Akita International Haiku Network
Gray clouds trail across the sky. In the pale winter sun a flock of geese (Ben Grafström–Akita, Japan)
autumn wind– it was never love in the first place 秋の風 それは決して愛ではなかった そもそも first crocus i fall in love yet again 最初のクロッカス 私は恋に落ちる 再び first hearing still he gets a calla lily bouquet 最初のヒアリング それでも彼は得る カラのブーケを whale songs how I miss the time we conversed クジラの歌 会話した時間を いかになつかしく思うか paper cut– the pain of writing to … Continue reading World Haiku Series 2021 (57) Haiku by Mona Bedi
dawn drizzle the green road brims with mountain scent 夜明けの霧雨 緑の道は一杯 山の香りで bowl of rice between the three of us a quiet spring night ご飯丼 私たち3人の間で 静かな春の夜 springtide a boulder and i share the same blues 春潮 大きな岩と私が共有する 同じブルースを moon prayer asking him back from God 月の祈り 彼に返事 神から seedling growth my daughter's smile adds … Continue reading World Haiku Series 2021 (56) Haiku by Richa Sharma
Hidenori Hiruta of the Akita International Haiku Network has published a new eBook titled Resurrection of Tatsuko 辰子の復活. Here are some introductory materials on the book through some pictures included. Cover page Contents Preface 2 The Legend of Tatsuko-hime 4 Loss of the Legend 11 The Resurrection of Tatsuko 14 Homecoming 24 Tatsuko’s Wish 52 The Road to Revival … Continue reading Book Announcement! “Resurrection of Tatsuko 辰子の復活” by Hidenori Hiruta
10 English Haiku golden wedding we go to see Tokyo Story for the fiftieth time 素晴らしい結婚式 東京ストーリーを見に行く 50回目 the bird’s nest grows higher & higher the flow of years 小鳥の巣 どんどん高くなる 年月の流れ dancing party then painful farewells snowflakes ダンスパーティー その後辛い別れ 雪片 drifting clouds seeing tall buildings leaning forward 漂う雲 高層ビルを見る 前かがみ winter sunset I move … Continue reading Haiku by Chen Xiaoou in China (11)
new year’s morning knee deep in the snow left by last year ( The Mainichi, January 1,2021 ) 元旦の朝 雪の中ひざまで深い 去年までに残っていた parental home forget-me-not blooms from the rubble ( The haiku foundation, Haiku dialogue, March 3,2021) 親の家 勿忘草の花が咲く がれきから a dry leaf where she left last mother’s prayer book ( Cold Moon Journal. April 30, … Continue reading World Haiku Series 2021 (55) Haiku by Arvinder Kaur
campfire a few sparks in Ursa Major キャンプファイヤー いくつかの火花 おおぐま座で steaming pie around grandmother grandchildren 蒸しパイ 祖母の周りに 孫たち a butterfly's wing landing on the windowsill - the moment you left you'd taken with you a piece from my broken heart 蝶の羽 窓辺に着陸 去った瞬間 あなたは一本を持っていった 私の失意の心から between two flowers of cherry trees on a branch top … Continue reading World Haiku Series 2021 (54) Haiku by MIRELA BRĂILEAN
winter rain – an old air ticket in my rucksack 1st Place in the 2021 AHA Haiku/Senryu Contest (Annual Hortensia Anderson Memorial Award) 冬の雨– 古い航空券 私のリュックサックに * open arms to the starry sky like a scarecrow The Eighth Annual Golden Triangle Haiku Poetry Contest. Judges Favorites 腕を広げる 星空へ かかしのように * butterflies – sharing a conversation … Continue reading World Haiku Series 2021 (53) Haiku by Daniela Misso
1 st brigid’s day hand in hand we brace the snow storm (Whippet Wisdom blog, 1 February 2021) 聖ブリジッドの日 手をつないで気を引き締める 吹雪 2 settling down three generations of oxen (Asahi Haikuist Network, The Asahi Shimbun, 5 February 2021) くつろぐ 牛の 3世代 3 cherry blossom an old pen fills with ink (Autumn Moon Haiku Journal 4:2, Spring/Summer … Continue reading World Haiku Series 2021 (52) Haiku by Xenia Tran
war children and blackbirds fight for the cherry-tree Cold Moon Journal, February, 2021 戦争 子供達とクロウタドリ 桜のために戦う … first snow sparrow on the sill between two worlds Presence, 69 issue 初雪 敷居のスズメ 二つの世界の間に … spring cleaning the echo of a church bell comes with the wind Autumn Moon Haiku Journal, Spring/Summer issue 春の大掃除 教会の鐘の響き 風に乗って来る … … Continue reading World Haiku Series 2021 (51) Haiku by Vladislav Hristov
2022年3月 短歌 March 2022, Tanka All rights reserved ©Rika Inami 稲美 里佳 <反戦歌 / Anti-War Tanka> 1 一念は平和来たれと軍事侵攻さるるウクライナへの祈り my heart is filled with prayers for peace in Ukraine being invaded by Russian military force ※「ひまわり」はウクライナの国花です。 The sunflower is the national flower of Ukraine. 2 にはか掻き曇り暗澹たる世界 眼前(まさき)を揺らし立ちあらはるる all of a sudden the air becomes leaden and then … Continue reading 稲美里佳の短歌：Tanka by Rika Inami (55)
