Category: Haiku

Haiku by Chen Xiaoou in China (16)

Ten English Haiku windless season flowers awaiting bees’ visit 風のない季節 待っている花 ミツバチの訪問 this morning how dark my bedroom is the magic beanstalk 今朝 寝室のなんて暗いことよ 魔法の豆の木 breeding season orange weavers turn not so orange 繁殖期 機織鳥は そんなにオレンジ色ではない the cuckoo trusts her eggs to their foster parents カッコウ 卵を任せる 里親に shark’s long journey three weeks’ food stored … Continue reading Haiku by Chen Xiaoou in China (16) →

Online Videos for Photo-haiku Contests in Matsuyama and Kagoshima!

An Online Tool for Educators Teaching Haiku As an online tool for educators teaching haiku, we recommend this video created by David McMurray (professor at International University of Japan) and his seminar students. The video teaches students how to write haiku and photo-haiku and how to participate in haiku contests. The video demonstrates how seminar … Continue reading Online Videos for Photo-haiku Contests in Matsuyama and Kagoshima! →

Haiku by Hidenori Hiruta in Japan (6)

On August 9, 2022, the August 2022 issue of the Argeș culture magazine was published in Romania. In this magazine Florin Golban created a haiku page for Florin Cezar Ciobîcă from Romania and Hidenori Hiruta from Japan with the help of Ms. Mona Iordan, who kindly translated the texts. Please check out the page by … Continue reading Haiku by Hidenori Hiruta in Japan (6) →

Haiku by Chen Xiaoou in China (15)

Ten English Haiku Year of Tora adding wings to a powerful tiger 寅年 翼を加える 力強い虎に raindrops sweet melody falls upon my ears 雨滴 心地よい旋律が降る 私の耳に a white feather wavers onto the snow the sound of silence 白い羽 雪の上で揺れる 沈黙の音 visiting a museum of teeth at shark’s mouth 訪問 歯の博物館 サメの口に dark forest going further away … Continue reading Haiku by Chen Xiaoou in China (15) →

Haiku by Vladislava Simonova in Ukraine (4)

On the radio air raid alarm sounds swallows are flying ラジオで 空襲警報音 ツバメが飛んでいる Explosions in the night I pray for those who were alive today　 　 夜の爆発 私は祈ります 今日生きていた人達のために Note: I meant people who were alive at the beginning of the day but died because of explosions. I hear rumbling sounds and think about those … Continue reading Haiku by Vladislava Simonova in Ukraine (4) →

Book Announcement! “Scaring Crow” Haiku by Adjei Agyei-Baah

Adjei Agyei-Baah, the winner of Akita Chamber of Commerce and Industry President Award of the 3rd Japan-Russia Haiku Contest 2014, published the book titled “Scaring Crow Haiku Adjei Agyei-Baah” with a Foreword by Hiroaki Sato as Buttonhook Press 2022 Chapbook Series Poetry: All forms & styles Haiku. His book was dedicated to Paul MacNeil. Dedication To … Continue reading Book Announcement! “Scaring Crow” Haiku by Adjei Agyei-Baah →

Haiku by Vida Jalili in Iran

10 Haiku by Vida Jalili Cold morning ... Every violet is sunken In his shadow English Speaking Union of Japan - Haiku (ESUJ-H) March 2022 寒い朝 すべてのバイオレットが沈んでいる 彼の影に A long night... In the shade of cypress trees The snow is also black English Speaking Union of Japan - Haiku (ESUJ-H) February 2022 長い夜 ヒノキの木陰で 雪も黒い … Continue reading Haiku by Vida Jalili in Iran →

Haiku by Chen Xiaoou in China (14)

Ten English Haiku white fan, should your handle be removed what a moon you’d be 白い団扇 柄が外されたら どんな月になるでしょう white purity a pond-lily springs from black mud 白い清らかさ 睡蓮が現れる 黒い泥から a frog hops among the islets water lily 蛙がぴょんぴょん跳ぶ 小島の間で 睡蓮 grand migration millions of Arctic terns cancelled flights 壮大な移動 何百万もの北極のアジサシ 飛行中止 the bee dances some … Continue reading Haiku by Chen Xiaoou in China (14) →