Gray clouds trail across the sky. In the pale winter sun a flock of geese (Ben Grafström–Akita, Japan)
World Haiku Series 2019 (76) Haiku by Jo Balistreri curve of a carp midnight moon in the pond 鯉の曲線 真夜中の月 池の中 roller blades around the fountain crocus in bloom 噴水の周りのローラーブレード 花咲くクロッカス leaning out the window a woman new with Spring… children at hopscotch 窓の外に寄りかかっている 春と共にに新しい女性… 石けり遊びの子供たち flowering Katsura … Continue reading World Haiku Series 2019 (76) Haiku by Jo Balistreri
2020年3月 短歌 March 2020, Tanka All rights reserved ©Rika Inami 稲美 里佳 1. しをり雪 真木をかざして早春の山懐（やまふところ）は静かなりけり trees embellished with snow bending branches… a village at the foot of mountains keeps silent in early spring 2. 如何(いかん)せむ風身を透けて留まらず 世の一切はそのままに在り what should I do? winds blow through all of me and … Continue reading 稲美里佳の短歌：Tanka by Rika Inami (31)
World Haiku Series 2019 (75) Haiku by Jenya Stashkov 1. i can stop eating nori with vegan mayo i hope ビーガンマヨネーズをかけた海苔を 食べるのをやめることができればと 思います 2. when i lie down small creatures come and lie next 私が横になると 小さな生き物が来る そしてとなりに横になる 3. i think and i don't know or cold or not 私は思うが分かりません 寒いのか、寒くないのか 4. … Continue reading World Haiku Series 2019 (75) Haiku by Jenya Stashkov
World Haiku Series 2019 (74) Haiku by Jenny Fraser abbey ruins the wintering over of stars Peggy Willis Lyles Haiku Award, 2019: Placed Second 修道院跡 星の越冬 low tide the baby’s foot hanging out of a buggy The Heron’s Nest, Volume XV111, June 2016: Issue 2 The Wonder Code by Scott … Continue reading World Haiku Series 2019 (74) Haiku by Jenny Fraser
World Haiku Series 2019 (73) Haiku by Jay Friedenberg summer breeze the soft rustle of meadow grass 夏のそよ風 牧草地の草の柔らかいカサカサという音 storm surge the crackle and crunch of river ice 高潮 川の氷のパチパチとバリバリという音 rust belt the sun sets on an old factory building ラスト地帯 夕日が沈む 古い工場の建物に spring greens the fleeting shimmer … Continue reading World Haiku Series 2019 (73) Haiku by Jay Friedenberg
World Haiku Series 2019 (72) Haiku by Jasminka Mesaric Goldfish in the middle of the ocean one more wish gets lost 金魚 海の真ん中に もう一つの願いが失われる In the deep of soul the man is hiding the greatest love or the greatest hate 魂の奥深くで 男は隠している 最大の愛または最大の憎しみを The last leaf on birch branch is … Continue reading World Haiku Series 2019 (72) Haiku by Jasminka Mesaric
World Haiku Series 2019 (71) Haiku by Jangid M.L. ◆1 Emphasis on words These pulsed our heart word by word Well Consider it 言葉を重視 これらは私たちの心を言葉ごとに脈動させた よく考えて ◆2 Pictures of the words Like Extended a canvas These are the Bizarre 言葉の写真 キャンバスを拡張したような これらは「the Bizarre」です ◆3 None of expressions This just … Continue reading World Haiku Series 2019 (71) Haiku by Jangid M.L.
World Haiku Series 2019 (70) Haiku by Janak Sapkota stillness of fresh snow over the scar of chopped trees Credits: Iafor Vladimir Devide Haiku Award, 2017 新雪の静けさ たたき切られた木々の切り跡の上 spring snow only bird tracks show the way Credits: Whisper of Pines, Original Writing, Ireland, 2012 春の雪 鳥の足跡だけが道を示す geese by … Continue reading World Haiku Series 2019 (70) Haiku by Janak Sapkota
World Haiku Series 2019 (69) Haiku by Ivanka Kostantino cemetery at the entrance a birch swings new lives お墓 入り口で樺の木が動かす 新しい命を sharpness of the plow a homeless ant runs over fresh soil 鋤の切れ味 ホームレスの蟻が走る 新鮮な土壌の上を honey wheat ears swinging behind the curtain of houses 黄褐色の小麦の穂 揺れている 家のカーテンの背後で forest … Continue reading World Haiku Series 2019 (69) Haiku by Ivanka Kostantino
World Haiku Series 2019 (68) Haiku by Irina Rasheva-Kuzmina 1. the sun is getting brighter the girl’s next door flaky nose 太陽が明るくなっています 女の子の隣 フレーク状の鼻 2. cranes’ cry… stealthily a stringy teardrop brushes away an old man 鶴の叫び… ひそかに糸状の涙 老人を払いのける 3. listen... in the snow covered forest only heart beating 耳を澄まして聴く... 雪に覆われた森の中 … Continue reading World Haiku Series 2019 (68) Haiku by Irina Rasheva-Kuzmina
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