Haiku beyond Earth「天上俳句会」Haiku by Hifsa Ashraf in Pakistan

atonement—

the shades of green

in an autumn leaf

Published in Frogpond 47:3, Autumn 2024

　

償いや緑の陰影秋の葉に

tsugunai ya  midori no inei  aki no ha ni

——

war debris—

the cold wind rocks

an empty cradle 

Wales haiku journal , winter 2024/25

　

戦争の残骸揺れる冷風に

sensō no  zangai yureru  reifū ni

——

winter ends —

a tapestry of stars

in the village pond

tsuri-dōrō Issue #26 – March/April 2025

　

立春や星の織物村の池

risshun ya  hoshi no orimono  mura no ike

——

before and after

social media ads

Rumi’s love

failed haiku, volume 10, Issue 108

　

広告の後先飾るルーミーの愛

kōkoku no  ato-saki kazaru  rūmī no ai

——

homecoming…

dripping from the icicles

moonlight

Published in The Daily Verse of The Wise Owl, Thursday, 6th March, 2025

　

月光の滴る氷柱帰郷かな

gekkō no  shitataru tsurara  kikyō kana

——

Sufi meditation— 

prostrating on the ground 

my shadow 

Stone of the month – Water Poem, VSANA, May 2025

　

ひれ伏する地の礼拝や影を成す

hirefusuru  chi no reihai ya  kage wo nasu

——

morning fog…

this urge to find

my place

Published in SPRING/SUMMER issue 2025

　

朝霧や自分はどこにいるのやら

asagiri ya  jibun wa doko ni  irunoyara

——

morning blues the melting glaciers in my eyes 

Published in Cattails, April 2025

　

朝の鬱溶ける氷河が目の中に

asa no utsu  tokeru hyōga ga  me no naka ni

——

river thaw

the lingering caw

of a mountain

Published in Presence issue # 81

　

雪解川山の鳴き声長々と

yukige-kawa  yama no nakigoe  naganaga to

——

morning mist—

how long does it take

to settle down

Published in First Frost issue #09, April 2025

　

朝靄や晴れるときまでどのくらい

asamoya ya  hareru toki-made  donokurai

——

－Interpreted into Japanese by Hidenori Hiruta

　

bio:

Hifsa Ashraf is an award-winning poet, author, editor, and social activist from Rawalpindi, Pakistan.

Her work has been widely published.

Hifsa is the author of six micropoetry books on gender-based taboos, mental health, socio-cultural, and socio-political issues.

She has won The Touchstone Award for Individual Poems 2021 from The Haiku Foundation.

She received special mention for her book, Her Fading Henna Tattoo, in the Touchstone Distinguished Books Award 2020 and in the Haiku Society of America Merit Book Award 2021.

Her most recent micropoetry collection is hazy crescent moon that is about Islamophobia and published by Alba Publishing UK.