Haiku beyond Earth「天上俳句会」Haiku by Richa Sharma in India

1.

outside the jar

of my world 

butterfly 

Akitsu Quarterly, SPRING/SUMMER 2023

私の世界の瓶の外

2.

a newcomer

at the poetry reading

spring wind

tsuri-dōrō, Issue #22, July/August 2024 

新参者

詩の朗読会にて

春の風

3.

mountain sunset

I balance the unknown

stones of answers

Asahi Shimbun, 11th August, 2023

山の夕日

未知の答えの石のバランスをとる

4.

starry night

my song blurs

the fire’s light 

Drifting Sands Haibun, 2023

星空の夜

私の歌は炎の光をぼかす

5.

ptarmigan

is it too late to buy

a vanity box

Frogpond 47:1, Winter 2024

ライチョウ

化粧台を買うのは

もう遅すぎますか

6.

I like how

they talk about me …

body and shadow

i remember, Gembun Anthology 16, 2024

彼らの私についての話し方が好き…

体と影

7.

midnight rain closing the 108 prayers

Kingfisher #11

真夜中の雨が108回の祈りを締めくくる

8.

Orion

on dewy nights

i fall for his mien

tsuri-dōrō, Issue 7, Jan/Feb 2022

オリオン

露に濡れた夜に

彼の表情に惚れこむ

9.

picking up

the mystic’s words

tree nuts

Haiku Dialogue, 26th June, 2024

神秘家の言葉を拾い上げる

木の実

10.

Doll Festival

I promise her the same thing

my mother promised me

民句 folk ku journal, Issue 3, 2024

ひな祭り

母が私に約束してくれたのと同じことを

彼女にも約束する

-Translated into Japanese by Hidenori Hiruta

Bio

Richa Sharma resides in the National Capital Region of India.

In addition to her keen interest in management and academics, Richa is fond of the world of haiku and related forms.

Since 2019, her work has appeared in numerous online and print journals, contests, and anthologies dedicated to Japanese short form poetry.

She also served as a panelist judge for the 2nd Trailblazer Contest in 2023. Currently, she is the founding editor of Flying Fish Haiku Journal

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