Haiku by Zana Coven (Italy)
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light wind
a dragonfly’s soft dance
what an elegance!
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微風あり優雅に踊る蜻蛉かな
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HAIKU to Akita’s “Haiku Beyond Earth”
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rainy summer day
two hearts under the umbrella
sweet silence
雨の降る夏の日の傘その下に二つのハート甘い沈黙
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muddy water
paradise of frogs
happy day
泥の水楽園なりや蛙鳴く
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late afternoon
forgotten ball on the beach
sound of waves
午後遅し忘れしボール波の音
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spring morning
sleepy cat on the doorstep
childhood memories
春の朝玄関先で眠る猫幼少時代思い出一つ
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moonlight
tender arabesques on the wall
magic moments
月明り壁に描かれしアラベスク優しく見える魔法の瞬時
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old cloth hook
father’s coat still there
his absence
父不在布用フック古くても父のコートはまだそこにある
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late afternoon
doll forgotten on a seesaw
loneliness
午後遅し人形孤独シーソーに
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Olympic games
girl is playing piruete
in her wheelchair
ピルエテを踊る少女の車椅子オリンピックの競技の一つ
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hot summer day
waves are hugging stones
refreshment
炎暑の日大波小波石を抱く
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light wind
a dragonfly’s soft dance
what an elegance!
微風あり優雅に踊る蜻蛉かな
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Note: Short Japanese Poetry of 17 phonetic Units of 5, 7, 5 Pattern
Inspired by ten English haiku by Zana Coven, 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）poems of 5,7,5,7,7 pattern.
This is because English is different from Japanese.
Biography of Zana Coven
Zana Coven (Zanka Zana Boskovic Coven was born in Sarajevo (ex Yugoslavia) but living in Italy more than 30 years.
She writes poetry, short stories, travel diaries and particularly explores haiku and other Japanese short poetry forms.
Till now she published 6 books and others are in preparation, among them 2 Haiku collections.
She took part of many international publications, poetry portals and blogs. Got a large number of awards, 2019 she got the unique award of Italian poetry critics in Milano, Italy.
Several portals public her haiku, poems and short stories nowadays.
She took part of Word haiku series in 2019 and 2022.
She is a member of British Haiku Society.
Akita International Haiku Network 