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Gray clouds trail across the sky. In the pale winter sun a flock of geese (Ben Grafström–Akita, Japan)
World Haiku Series 2019 (110) Haiku by Marco Campioli HAIKU Nr. 1 harlequin scarecrow astonishing the full moon – mask of golden straw (sent to: eigo@basho-bp.jp; Basho Festival Haiku Contest, 2016). Honourable Mention awarded to Marco Campioli for this original haiku sent to the Basho Festival Haiku Contest, 2016. Haiku selected and … Continue reading World Haiku Series 2019 (110) Haiku by Marco Campioli
World Haiku Series 2019 (109) Haiku by Maria Tirenescu rose in the rain - my grand mother sighing near the window Honorable Mention, 73nd Basho Memorial English Haiku Contest 雨の中の薔薇ー 私の祖母がため息をつく 窓の近くで empty room – in the clay vase a dry daisy Selected, The 11th Yamadera Basho Memorial Museum English … Continue reading World Haiku Series 2019 (109) Haiku by Maria Tirenescu
World Haiku Series 2019 (108) Haiku by Manoj Sharma reciting in front of my mother... a new haiku 母の前で朗読する… 新しい俳句 winter holiday - I sense my son's worry a passport 冬休みー 息子の心配を感じる … Continue reading World Haiku Series 2019 (108) Haiku by Manoj Sharma
World Haiku Series 2019 (107) Haiku by Mallika Chari loud tides disturbed mind becoming silent [published in Wild Plum 2017] 大潮 心を乱した 沈黙 open sky fluttering thoughts finding space [published in Chrysanthemum 2017] 広々とした空 羽ばたく思い スペースを見つける hot day two cuckoos wait for the fountain to start [published … Continue reading World Haiku Series 2019 (107) Haiku by Mallika Chari
World Haiku Series 2019 (106) Haiku by Malintha Perera when there's nothing left starlight 何も残っていない時 星明り another enso fades again white butterfly 別のエンソ 再び消える 白い蝶 still finding that piece of me meteor shower まだ見つける 私のその部分 流星群 firefly night afraid they'll burn the paddy ホタルの夜 水田を燃やすのがこわい crossing … Continue reading World Haiku Series 2019 (106) Haiku by Malintha Perera
World Haiku Series 2019 (105) Haiku by Madhuri Pillai *** waiting room wearing my own hair at the oncologist’s (A Hundred Gourds, Sept. 2015) 待合室 自分の髪のまま 腫瘍医の医院 * starting again from the scratch... a spider ( Chrysanthemum April 2017) 再び始める 最初から... クモ * the recluse wherever he goes his silence … Continue reading World Haiku Series 2019 (105) Haiku by Madhuri Pillai
World Haiku Series 2019 (104) Haiku by Lucky Triana * dewdrops . . . the will to stay a little longer 露の滴… もう少し滞在します * sunlit field in the tree frog's eyes darkness stays 太陽に照らされた畑 アマガエルの目には 闇がとどまる * dry creek between rocks the flow of fire ants 乾いた小川 岩の間に カミアリの流れ * drought … Continue reading World Haiku Series 2019 (104) Haiku by Lucky Triana
World Haiku Series 2019 (103) Haiku by Lucia Cardillo 1 flying light … that butterfly doesn’t know what winter is vola leggera … non sa cos’è l’inverno /quella farfalla (All’ombra del gelso – Lucia Cardillo – La Ruota edizioni Italia) 飛んでいる光… その蝶は知りません 冬って何なのか 2 in the same puff one blooms and the … Continue reading World Haiku Series 2019 (103) Haiku by Lucia Cardillo
World Haiku Series 2019 (102) Haiku by Louise Kipchakbaeva *** The rain is pouring and pouring The moon is caught By a purple cloud 雨が降り続いている 月がとらえられる 紫の雲で *** I lug the net The stars and horned moon Stuck in it 網をぐいと引く 星と角のある月 立ち往生 *** Touched by the wing A shadow of a … Continue reading World Haiku Series 2019 (102) Haiku by Louise Kipchakbaeva
World Haiku Series 2019 (101) Haiku by Ljiljana Dobra one moon 's in the sky another one's in the river the cross-eyed dog 一つの月は空に もう一つは川に やぶにらみの犬 the tree of jasmine by its oriental scent makes the nightingale drunk ジャスミンの木 東洋の香りにより ナイチンゲールを酔わせる the country graveyard is full of busy ants autumn is … Continue reading World Haiku Series 2019 (101) Haiku by Ljiljana Dobra
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