Category: Haiku

World Haiku Series 2020 (9) Haiku by Ram Krishna Singh

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　

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 

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　　

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　　 →

石田三成辞世420周年：the 420th Anniversary of Ishida Mitsunari’s Farewell Tanka

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

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

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

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 →

World Haiku Series 2020 (2) Haiku by Adam Wahlfeldt

World Haiku Series 2020 (2) Haiku by Adam Wahlfeldt   spring moon   singing her first lullaby   as a grandmother      春の月 初めての子守唄を歌っている 祖母として   day after sermon   slowly darkening     the rose petals   説教の翌日 ゆっくりと暮れていく バラの花びら   a summer rainfall   as the mosquitos find my neck   the … Continue reading World Haiku Series 2020 (2) Haiku by Adam Wahlfeldt →