Gray clouds trail across the sky. In the pale winter sun a flock of geese (Ben Grafström–Akita, Japan)
World Haiku Series 2019 (7) Haiku by Alexey Andreev girls' day on every icicle's tip a drop of sun (Woodnotes #28, Spring 1996) 女の子の日 一滴の太陽がすべての氷柱の先端に Statue of Liberty a wasp hangs over your ice cream (Frogpond 38:1, Winter 2015) 自由の女神像 スズメバチがあなたのアイスクリームに 迫っている firefly in the dark don’t touch … Continue reading World Haiku Series 2019 (7) Haiku by Alexey Andreev
World Haiku Series 2019 (6) Haiku by Alexandra Ivoylova a cool morning the sound of swelling clouds 涼しい朝 膨らんでいく雲の音 a white butterfly soars above the grass a song of silence 白い蝶 草の上に舞い上がる 沈黙の歌 a birthday at the doorstep a rose petal 誕生日 玄関口に バラの花びら a long kiss grasses … Continue reading World Haiku Series 2019 (6) Haiku by Alexandra Ivoylova
World Haiku Series 2019 (5) Haiku by Alenka Zorman Green honesty you, too, will be silver in autumn (honesty = Lunaria annua) グリーンの誠実さ あなたも秋にはシルバーになるでしょう Two swans apart two feathers in the lake float together 離れた2羽の白鳥 湖の2羽 一緒に浮かんでいる Heart-shaped pebble in the scar of high tides the trace of red … Continue reading World Haiku Series 2019 (5) Haiku by Alenka Zorman
World Haiku Series 2019 (4) Haiku by Alan Summers forgotten moon the private words of elders Alan Summers unpublished 忘れられた月 長老の私的な言葉 each window its own night train Alan Summers Honourable mention, The British Haiku Society Awards 2018/19 (Haiku Section) judge: Scott Mason 各窓にそれぞれの夜行列車 baby robins the world is … Continue reading World Haiku Series 2019 (4) Haiku by Alan Summers
World Haiku Series 2019 (3) Haiku by Adjei Agyei-Baah dry savannah the dotted castles of anthills The Mamba, March 2016 Issue 乾燥したサバンナ 点々とした蟻塚の城 moving in circles the tethered goat runs out of bleat The Mamba, September 2016 Issue 輪になって 繋がれたヤギが走る ヤギの絶叫 harmattan the cowherd fades into dust The Mamba, March … Continue reading World Haiku Series 2019 (3) Haiku by Adjei Agyei-Baah
World Haiku Series 2019 (2) Haiku by Adam Šuligoj father's room I step out of the shadow of his empty chair 父の部屋 私は父の空の椅子の影から出る first summer day splash! splash! autumn 最初の夏の日 ザブン！ザブン！ 秋 glassy moon we know each other well insomnia ガラスのような月 私たちはお互いをよく知っている 不眠症 dripping faucet I cannot stop … Continue reading World Haiku Series 2019 (2) Haiku by Adam Šuligoj
World Haiku Series 2019 (1) Haiku by Adam Kajzer Kisakata the scent of rice fields wafts in the morning haze 象潟 田んぼの香り 朝もやの中に漂う yellow sands Basho's bare feet trudging step by step 黄色の砂 芭蕉の素足がとぼとぼ歩いている 一歩ずつ scented rice floats in the warm wind reaching the hills 香る稲 温かな風の中をかすかに流れる 丘に達する … Continue reading World Haiku Series 2019 (1) Haiku by Adam Kajzer
The Results of the World Haiku Series 2019 Preface Matsuo Bashō「松尾芭蕉, 1644-1694」 arrived at Kisakata 「象潟」on the evening of August 1, 1689, when a misty rain started to fall, obscuring Mount Chōkai 「鳥海山」. During his stay he wrote haiku about Kisakata. 象潟の雨や西施がねぶの花 Kisakata in rain! Seishi is reminded by The … Continue reading The Results of the World Haiku Series 2019
Haiku by Hidenori Hiruta (5) All rights reserved ©Hidenori Hiruta 蛭田 秀法 Haiku Walks in Kainosawa Hot Spring (貝の沢温泉) Let me show you around Kainosawa Onsen through photo haiku. Hot spring mark aflame with red leaves dodan azaleas Kaino-sawa「貝の沢」: the name of a place at the foot of Mount Taihei in the east of … Continue reading Haiku by Hidenori Hiruta (5)
November 2019, Tanka 2019年11月 短歌 All rights reserved ©Rika Inami 稲美 里佳 1. <Time Traveler/ 時の旅人＞ 一閃に時の旅人舞ひ降りて陽だまりの光の子とあそぶ a flash a time traveler alights on the bench playing with photons in the sunny spot ※日欧産業協力センター後援(EU-Japan Center)の 「NewSpace2060 国際イラストレー ション俳句大会2019」、ソリューションクリエーターズ賞受賞作品。 Solution Creators Prize on EU-Japan NewSpace 20160 International Illustrated Haiku Competition 2019 … Continue reading 稲美里佳の短歌：Tanka by Rika Inami (27)
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