Gray clouds trail across the sky. In the pale winter sun a flock of geese (Ben Grafström–Akita, Japan)
2021年1月 短歌 January 2021, Tanka All rights reserved ©Rika Inami 稲美 里佳 1 君よりのいらへ無きをこぼしたれば即届きしボイスメッセージ grumbling about no-response -- I got a voice-message from you right away 2 霜ふりて靄ふかき朝ねず色の空よりもるる幽けき日輪 on a morning with frost in deep mist… the faint and ethereal sunlight leaks through the grey sky … Continue reading 稲美里佳の短歌：Tanka by Rika Inami (41)
World Haiku Series 2020 (9) Haiku by Ram Krishna Singh half-clad and bare foot she croons an old song selling candy on roadside 半裸でそして素足で 彼女は古い歌をやさしく歌っている 道端でキャンデーを売りながら forever a visiting guest-- loneliness 永遠に 訪問する客― 孤独 unlockdown: fractured biorhythm deity distance 封鎖解除 壊れたバイオリズム 神の距離 sunset-- smoke and mirror muddy path … Continue reading World Haiku Series 2020 (9) Haiku by Ram Krishna Singh
World Haiku Series 2020 (8) Haiku by Andrea Cecon travel ban ~ my mind wanders in our past Poetry Pea, S3E14 (voyages) 旅行禁止 私の心はさ迷う 私たちの過去に crossing the border I change a word in my haiku Poetry Pea, S3E14 (voyages) 国境を越える 言葉を変える 私の俳句で off the train the sunlight takes … Continue reading World Haiku Series 2020 (8) Haiku by Andrea Cecon
World Haiku Series 2020 (7) Haiku by Arunachalashiva Ravi Sankar a sugarcane leaf tries to shade the mount Annamalai (Mount Annamalai is a holy mountain in South India and this is my photo haiku ) サトウキビの葉 陰を作ろうとする アンナマライ山に game over reaches to mother's arm a baby squirrel ゲームオーバー 母の腕に達する … Continue reading World Haiku Series 2020 (7) Haiku by Arunachalashiva Ravi Sankar
World Haiku Series 2020 (6) Haiku by Arvinder Kaur the gentle swing of a poppy - hopping bees ( published at The Mainichi July 15,2020 ) 穏やかな揺れ ケシの 飛び回るハチ mother's funeral - the breeze gently caressing my hair ( Honourable mention 23'rd Mainichi Haiku Contest ) 母の葬式 そよ風がやさしく 私の髪を愛撫する self … Continue reading World Haiku Series 2020 (6) Haiku by Arvinder Kaur
Ishida Mitsunari （石田三成）is familiar in Akita Prefecture, Japan, as is shown in Hidenori Hiruta's e-book “HAIKU Surmounting 山上” published as (English Edition) Kindle版 through Amazon on September 9, 2019. Hiruta's haiku book has a page on a present sent from Ishida Mitsunari to Satake Yoshinobu（佐竹義宣）, the first lord of the Akita Domain. Here is a copy … Continue reading 石田三成辞世420周年：the 420th Anniversary of Ishida Mitsunari’s Farewell Tanka
World Haiku Series 2020 (5) Haiku by Pravat Kumar Padhy standing apart-- fresh blossom embraces closely its petals Country Roads, May 4, 2020 離れて立っている 新鮮な花が抱きしめる 花びらをしっかりと lockdown-- I drag my shadow away from the windowpane behind the mask: haiku in the time of Covid-19, Spring Moon Press, 2020 封鎖 … Continue reading World Haiku Series 2020 (5) Haiku by Pravat Kumar Padhy
World Haiku Series 2020 (4) Haiku by an'ya crescent moon at rest in the arms of a full moon 三日月 腕の中で休息 満月の motionless sky twilit limbs release a bald eagle 動かない空 薄明かりの手が解き放す 白頭ワシを ascending with its most noble prize – common crow 上昇 最も見事なほうびを持ってー 普通のカラス … Continue reading World Haiku Series 2020 (4) Haiku by an’ya
World Haiku Series 2020 (3) Haiku by Angiola Inglese isolation- sixty-four spaces on the chessboard The Heron Nest Volume XXII, Number 3: September 2020 隔離 64スペース チェス盤に cicada song - deep roots of the bindweed THE ZEN SPACE - JUL 01 2020 蝉の鳴き声 深い根 ヒルガオの half bloom of … Continue reading World Haiku Series 2020 (3) Haiku by Angiola Inglese
2020年12月 短歌 December 2020, Tanka All rights reserved ©Rika Inami 稲美 里佳 1. 光吸ふ琥珀ちりかふ万華鏡 君と我との一体変化 a kaleidoscope sucking light and scattering amber… it’s you and I transforming into one 2. たまよする松はかはらず常盤なれ有尽の身のいろ秋にさめゆき though … Continue reading 稲美里佳の短歌：Tanka by Rika Inami (40)
