Gray clouds trail across the sky. In the pale winter sun a flock of geese (Ben Grafström–Akita, Japan)
shadows crawl an echo of children’s voices from under the elms 影が這う 子供たちの声の反響 ニレの下から goslings a gander’s sudden honk roams the backyard bottle rockets issue 43/august, 2020 ガチョウのひな ガチョウの雄の突然の鳴き声 裏庭を歩き回る the ash tree silver from sun rising crows modern haiku, 51.2, spring, summer, 2020 太陽が昇るカラスからの灰の木の銀 the midnight hour spruce boughs shimmer in moonlight ice 真夜中の時間 … Continue reading World Haiku Series 2020 (45) Haiku by Mary Jo Balistreri
winter hangs a moon the snowy owl spreads its wings red blood dots the ground 冬が月を吊るす シロフクロウが羽を広げる 赤い血が地面に点在する Sugar snap pea vines offer sweet green smiles hiding little peas as teeth シュガースナップエンドウのつる 甘い緑の笑顔を提供する 歯としての小さなエンドウ豆を隠しながら Weathered carapace hides lovely pointed crystals. Ouch! Stop hitting me! 風化した甲羅 素敵な先のとがった結晶を隠す。 痛い！ 私に食いつくのはやめて！ The sea is so still Seagulls, clouds … Continue reading World Haiku Series 2020 (44) Haiku by Jill Stockinger
2021年5月 短歌 May 2021, Tanka All rights reserved ©Rika Inami 稲美 里佳 山桜かすみに浮かび如(し)くはなし我が幻想の現（うつつ）となれり the peerless is the mountain cherry in the haze my fantasy becomes reality now it's here 2． 昨夜（きぞ）に読む夏目先生こだはりし素人玄人われも思案す reading last night's essay by Natsume Sensei on amateur and expert with which he was obsessed I also think about it 註/ Note: … Continue reading 稲美里佳の短歌：Tanka by Rika Inami (45)
Baby drink milk Again a new tooth track Price daughter on chest ベビードリンクミルク 再び新しい歯のトラック 胸にプライスドーター Night guard Telling the baby in the day Moon stories ナイトガード その日に赤ちゃんに伝える 月の物語 Honeymoon butterfly Starting the bloom Some buds ハネムーンバタフライ 開花を始めている いくつかの芽 In the rain drops Round and reunite Sky 雨滴の中で 丸めて再会する 空 Temple elephant Moving by holding religion … Continue reading World Haiku Series 2020 (43) Haiku by Jevaa.B
Firstly, here are some screen shots Mr. Chen Xiaoou took on May 8 when he shared our Akita International Haiku Network with his haiku pieces on it with his Chinese friends on Wechat. Here is also the calligraphy written and sent by his friend Liu Jinlan as congratulations to him. Lastly, please appreciate again haiku by Chen … Continue reading Haiku by Chen Xiaoou in China (Renewed Version)
translated by: Alenka Zorman boy with the guitar over his furrowed cheeks streams of tears ギターを持つ少年 しわのある頬に 涙の流れ two ruby-red leaves a draft for the carpet on the autumn soil 真紅色の2枚の葉 カーペットの線画 秋の土の上 October rain - an acacia shoot in the shelter of a leaf 十月の雨 アカシアの新芽 葉の隠れ場に May breeze - spots of light jump … Continue reading World Haiku Series 2020 (42) Haiku by Ivanka Kostantino
falling blossom pauses hesitating between continuing and returning 散ってくる花が止まる ためらっている 続行するか戻ろうか ancient pond in still water is a moon far more ancient 古代の池 静水に月 はるかに古代 earth! if we should descend to you and share your world of sakura 地球！ 万一 あなたのところに降りて分かちあうなら あなたの桜の世界を fish out of water feel happier in the sea of sakura petals 水から出た魚 … Continue reading Haiku by Chen Xiaoou in China
knowing the way the old Bedouin draws lines into the desert sand published on Asahi Haikuist Network 09-18-20 道を知っている 年取ったベドウィンは砂漠の砂に線を引く lost and found the raven on my shoulder no longer a stranger first published on hedgerow: a journal of small poems #132 行方不明になり見つかった 私の肩のカラス もう他人ではない not a single firefly curious who turned off the … Continue reading World Haiku Series 2020 (41) Haiku by Isabella Kramer
twilight hush . . . a cow’s bell keeps the herd on trackHaiku dialogue- Finding Peace and Contemplation たそがれ時の静けさ 牛の鈴が鳴り続ける 軌道に乗っている群れ-------year of the Oxavoidingthe scarlet skyJanuary 29, 2021ASAHI HAIKUIST NETWORK/ David McMurray : The Asahi Shimbun 丑の年 回避している 緋色の空を---------revealingmy intimacy blockmoon halohaikuniverse, June 20th, 2020 見せている 私の親密なブロックを 月の円光----------refugee food campoverlapping shadowsof the queuersThe Mamba, Journal … Continue reading World Haiku Series 2020 (40) Haiku by Hifsa Ashraf
Haruo Shirane in his article expressed, “One of the ideals that Basho espoused toward the end of his life was that of the "unchanging and the ever-changing" (fueki ryuko). The "unchanging" implied the need to seek the "truth of poetic art" (fuga no makoto), particularly in the poetic and spiritual tradition, to engage in the vertical axis, … Continue reading Hainka : A Fusion of Haiku and Tanka By Pravat Kumar Padhy
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