Haiku beyond Earth「天上俳句会」Haiku by Nazarena Rampini

Haiku by Nazarena Rampini (Italy)

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long pause

the breath of trees

under the snow

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長休止木々の息吹や雪の下

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HAIKU to Akita’s “Haiku Beyond Earth”

1)

swallow’ s nest

in the small courtyard

childhood echoes

Esuj – English Haiku       May 2023

中庭に幼少響く燕の巣

2)

snowflakes

the nuns’ laughters

beyond the wall

Tsuri-doro –  Jan/Feb 2023

雪片に壁の向こうで笑い声修道女たち雪と戯る

3)

ripe apples

sweeter the song

of a blue jay

The Haiku Foundation  –   February 22, 2023

林檎熟れ甘く囀るアオカケス

4)

cicadas

the dog’s silent panting

under the pines

Haikuniverse  –  June 4, 2023

蝉の鳴く松の木の下喘ぐ犬

5)

green willow

the weight of a sparrow

brushes the water

The Mainichi  June 22, 2023

柳の木一羽の雀枝垂らし緑の柳水面を撫でる

6)

Shell fragments

I leave my dreams

on the beach

Cattails – October 2023

貝殻の破片散らばる浜を見て自分の夢を浜辺に残す

7)

misty path

my shadow dressed

in grey

The Japan Society – Haiku Corner  November 10, 2023

我が影を灰色包む霧の道

8)

long pause

the breath of trees

under the snow

HaikuNetra  – December 9, 2023

長休止木々の息吹や雪の下

9)

Autumn sky

between one train and another

flocks of ducks

The Mainichi –  December 23, 2023

秋の空列車の間鴨の群れ

10)

December

with thin blades of frost

the embroidered pine

The Asahi Shimbun – December 1, 2023

霜の葉の刺繡の松や師走の来

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

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

As a result, seven interpretative Japanese poems of 5, 7, 5 pattern are added to the English haiku as above. They might be haiku（俳句）or senryū（川柳). 

And three of the English haiku are interpreted into Japanese tanka （短歌）poems of 5,7,5,7,7 pattern.

This is because English is different from Japanese.

Biography:

Nazarena Rampini lives in an Italian village among the woods of robinia, with her husband, two cats and the beloved dog Lila, taking care of her garden of herbs and flowers.

She has been composing haiku since 2016, drawing inspiration from the nature that surrounds her.

Her poems are published on magazines international and local magazines;

from 2018 to 2023 she is part of the Haiku EuroTop 100.