Akita International Haiku Network
Gray clouds trail across the sky. In the pale winter sun a flock of geese (Ben Grafström–Akita, Japan)
Five English Haiku (1) will u print a kiss on the coffee cup and one on my cheek コーヒーカップへのキス 私の頬へのキス プリントしてもらえますか (2) i went to the cinema with two cups of coffee and your absence 映画を見に行った コーヒー2杯持参 あなたは来なかった (3) gust of wind the golden waves in those fields 突風 … Continue reading Haiku by Chen Xiaoou in China (47)
HAIKU *** Дождик весенний… Улитка садовая Домой не спешит. *** The garden snail Is in no hurry to get home. It's drizzling spring rain. 春の雨かたつむりさん急がない *** Вечером нежно Цветущая сакура Луну обняла. *** The evening’s grace… The cherry blossom tree gently Embraces the moon. 夜桜や月に寄り添い花散らす *** Круги на воде… Не лягушка … Continue reading Haiku beyond Earth「天上俳句会」Haiku by Bitary Subirin in Russia
trees are like women their leaves are resilient their roots give life 木は女性葉のしなやかさ根は生命 ki wa josei ha no shinayakasa ne wa seimei * emptiness crawls in this arid winter morning fill it with music. 音楽や空虚を満たす冬の朝 ongaku ya kūkyo wo mitasu fuyu no asa * birds chatter all day outside my open window taming … Continue reading Haiku beyond Earth「天上俳句会」Haiku by Bina in India (2)
Flowing through leafrain, dew glistens..with brilliance of lightning! 稲妻に輝く露やキラキラと inazuma ni kagayaku tsuyu ya kirakira to Noise of hoovesreverberating entire pasture..rhythmic moose! ヘラジカのひづめの響く牧草地 herakika no hizume no hibiku bokusōchi Deep sea- fishing..whilst casting nets,the resting oars! 網投げてオールの休む深海漁 ami nage te ōru no yasumu shinkai-gyo Frosty morn –at dew'd petals of flowers,sun, … Continue reading Haiku beyond Earth「天上俳句会」Haiku by Vathilapraba in India
snowstorm - the tranquility of the field in the gusts of the wind 突風に静まる野原吹雪かな toppū ni shizumaru nohara fubuki kana a silver birch swaying this way and that - your yellow scarf あちこちに揺れる白樺スカーフも achikochi ni yureru shirakaba sukāfu mo frosty morning tea- you and a kettle shaking in sink 霜の朝揺れる茶人とやかんかな … Continue reading Haiku beyond Earth「天上俳句会」Haiku by Laughing Waters (Ukraine)
clouds the shape of branches ―haiku journal from 2009 visit to Japan’s Honshu and Kyushu Islands Marshall Hryciuk deep in the reeds of bamboos persimmon leaf red 竹林に柿の葉の赤奥深し chikurin ni kaki no ha no aka oku fukashi Matsushima maple shower leaves pointed red 松島や紅葉のシャワー赤き先 matsushima ya momiji no shawā … Continue reading Haiku beyond Earth「天上俳句会」Haiku by Marshall Hryciuk in Canada (2)
Still new, selected & collaborative haiku Philomene Kocher For my brother-in-law, Vernon Dean Finlayson 1941 - 2020 Dandelions at the bus stop the little boy’s shadow leaving his mother’s shadow バス停や母と子の影離れ行く basu-tei ya haha to ko no kage hanare-yuku leaving the bus station the woman … Continue reading Haiku beyond Earth「天上俳句会」Haiku by Philomene Kocher in Canada (2)
Haiku in Canada: History, Poetry, Memoir Terry Ann Carter For my haiku family in Canada and around the world When all is said and done, we’re really just walking each other home… Ram Dass (1931-2019) Chapter 3: Early Pioneers Haiku by Denbei Kobayashi (Hosui) in the Lake … Continue reading Haiku beyond Earth「天上俳句会」Haiku in Canada by Terry Ann Carter (2)
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