Akita International Haiku Network
Gray clouds trail across the sky. In the pale winter sun a flock of geese (Ben Grafström–Akita, Japan)
World Haiku Series 2020 (10) Haiku by Adam Kajzer A-bomb blast centre long row of lanterns flows on the Motoyasu River (Basho Memorial English Haiku Contest, 74th Basho Festival, Grand Prize) 原爆の爆心地 長い列の灯籠が流れる 元安川を the Chopin’s statue drenching brittle willow floating in the wind (Soka Matsubara International Haiku Competition, Outstanding … Continue reading World Haiku Series 2020 (10) Haiku by Adam Kajzer
2021年1月 短歌 January 2021, Tanka All rights reserved ©Rika Inami 稲美 里佳 1 君よりのいらへ無きをこぼしたれば即届きしボイスメッセージ grumbling about no-response -- I got a voice-message from you right away 2 霜ふりて靄ふかき朝ねず色の空よりもるる幽けき日輪 on a morning with frost in deep mist… the faint and ethereal sunlight leaks through the grey sky … Continue reading 稲美里佳の短歌：Tanka by Rika Inami (41)
World Haiku Series 2020 (9) Haiku by Ram Krishna Singh half-clad and bare foot she croons an old song selling candy on roadside 半裸でそして素足で 彼女は古い歌をやさしく歌っている 道端でキャンデーを売りながら forever a visiting guest-- loneliness 永遠に 訪問する客― 孤独 unlockdown: fractured biorhythm deity distance 封鎖解除 壊れたバイオリズム 神の距離 sunset-- smoke and mirror muddy path … Continue reading World Haiku Series 2020 (9) Haiku by Ram Krishna Singh
World Haiku Series 2020 (8) Haiku by Andrea Cecon travel ban ~ my mind wanders in our past Poetry Pea, S3E14 (voyages) 旅行禁止 私の心はさ迷う 私たちの過去に crossing the border I change a word in my haiku Poetry Pea, S3E14 (voyages) 国境を越える 言葉を変える 私の俳句で off the train the sunlight takes … Continue reading World Haiku Series 2020 (8) Haiku by Andrea Cecon
World Haiku Series 2020 (7) Haiku by Arunachalashiva Ravi Sankar a sugarcane leaf tries to shade the mount Annamalai (Mount Annamalai is a holy mountain in South India and this is my photo haiku ) サトウキビの葉 陰を作ろうとする アンナマライ山に game over reaches to mother's arm a baby squirrel ゲームオーバー 母の腕に達する … Continue reading World Haiku Series 2020 (7) Haiku by Arunachalashiva Ravi Sankar
World Haiku Series 2020 (6) Haiku by Arvinder Kaur the gentle swing of a poppy - hopping bees ( published at The Mainichi July 15,2020 ) 穏やかな揺れ ケシの 飛び回るハチ mother's funeral - the breeze gently caressing my hair ( Honourable mention 23'rd Mainichi Haiku Contest ) 母の葬式 そよ風がやさしく 私の髪を愛撫する self … Continue reading World Haiku Series 2020 (6) Haiku by Arvinder Kaur
Ishida Mitsunari （石田三成）is familiar in Akita Prefecture, Japan, as is shown in Hidenori Hiruta's e-book “HAIKU Surmounting 山上” published as (English Edition) Kindle版 through Amazon on September 9, 2019. Hiruta's haiku book has a page on a present sent from Ishida Mitsunari to Satake Yoshinobu（佐竹義宣）, the first lord of the Akita Domain. Here is a copy … Continue reading 石田三成辞世420周年：the 420th Anniversary of Ishida Mitsunari’s Farewell Tanka
World Haiku Series 2020 (5) Haiku by Pravat Kumar Padhy standing apart-- fresh blossom embraces closely its petals Country Roads, May 4, 2020 離れて立っている 新鮮な花が抱きしめる 花びらをしっかりと lockdown-- I drag my shadow away from the windowpane behind the mask: haiku in the time of Covid-19, Spring Moon Press, 2020 封鎖 … Continue reading World Haiku Series 2020 (5) Haiku by Pravat Kumar Padhy
World Haiku Series 2020 (4) Haiku by an'ya crescent moon at rest in the arms of a full moon 三日月 腕の中で休息 満月の motionless sky twilit limbs release a bald eagle 動かない空 薄明かりの手が解き放す 白頭ワシを ascending with its most noble prize – common crow 上昇 最も見事なほうびを持ってー 普通のカラス … Continue reading World Haiku Series 2020 (4) Haiku by an’ya
World Haiku Series 2020 (3) Haiku by Angiola Inglese isolation- sixty-four spaces on the chessboard The Heron Nest Volume XXII, Number 3: September 2020 隔離 64スペース チェス盤に cicada song - deep roots of the bindweed THE ZEN SPACE - JUL 01 2020 蝉の鳴き声 深い根 ヒルガオの half bloom of … Continue reading World Haiku Series 2020 (3) Haiku by Angiola Inglese
