Haiku by Tuyet Van Do (Australia)
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a new winter
a new journey
without you
~ Cold Moon Journal, 29th July 2024
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冬新たあなたのいない旅始む
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HAIKU and PHOTOS to Akita’s “Haiku Beyond Earth”
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tiny hands
full of joy
earthworms
~ tsuri-dōrō, Issue 11, Sept/Oct 2022
まあ蚯蚓大喜びの小さな手
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on the stage
her flower arrangements
crescent moon
~ Presence, Issue 76, November 2022
三日月の彼女の舞台花生ける
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mixing colors
in her salad
pomegranate pearls
~ The Japan Society’s Haiku Corner, Week 12, March 2023
色混ぜる彼女のサラダ石榴の実
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empty chair –
on the kitchen bench
a whisky glass
~ FreeXpresSion, March 2023
台所空の椅子あり食卓はグラスの中にウイスキーあり
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nursing home visit –
outside the window
her son
~ Cattails, April 2023
面会に老人ホーム訪れる窓の外には彼女の息子
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morning breeze
between lemon branches
an empty nest
~ Autumn Moon Haiku Journal, Issue 6:2 , 15th June 2023
朝風やレモンの枝に空つぽの巣
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midnight serenade
on the rooftop
pouring rain
~ Scarlet Dragonfly Journal, 23rd January 2024
真夜中にセレナーデ聴く甘美なり屋根の上では土砂降りの雨
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darkening sky
under the chicken’s wing
a white puppy
~ Under the Basho, 22nd March 2024
突然に空暗くなる鶏の翼の下に白い子犬が
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a new winter
a new journey
without you
~ Cold Moon Journal, 29th July 2024
冬新たあなたのいない旅始む
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post discharge
brother’s visit
warms winter chills
~Joyfully Wondrous, Issue 2, August 2024
退院後兄が見舞いに訪れる冬の寒さの和らぎ嬉し
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Note: Short Japanese Poetry of 17 phonetic Units of 5, 7, 5 Pattern
Inspired by ten English haiku by Tuyet Van Do, Hidenori Hiruta translated them literally into ten Japanese short poems first of all.
As a result, five 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).
And five of the English haiku are interpreted into Japanese tanka（短歌）poetry of 5,7,5,7,7 pattern.
This is because English is different from Japanese.
Brief Bio:
Tuyet Van Do lives in Australia.
Her work has appeared in Time Haiku, Pure Haiku, cattails, Synchronized Chaos, Scarlet Dragonfly Journal, Cold Moon Journal, Narrow Road, Triya Mag, FreeXpresSion, haikuNetra, haikuniverse, Poetry Super Highway, Take 5ive, The Bamboo Hut, Under The Basho among others.
She was nominated for the Touchstone Award for Individual Poems.
Akita International Haiku Network 