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 2019 (85) Haiku by Justice Joseph Prah sacred pond in a halo of the moon two mating frogs 聖なる池 月の光輪の中 二匹の交尾カエル pond opera in the moon's spotlight a frog leads chorus 池のオペラ 月のスポットライトの中で 一匹のカエルが合唱を導く winter after war burnt out houses fall snow on snow 戦後の冬 燃え尽きた家屋が落ちる … Continue reading World Haiku Series 2019 (85) Haiku by Justice Joseph Prah
World Haiku Series 2019 (84) Haiku by Julia Guzmán winter solstice the transparent wings of a firefly published in The Asahi Shimbun 2nd March 2018 冬至 ホタルの透明な羽 first sunrise the light beam on the baby ´s face published in The Asahi Shimbun. 2018 初日の出 赤ちゃんの顔に太陽光線 fireflies delineate the … Continue reading World Haiku Series 2019 (84) Haiku by Julia Guzmán
World Haiku Series 2019 (83) Haiku by Jovanka Božić ---------------------------------------------------------- a silent veteran sips a cup of sorrow – in a shot 無言の退役軍人 悲しみの杯を少しずつ飲む ― 一杯を -------------------------------------- A lonely man withstands frost together with a jumping dog 孤独な男が霜に耐える 飛び跳ねる犬と一緒に ------------------------------------- high tones in the opera house – deep silence of the audience オペラハウスの高音― 聴衆の深い沈黙 ------------------------------ flaming up … Continue reading World Haiku Series 2019 (83) Haiku by Jovanka Božić
World Haiku Series 2019 (82) Haiku by Jorge Alberto Giallorenzi The pampas grass crammed along the road Northern wind... published in The Asahi Shimbun 04/05/18 道沿いにパンパスグラスがいっぱい詰め込まれている 北風... Evening rain I cut a sweet pea just stepped on published in Africahaiku Network 04/06/18 夕方の雨 甘いエンドウ豆を刈り取った ちょっと踏んでしまった It starts raining … Continue reading World Haiku Series 2019 (82) Haiku by Jorge Alberto Giallorenzi
World Haiku Series 2019 (81) Haiku by Jolanta Kajzer an osprey the sound of splashing water in the gentle wave ミサゴ 水しぶきの音 穏やかな波の中 Rice Planting Festival voices of singing girls rise and fall bamboo hats 田植えまつり 歌う女の子の声 竹の帽子を上げたり下げたり swaying rice from dawn till dusk ready for harvest 揺れる稲 夜明けから夕暮れまで … Continue reading World Haiku Series 2019 (81) Haiku by Jolanta Kajzer
The Mamba : Journal of Africa Haiku Issue 9 March 2020 On March 6, 2020, Adjei Agyei-Baah and Emmanuel Jessie Kalusian as editors kindly offered the Issue 9 of The Mamba (the journal of Africa Haiku) for the 9th memorial service of the Great East Japan Earthquake. We would like to share the journal with each … Continue reading The Mamba : Journal of Africa Haiku
E-book : 3.11 Memorial Haiku 追悼 On March 11, 2020, the Akita International Haiku Network published an e-book 3.11 Memorial Haiku 追悼 in prayer. This is because a student of mine, Ms. Makiko Utsumi, lives in Higashi- Matsushima City, Miyagi Prefecture, having lost her son’s wife in the Great East Japan Earthquake on March … Continue reading E-book : 3.11 Memorial Haiku
World Haiku Series 2019 (80) Haiku by John Parsons carved trunk of a beech nick names scar over above shoulder height ブナの彫刻が施された幹 ニックネームの後が残っている 肩の高さより上に day of reflection we stare through windows at winter rain 反射の日 私たちは窓を見つめる 冬の雨で river’s bend the merest swirl a sign of deep currents 川の曲がり 一番ささいな渦 … Continue reading World Haiku Series 2019 (80) Haiku by John Parsons
World Haiku Series 2019 (79) Haiku by John Zheng morning mist, her long scarf dragging to the pier 朝の霧 彼女の長いスカーフが引きずられている 桟橋へ Labor Day tour a grueling drive on the rutted road 労働祭のツアー わだちの道の過酷なドライブ abandoned shack through cracked windows cold sunlight 放棄された小屋 割れた窓から 寒い日差し shades of dusk by an … Continue reading World Haiku Series 2019 (79) Haiku by John Zheng
World Haiku Series 2019 (78) Haiku by John McDonald sleepless night - the western wind snoring in the chimney 眠れない夜- 西風が煙突の中でいびきをかいている rain - in silent streets the crunching of snails 雨 – 静かな通りで カタツムリの音を立てて進む音 my hospital companion - his sad moon face 私の病院の仲間 – 彼の悲しい丸顔 the old trawler … Continue reading World Haiku Series 2019 (78) Haiku by John McDonald
