Haiku beyond Earth「天上俳句会」Haiku in Canada by Terry Ann Carter (5)

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 6: Regional Groups of Haiku Canada (1)

　

Pacifi-kana, British Columbia

　

Haiku by Michael Dylan Welch

　

the sun just out –

a pod of orcas

leading the ferry

　

夜明け頃フェリー導くシャチの群れ

yoake-goro  fuerī michibiku  shachi no mure

　

opening the orchid

a little bit wider,

the weight of the bee

　

蘭に蜂重さに少し開きけり

ran ni  hachi  omosa ni sukoshi  hiraki keri

　

first snow…

the children’s hangers

clatter in the closet

　

初雪や子等のハンガーガタガタと

hatsuyuki ya  kora no hangā  gata-gata to 

　

Note: Michael Dylan Welch’s Lecture in Tokyo, Japan

Michael Dylan Welch (vice president of the Haiku Society of America) gave a marvelous lecture on “American Haiku Today” at the Haiku International Association Annual Meeting at Ichigaya Arcadia, Tokyo on November 30, 2013.

　

　

Photo: Masako Kakutani, Hidenori Hiruta, Michael Dylan Welch, Dr. Akito Arima (HIA President), Emiko Miyashita, and 4 members of HIA

　

　

Haiku by kjmunro

after Fay Aoyagi’s low winter moon

　

northern lights

just beyond the reach

of my walking stick

　

オーロラや杖の届かぬ向こう岸

ōrora ya  tsue no todoka nu  mukō-gishi

　

Vancouver Island, B.C.

　

Haiku by Robin Skelton

　

Yellow, the apples

bounce in a blustering wind

I reach up my hand

　

突風や揺れる黄王に手を伸ばす

toppū ya  yureru kiō ni  te wo nobasu

　

Haiku by Leanne MacIntosh

　

moonless night –

so many shades of darkness

in the cuckoo’s call

　

月見えず郭公の声闇を越ゆ

tsuki mie zu  kakkō no koe  yami wo koyu

　

Haiku by Chuck Brickley

　

last lilac

the bee’s shadow slips

to a lower leaf

　

ライラック最後の花に蜂の影

rairakku  saigo no hana ni  hachi no kage

　

Haiku Arbutus – Victoria

　

Haiku by Margaret Rutley

　

swallow swoop

under the moon

the shooting star

　

月の下燕のごとき流れ星

tsuki no shita  tsubame no gotoki  nagareboshi

　

Haiku by Terry Ann Carter

　

wild roses

the way she ties back

her hair

　

野バラ咲く髪を後ろに結ぶごと

nobara saku  kami wo ushiro ni  musubu goto

　

Haiku by Lynne Mustard

　

still water –

sky beneath my feet

looking down from the bridge

　

橋の下静かな水面浮かぶ空

hashi no shita  shizukana minamo  ukabu sora

　

－Interpreted into Japanese by Hidenori Hiruta

　

　

秋田国際俳句ネットワーク

蛭田 秀法

Hidenori Hiruta

Akita International Haiku Network