Photo-haiku by Christina Chin and Randall Vemer

Collaborative Photo-haiku by Christina Chin and Randall Vemer The photographs by Randall Vemer 1 autumn sidewalk in the cement cracks  wild pansies 秋の歩道 セメントの割れ目に 野生のパンジー 2 scent of sage  the ring  of a raucous  Common Murre  from a narrow ledge セージの香り 輪 耳障りな ウミガラスの 狭い尾根から 3 crisp biking morning  the way vernus crocuses  greet me さわやかなサイクリングの朝 ヴェルヌス・クロッカスの仕方 … Continue reading Photo-haiku by Christina Chin and Randall Vemer →

稲美里佳の短歌：Tanka by Rika Inami (62)

2022年10月 短歌 October 2022, Tanka All rights reserved ©Rika Inami 稲美 里佳  1 叢雲のうすらうつらふあたりより紫光は降りて神はひろがる purple light descending from around clouds moving in and out God spreads out 2 上弦や今宵の光たまひたり分析の理に不確実解く waxing moon… gives me tonight's light thanks to the logic of your analysis my uncertainty is clarified 3 鳥海山　峰たつ雲に開かれず長月の空清(す)む奇しき朝 Mt. Chokai... invisible due to clouds around … Continue reading 稲美里佳の短歌：Tanka by Rika Inami (62) →

Haiga by Christina Chin 

Haiga by Christina Chin 1 a sprinkling  of dew from the canopy cicadas cry 散布 天蓋からの露 蝉の鳴き声2 intoxicating the drunken sailor in full bloom  酔わせている 酔った船乗り 満開3 deep and seductive  the tantalising fragrance  of Don Juan  深くて魅惑的 気をもませる香り ドンファンの4 a butterfly  on the ivory silk  lilac fragrance  ~ Cantos蝶 アイボリーのシルクに ライラックの香り5 moth wings  raising the … Continue reading Haiga by Christina Chin  →

World Haiku Series 2022 : 募集要項

World Haiku Series 2022 : 募集要項 Dear Haiku Friends,  We hope that you are spending your time with haiku in your own ways. We also live with haiku in our lives. What haiku means to each other's life might be different. But even in our drastically changing surroundings, we have been writing haiku this year … Continue reading World Haiku Series 2022 : 募集要項 →

Haiku by Chen Xiaoou in China (17)

Ten English Haiku paste from Japan my little son falls in love with tooth-brushing first published on Japan Society 日本からのペースト 私の幼い息子が恋に落ちる 歯磨きに pulling down I visit my native place in the Land of Nod 古い家の取り壊し 故郷を訪ねる 夢の国で end of August vacations fly away wing or no wing 8月末 休暇は飛び去る 翼が有っても無くても years gone the day we … Continue reading Haiku by Chen Xiaoou in China (17) →

Haiku by Kaa.Na.Kalyanasundaram in India (2)

Tamil Haiku விட்டுக்கொடுக்கும் பண்பை வளர்க்கின்றன ஒற்றையடிப் பாதைகள் Give up attitude is developed by one-foot roads 譲る態度 引き出される 一人通路 அடுத்த வேளை சமையலுக்கு ஏதுமில்லை சமைந்தாள் மகள் Nothing is left for the next cooking daughter attained puberty 何も残っていない 次の料理のために 思春期を迎えた娘 வீசாத வலைக்குள் சிக்குண்டு தவிக்கிறது மீனவனின் பசி Stranded in an unspread net Fisherman's hunger 立ち往生 広げられていないネット 漁師の飢え கட்டுமரங்கள் ஓய்வெடுக்கின்றன … Continue reading Haiku by Kaa.Na.Kalyanasundaram in India (2) →

稲美里佳の短歌：Tanka by Rika Inami (61)

2022年9月 短歌 September 2022, Tanka All rights reserved ©Rika Inami 稲美 里佳   This month, continuing from last month, I submitted ten pieces of tanka I composed when I visited the former Haseyama Residence in Tashiro, Ugo Town, Akita Prefecture. 今月は先月に引き続き秋田県羽後町田代にある旧長谷山邸を訪れたときの際に詠った短歌10首を提出いたしました。 1 奔流のおつるが如く雨はふる七曲峠(ななまがりとおげ)けはしき途上 rain falls like a torrent steep road up the Nanamagari Pass to the … Continue reading 稲美里佳の短歌：Tanka by Rika Inami (61) →

Haiku by Mihovila Čeperić-Biljan in Croatia

* house library haiku collections never aligned 家の図書室 俳句集 整列しない * the fireflies ... the grandmother's story lit the room 蛍 おばあちゃんの話 部屋を照らした A joint collection, Ludbreg, Croatia, 2021. * bougainvillea in full bloom end of holidays ブーゲンビリア 満開 休日の終わり * a crafty barista different latte art leaf in each cup of coffee 巧妙なバリスタ 別のラッテ … Continue reading Haiku by Mihovila Čeperić-Biljan in Croatia →

Haiku by Chen Xiaoou in China (16)

Ten English Haiku windless season flowers awaiting bees’ visit 風のない季節 待っている花 ミツバチの訪問 this morning how dark my bedroom is the magic beanstalk 今朝 寝室のなんて暗いことよ 魔法の豆の木 breeding season orange weavers turn not so orange 繁殖期 機織鳥は そんなにオレンジ色ではない the cuckoo trusts her eggs to their foster parents カッコウ 卵を任せる 里親に shark’s long journey three weeks’ food stored … Continue reading Haiku by Chen Xiaoou in China (16) →