,
ESUJ-H: English Haiku, Asahi Shimbun (Asahi Haikuist Network),
The Mainichi,Journal of the Scarlet Dragonfly,Haikuniverse, Cold Moon Journal, Akita International Haiku Network, The Bamboo Hut,Take 5ive, Haiku Corner, HaikuNetra,Haiku World and Failed Haiku.
Haiku 2022 By Scott Metz and Lee Gurga
Modern Haiku Print, 2022
Vancouver Cherry Blossom 2023:
Honorable mention
Haiku EuroTop 100
Photos:
primlee (primroses)
anemoni (anemones)
melo (apple tree)
somaco (sumac)
setembre Quiete (September Quiet)
Fume Setta
fagiano (pheasant)
Akita International Haiku Network 