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Gray clouds trail across the sky. In the pale winter sun a flock of geese (Ben Grafström–Akita, Japan)
Haiku by Voronoi Oleg (Russia) 1. ***Сильна красота!Ты появилась вдалии ветер утих... ***Beauty is strong!You appeared in the distanceand the wind died down... *** 美に惹かれ君は現れ風は止む 2. ***Лишь от завистицветут на Земле цветы –ты их красивей... *** Only out of envyflowers bloom on Earth –you are more beautiful than them... *** あなたへのねたみに地球花の園 3. ***Спелая вишня...Нет ничего … Continue reading Haiku beyond Earth「天上俳句会」Haiku by Voronoi Oleg
Haiku by Vladislava Simonova (Ukraine) Firstly, we introduce the posting by Beyond Haiku team as below. This haiku is written by Ms. Vladislava Simonova from Ukraine, who is the winner of JAL Foundation Award（JAL財団賞) in the Russian section of the 7th Japan-Russia Haiku Contest 2018. Пишу на песке. Вновь утащила волна хайку в дальний путь. … Continue reading Haiku beyond Earth「天上俳句会」Haiku by Vladislava Simonova
Adjei Agyei-Baah (1977-2023) Winner of Akita Chamber of Commerce and Industry President’s Award,in the English section of the 3rd Japan-Russia Haiku Contest, 2014 This is his debut haiku collection, Afriku (2016), which was commended by Nigerian Nobel Prize–winner Wole Soyinka. Dedication My pleasure for your leisure – It’s for you, Africa – Celebrate! Five haiku from Adjei’s … Continue reading Haiku beyond Earth「天上俳句会」Haiku in Ghana (1)
Haiku by Srinivasa Rao Sambangi (India) 1. summer rainall exclamationsend in full stops (Chrysanthemum, Issue 31, 2023) 夏の雨感嘆のうち止みにけり 2. cloister premisea bumblebee finds a hole in the garden net (ESUJ-H, April, 2023) 穴見付くマルハナバチや庭の網 3. long summerthe garden lizard's tailopens a question (The Heron's Nest, September 2023) 長い夏庭のトカゲや尾で問えり 4. night trainthe brook's cadenceat the stop (Frogpond, … Continue reading Haiku beyond Earth「天上俳句会」Haiku by Srinivasa Rao Sambangi
An unmown sky (1996 – 2007) (1) An Anthology of Croatian Haiku Poetry Đurda Vukelić-Rožić Lying on the grass. An unmown sky. Dubravko Ivančan (1931-1982) 横になる草原の上天高し yokoni-naru sōgen no ue ten takashi －Translated into Japanese by Hidenori Hiruta 1. Solitary tree on the meadow edge. Flash of lightning. MIRTA ABRAMOVIĆ 牧草地端に木一本稲光 2. Butterfly caught on … Continue reading Haiku beyond Earth「天上俳句会」An unmown sky (1)
Mount Taihei Mount Taihei is a 1,170-meter-high mountain, located northeast of Akita City. It is now a mountain in its prime. The base pluton is granite. First, rocky mass, or pluton, was covered with volcanic ejecta and then uplifted by crust movement, and was subsequently eroded by rivers. This pluton dates from the Cretaceous period, … Continue reading Haiku beyond Earth「天上俳句会」En no Gyōja (1)
Dear Respected Haiku Poets, Thank you very much for having participated in the World Haiku Series 2022. The Akita International Haiku Network launched the World Haiku Series 2022, whose theme is “Earth”, on December 24, 2022. Fortunately, the Network happily ended the Series with great success yesterday, on February 22, 2024, as expected in … Continue reading World Haiku Series 2022: Closing Words by Hidenori Hiruta
Haiku by Alexandra Ivoylova the longest day colors of the sun across the facades 一番長い日 太陽の色 ファサード全体に children playing with soap bubbles ephemeral eternities 遊んでいる子供たち シャボン玉で はかない永遠 ghostly faces along dark alleys smartphones 幽霊のような顔 暗い路地沿い スマートフォン an industrial zone above a billboard a deserted nest 工業地帯 看板の上に 荒れ果てた巣 Café du Parnasse our tea growing cold … Continue reading World Haiku Series 2022 (134) Haiku by Alexandra Ivoylova
Haiku by Alexandra Ivoylova the longest day colors of the sun across the facades children playing with soap bubbles ephemeral eternities ghostly faces along dark allays smartphones an industrial zone above a billboard a deserted nest Café du Parnasse our tea growing cold next to a pile of books the sunset dwindles in the windows … Continue reading World Haiku Series 2022 (134) Haiku by Alexandra Ivoylova (Bulgaria)
Haiku by Anna Maria Domburg-Sancristoforo Mongolian steppe —the flight of an eagleinto infinity モンゴルの草原 ワシの飛行 無限にinner dunes—the birds singmore melodiously 内砂丘 鳥が歌う よりメロディアスに in Haiku Dialogue, April 6 2022sea breezewhen even the moontastes of salt 潮風 月さえも 塩の味 in https://www.underthebasho.com/the-journal/under-the-basho-2022/haiku/anna-maria-domburg-sancristoforo.htmlclosed flowersthe remote hillsof my childhood 咲かない花 遠く離れた丘 私の子供時代の in: https://www.waleshaikujournal.com/spring-22dandelion seeds —a warm wind through the … Continue reading World Haiku Series 2022 (133) Haiku by Anna Maria Domburg-Sancristoforo
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