Akita International Haiku Network
Gray clouds trail across the sky. In the pale winter sun a flock of geese (Ben Grafström–Akita, Japan)
winter rain – an old air ticket in my rucksack 1st Place in the 2021 AHA Haiku/Senryu Contest (Annual Hortensia Anderson Memorial Award) 冬の雨– 古い航空券 私のリュックサックに * open arms to the starry sky like a scarecrow The Eighth Annual Golden Triangle Haiku Poetry Contest. Judges Favorites 腕を広げる 星空へ かかしのように * butterflies – sharing a conversation … Continue reading World Haiku Series 2021 (53) Haiku by Daniela Misso
1 st brigid’s day hand in hand we brace the snow storm (Whippet Wisdom blog, 1 February 2021) 聖ブリジッドの日 手をつないで気を引き締める 吹雪 2 settling down three generations of oxen (Asahi Haikuist Network, The Asahi Shimbun, 5 February 2021) くつろぐ 牛の 3世代 3 cherry blossom an old pen fills with ink (Autumn Moon Haiku Journal 4:2, Spring/Summer … Continue reading World Haiku Series 2021 (52) Haiku by Xenia Tran
war children and blackbirds fight for the cherry-tree Cold Moon Journal, February, 2021 戦争 子供達とクロウタドリ 桜のために戦う … first snow sparrow on the sill between two worlds Presence, 69 issue 初雪 敷居のスズメ 二つの世界の間に … spring cleaning the echo of a church bell comes with the wind Autumn Moon Haiku Journal, Spring/Summer issue 春の大掃除 教会の鐘の響き 風に乗って来る … … Continue reading World Haiku Series 2021 (51) Haiku by Vladislav Hristov
grasshopper on the window sill dislodged by cold バッタ 窓枠に 寒さで外れた a spider and its net caught in the cedar resin 蜘蛛 そしてその巣がとらえられた 杉の樹脂に without that cedar tree entirely different house and the street その杉の木がなければ まったく違う家 そして通りも a bat holds firmly to the icicles コウモリ しっかりとつかまる 氷柱に top of the mountain stepped into the sky … Continue reading World Haiku Series 2021 (50) Haiku by Vilma Knežević
family photograph the slight tilt of her head towards mother 家族写真 彼女の頭のわずかな傾き 母の方に winter storm the wind chime tangles untangles 冬の嵐 風鈴がもつれる もつれを解く your indifference I feel a lump in my breast あなたの無関心 しこりを感じる 胸に lotus moon leaving my “self” outside the temple door 蓮の月 私の「自分」を外に残す 寺院の扉 in it together in it alone dawn chorus … Continue reading World Haiku Series 2021 (49) Haiku by Vandana Parashar
Two previously published haiga "peony petals" - first appeared in Oct. 2021 issue of cattails journal; peony petals… all things fall into place 牡丹の花びら すべてのものが落ちる 所定の位置に "tracing" - first appeared on Lavana Kray's blog (https://ourbesthaiga.blogspot.com/) in Aug. 2021; tracing my mother’s face in the mirror トレースする 母の顔を 鏡の中に Eight haiku Tricycle, March 2021 haiku challenge, … Continue reading World Haiku Series 2021 (48) Haiku by Sasha A. Palmer
harsh winter bringing spring into a room the Kurent's* shadow ------------------------- *Kurent (also Korant) - a fabulous or fairytale creature of Slovenian mythology, which chases away winter, brings spring and abundance to the land. An Image of a Kurent 厳しい冬 部屋に春をもたらす クレントの影 march morning a softener awakens the smell of flowers (previously published in the … Continue reading World Haiku Series 2021 (47) Haiku by Samo Kreutz
old ox - at its usual edge chews lazily 老牛 いつもの端で ものうげに噛む drought - listen to the cracking of turtle shell 干ばつ 亀の甲羅の 割れる音に耳を傾ける irritated moon delving slowly on the ground イライラした月 ゆっくりと探る 地上を rainbow on her cleavage 彼女の胸の谷間に虹 wiped on jeans swallowing figs taken from the tree ジーンズで拭いた イチジクを飲み込む 木から取って lover - still hidden … Continue reading World Haiku Series 2021 (46) Haiku by Reshida Coba
garden edge-- feeling morning mist in the eyes ガーデンエッジ 朝の霧を感じる 目に on the terrace shadow of black pigeons: second full moon テラスで クロミカドバトの影 2番目の満月 in mind's cave facing fears all night waning moon 心の洞窟 一晩中恐怖に直面している 下弦の月 red with shame the sky at sunrise one more kiss 恥ずかしさで真っ赤 日の出の空 もう一回キス they watch from the street our … Continue reading World Haiku Series 2021 (45) Haiku by Ram Krishna Singh
snowdrift - the cold wall between us 雪の吹きだまり 私たちの間の冷たい壁 - - - - - - - a spider hangs by a thread - failure is not an option 蜘蛛 糸で掛かる 失敗はオプションにはない - - - - - - - chasing a dream along the sands of time a seagull’s feather 夢を追いかける 時間の砂に沿って カモメの羽 - - - … Continue reading World Haiku Series 2021 (44) Haiku by Paul Callus
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