A New Year Gift
Haiku by Christina Chin (Malaysia)
Photos by Randall Vemer (USA)
unbuttoning
bachelor’s button
firecrackers
爆竹やボタンを外す独身者
colour blind
waiting for traffic lights
to turn green
信号やカラーブラインド青を待つ
cupped
tiny hands
Sweet Heidi
小さな手丸めてスイートハイジかな
Christina Chin / 中野千秋
his ship sets sail
an autumn rose
in first frost
彼の船初霜の中出航す秋のバラ咲き出船を送る
morning medley
goldfinches compete
for the seeds
にぎやかに朝のメドレー競い合う種を争うゴールドフィンチ
violet stoles
on lenten week
stations of the cross
紫のストール続く四旬節十字架の道心に留め
fizzing
up the ginger ale
berry flavours
泡の立つジンジャーエールベリー味
a song
of the island
wedding banquet
島の歌結婚披露の宴かな
bloom again
the spring fields
gaudy and bright
花の咲く春の野原の輝けり
buzzing
in the hibiscus
whistling wind
ざわめけるハイビスカスや風の音
Note:
All haiga are achived in 2024 – The Haiga Galleries at The Haiku Foundation.
Translated into Japanese by Hidenori Hiruta
Haiku Poet & Artist
Haiku Poet: Christina Chin (profile)
Christina Chin is a painter and a haiku poet.
She is four-time recipient of top 100 in the mDAC Summit Contests. They were exhibited at the Palo Alto Art Center, California.
She is the sole haiku contributor for the MusArt book of Randall Vemer’s paintings published by ArtReach Publication, Portland, Oregon.
1st prize winner of the 34th Annual Cherry Blossom Sakura Festival 2020 Haiku Contest.
1st prize winner in the 8th Setouchi Matsuyama 2019 Photohaiku Contest and won two City Soka Saitama’s 2020 haiku prizes. She is published in numerous exclusive journals, multilingual journals and anthologies including Japan’s prestigious monthly Haikukai (俳句界) Magazine.
and https://christinachin99blog.wordpress.com
Artist: Randall Vemer (profile)
Violinist, illustrator, oil painter, mural and web designer, book cover designer, adjudicator, art curator, teacher, film-maker
Randall was a professional violinist/violist for 20 years playing throughout the US and Europe. He has since transitioned to oil painting for a profession also 20 years.
His multimedia project MusArt is an exhibition of 40 oil paintings of musicians around the world combining live music, Haiku poetry, film with original music by Grammy winning composer, a published book, and an orchestra instruments tree.
The multimedia exhibit is currently on a national tour; having been in Portland, Aspen, and Napa.
MusArt film has won film festival awards in Japan, Europe, Russia, Canada, Malaysia, India, Turkey, and throughout the USA.
Randall currently teaches Renaissance and Baroque painting methods at Oregon School of Art in Portland, Oregon.
Portrait Artist
and
Instructor
Hidenori Hiruta
Akita International Haiku Network
Akita International Haiku Network 
All beautiful, the artwork and the poems 👏👏
Such vibrancy to welcome the New Year!
How beautiful they all are Christina 🥰🕊️
All beautiful Christina 💕🕊️