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Gray clouds trail across the sky. In the pale winter sun a flock of geese (Ben Grafström–Akita, Japan)
* heat a dog barking almost soundlessly from The 75th Basho Memorial English Haiku Contest (Honorable Mentions) 暑さ 犬が吠えている ほとんど聞こえない * sound of rain the book starts with a blank page from 13th Yamadera Basho Memorial Museum English Haiku Contest (Selected Haiku Submissions Collection) 雨の音 本が始まる 空白のページで * forecast for tomorrow all day long leaf … Continue reading World Haiku Series 2021 (12) Haiku by Dmitry Shestakovsky
not yet spring - the tree frogs sing on unmelted snow まだ春ではない アマガエルが鳴く 溶けていない雪の上 * we never ask they keep offering - cherry blossoms 私たちは決して尋ねない 彼らは提供し続ける 桜の花 * learning not to cling to this floating world - heron ascending in snow しがみつかないことを学ぶ この浮いている世界に 雪の中で昇るサギ * walking home from the bodega - the smell of apples … Continue reading World Haiku Series 2021 (11) Haiku by Deborah A. Bennett
the lighthouse without its beacon . . . tsunami Runner-up Constanta Haiku Contest 2021 灯台 その信号灯がない 津波 lily pad rafts dotting the pond . . . leopard frogs Zatsuei Haiku of Merit World Haiku Review, Summer 2021 スイレンの葉のいかだ 池に点在 キタヒョウガエル the darkness arrives on a thousand legs . . . cosmic caterpillar Highly Commended New … Continue reading World Haiku Series (10) Haiku by Debbie Strange
sharing a futon in temporary shelter snow-covered windows The 75th Basho Memorial English Haiku Contest Grand Prize originally published: Basho Memorial Museum 公益財団法人 芭蕉翁顕彰会 第75回芭蕉翁献詠俳句（英語俳句の部）最優秀賞 避難所で分け合ふ布団窓に雪 ☆ tossing and turning cold sheets and unfamiliar bed fortnight quarantine originally published: World Haiku Review 世界俳句レビュー 投げて回す 冷たいシーツとなじみのないベッド 2週間の隔離 ☆ social distancing spring dream wanders middle of the … Continue reading World Haiku Series 2021 (9) Haiku by David McMurray
autumn night deepens between falling star and I exchanging stories 秋の夜が深まる 流れ星と私の間 話を交わす midnight... the reflection of petals on basho's old pond 真夜中 花びらが映る 芭蕉の古い池に after rain... the croaking of frogs fills the emptiness 雨上がり カエルの鳴き声 空所を埋める the last of autumn a spider weaves necklace out of a falling star 秋の終わり 蜘蛛がネックレスを織る 流れ星の in peaceful … Continue reading World Haiku Series 2021 (8) Haiku by Christopher Calvin
confinement – from our balconies we share a half moon February 8, 2021 (Mainichi Japan) 閉じ込め 私たちが共有するバルコニーから 半月 like a magnet attracted to the old stable – smells of my childhood 磁石のように 古い馬小屋に惹かれる 子供の頃のにおい sweetness of the autumn – my place in the sun stealing by a lizard 秋の甘さ 日向の私の場所 トカゲによる横取り new agenda – the … Continue reading World Haiku Series 2021 (7) Haiku by Christiane Ranieri
chalets in the ocean ripples last quarter moon ~ Cantos シャレー 海の波紋で 下弦の月 nanohana in the sunny rapeseed field cherry blossoms ~ Fireflies's Light 菜の花 日当たりの良い菜種畑で 桜の花 morning chat with the babbling brook water hyacinth ~ Meguro International Haiku Circle 朝のおしゃべり せせらぎの小川と ホテイアオイ tulips by the sea on the wind swept cliff sugar moon ~ … Continue reading World Haiku Series 2021 (6) Haiku by Christina Chin
caesarean section the moon divided by a flight taglio cesareo la luna divisa da un volo Published on Cattailsjournal April 2021 帝王切開 分割された月 飛行機から spring snow his last smile on a photo neve primaverile il suo ultimo sorriso su una foto Published on Mainichi May 7, 2021 春の雪 彼の最後の笑顔 写真に childhood memories half of the … Continue reading World Haiku Series 2021 (5) Haiku by Carmela Marino
halloween pumpkin in the child's eyes twinkling lights ハロウィーンのカボチャ 子供の目に きらめく光 sweet surrender to the whims of the wind autumn leaves 甘い降伏 風の気まぐれに 紅葉 trumpet flower hummingbird's search for nectar hand in glove トランペットの花 ハチドリの蜜の捜索 手袋をはめて rejuvenation in the Japanese onsen fresh apples 若返り 日本の温泉で 新鮮なリンゴ blue bells ring in Vivaldi's new season spring blossoms … Continue reading World Haiku Series 2021 (4) Haiku by Barbara Olmtak
meteor yesterday and today the same wish (The Haiku Foundation) 流星 昨日と今日 同じ願い housewarming the moon drops in empty-handed (The Mainichi ) 新築祝い 月が立ち寄る 手ぶらで new poem with each word a little bit less of me (Failed Haiku) 新しい詩 各語で 私みたいな所がちょっぴり少ない twilight deepens Grandma's wrinkles (The Mainichi) たそがれ 深くなる おばあちゃんの皺 memories pop up here and … Continue reading World Haiku Series 2021 (3) Haiku by Bakhtiyar Amini
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