Akita International Haiku Network
Gray clouds trail across the sky. In the pale winter sun a flock of geese (Ben Grafström–Akita, Japan)
September 2019, Tanka 2019年9月 短歌 All rights reserved ©Rika Inami 稲美 里佳 1 盆過ぎて篠突く雨のアラームに黒雲ながめ行方を追へり after Bon alarm of a pelting rain from my smartphone… I watch leaden sky and chase clouds 2 夏去りぬ葉月の嵐に蹴散らされ風鈴の音の虚ろにさはぐ summer is over blown up by August storm lost in a flash a wind-bell …chiming...chiming... in vain... … Continue reading 稲美里佳の短歌：Tanka by Rika Inami (25)
August 2019, Tanka 2019年8月 短歌 All rights reserved ©Rika Inami 稲美 里佳 1 熱帯夜に御霊（みたま）こもるか忘れまい原爆の日われらに刻まれ the spirits staying at tropical night never forget the day of atomic bombing …carved in our memory 2 孫さんが農を継ぐとふ頼もしや過疎化の町のハイテクの農 hopeful! he says that his grandsons will inherit agriculture … high technology farming in a depopulated town … Continue reading 稲美里佳の短歌：Tanka by Rika Inami (24)
June 2019, Tanka 2019年6月 短歌 All rights reserved ©Rika Inami 稲美 里佳 1 ややすれば時落ちて星絶えしとふ地の花まぼるに我らすべきは you tell me probably, time falls and stars die soon ... what should we do for the flowers on this planet? 2 動くもの無しとおぼゆる丑刻に水田に映る月影の揺る around 2:00 thinking there is nothing to move ... the moonlight waves on the … Continue reading 稲美里佳の短歌：Tanka by Rika Inami (23)
On May 15, 2019, Mr. Chiau-Shin NGO, a Facebook friend of mine, kindly contributed his tanka to Akita International Haiku Network with his photo of Mt. Dah-Tun: The symbol of northern Taiwan. 俳句歴： 1930生まれ。 本名：呉 昭新 (Chiau-Shin NGO)； 俳号：呉 瞈望; 日本語：おーぼー真悟； 現在，自分創設で管理しているネット句会は四グループ（世界のすべての言語を受け付けております）、入り口サイトは http://olddoc.tmu.edu.tw/global-haiku/index-h.html と http://olddoc.net/global-haiku/index-H.html の他にWorld Union of Poetsの世界各地域の分会サイト中（Taiwan, China, Turkey, Phoenix(USA), Deutschland, Seychelles islands, … Continue reading 呉昭新の短歌：Tanka by Chiau-Shin NGO in Taiwan
May 2019, Tanka 2019年5月 短歌 All rights reserved ©Rika Inami 稲美 里佳 1 深碧の闇を投ずる杉山に春光さして先のきはめむ cedar forests casting shadows of dark green… spring light refines their edges to the sky 2 山のなだりの名残り雪 陽光の霞となりて消ゆるはいつぞ when does lingering snow on a mountain slope melt in the sunshine and become haze? 3 春雨に濡るる梅花の花びらの透きとほり色 … Continue reading 稲美里佳の短歌：Tanka by Rika Inami (22)
April 2019, Tanka 2019年4月 短歌 All rights reserved ©Rika Inami 稲美 里佳 1 うるはしき春風そよぎ和の心さざなみわたれ令和の御代に beauteous spring breeze ... New Era, Reiwa the spirit of peace rippling around the world 2 うたかたの煩ひなるとおぼゆるも流れ止揚し難を解くべし even though thinking of my worry as a bubble I should aufheben the flow to solve the problem … Continue reading 稲美里佳の短歌：Tanka by Rika Inami (21)
On October 30, 2010, Tanka by Chen-ou Liu in Canada (1) was updated on the website below. https://akitahaiku.com/2010/10/30/ On December 23, 2018, Chen-ou Liu presented tanka, haiku, and senryu with his short bio and his recent photo, wishing us all the best in the coming year. Here is a short bio: Chen-ou Liu is currently … Continue reading Tanka by Chen-ou Liu in Canada (2)
March 2019, Tanka 2019年 3月 短歌 All rights reserved ©Rika Inami 稲美 里佳 1 その先の花咲く道を…如月の寒風耳に夢まどろみて beyond that point I hope to go on the flower road... listening to cold winds dreaming in February 2 つつましく春来たるらし あはあはと春雪舞ひて香のみ残せり modestly spring may come spring snow fluttering faintly lightly leaving only fragrance 3 … Continue reading 稲美里佳の短歌：Tanka by Rika Inami (20)
February 2019, Tanka 2019年 2月 短歌 All rights reserved ©Rika Inami 稲美 里佳 1 なにものも拒まれぬ身に甘んずる梅が枝けふは霧氷に光る twigs of a plum tree resign themselves to being unable to refuse any things … today, sparkling in rime 2 冬陽の光まばゆき雪原のおぼろなる間に我はやすらふ I feel at peace in misty space between snowfield and dazzling winter sunshine 3 … Continue reading 稲美里佳の短歌：Tanka by Rika Inami (19)
January 2019, Tanka 2019年 1月 短歌 All rights reserved ©Rika Inami 稲美 里佳 1 たうたう冬になったかと注がれおく茶をすすりつつ吹雪みてをり "… Finally, Winter has come" Says, and sipping tea poured into a cup he watches the snow storm through the window 2 雪かざし到来す冬将軍に諾(うべな)ふも心複雑なり blowing snow up high rigorous winter has come -- nodding and saying “Surely, … Continue reading 稲美里佳の短歌：Tanka by Rika Inami (18)
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