Akita International Haiku Network
Gray clouds trail across the sky. In the pale winter sun a flock of geese (Ben Grafström–Akita, Japan)
Happy New Year 2026 The Year of the Horse 午年や天馬も祝ふお正月 umadosi ya tenma mo iwau o-shōgatsu The Year of the Horse Heavenly horse celebrates too New Year's Day It's been seven years since I started writing haiku about the zodiac animals. This year's zodiac animal is … Continue reading Haiku beyond Earth「天上俳句会」: Happy New Year 2026
令和八年 元旦 Reiwa 8 New Year’s Day "謹賀新年" is pronounced "kinga shinnen" and is a greeting that is written at the beginning of a New Year's card as a greeting to celebrate the New Year. "Kin" expresses respect, and "ga" means to celebrate, so together they form a polite expression meaning … Continue reading Haiku beyond Earth「天上俳句会」: 謹賀新年 令和八年
HAIKU 1.> banana basket ... those questions I serve with a smile (previously published in The Mamba, September 2024) バナナのかご… そんな質問に 笑顔で答えます 2.> meditation music ... a kitten's purr slips into incense (previously published in THF Haiku Dialogue, November 2025) 瞑想音楽… 子猫の喉を鳴らす音が お香の香りに溶け込む 3.> picnic by the river ... duck snatches a … Continue reading Haiku beyond Earth「天上俳句会」Haiku by Samo Kreutz in Slovenia
*** Пляж опустевший… Шаги твоих ног помнят Голые дюны. Plyazh opustevshii… Shagi tvoikh nog pomnyat Golye dyuny. *** Thedeserted beach… The bare dunes rememberYour fading footsteps. 思い出す砂丘の浜辺君の足 omoidasu sakyū no hamabe kimi no ashi *** Бабочки крылья Под вечер расправлены, Путь мне укажут. Babochki kryliya Pod vecher raspravleny, Put’ mne ukazhut. *** And … Continue reading Haiku beyond Earth「天上俳句会」Haiku by Bitary Subirin in Russia (8)
1) new moon a star descends on her palm Cold Moon Journal 新月に彼女の手のひら星一つ shingetsu ni kanojo no tenohira hoshi hitotsu 2) I lean against the waving branch one more branch The Pan Haiku Review 揺れる枝寄りかかる身の枝増える yureru eda yorikakaru mi no eda fueru 3) first time singing with parents... the … Continue reading Haiku beyond Earth「天上俳句会」Haiku by Yasir Farooq in Pakistan (2)
*** Выставка картин… По поверхности моря Трещины пошли. Vystavka kartin… Po poverkhnosti morya Treschiny poshli. *** An art exhibition — On the surface of the sea The cracks are spreading. 海面の亀裂が走る絵画展 kaimen no kiretsu ga hashiru kaiga-ten *** На берег реки, Русло не принимая, Лед навалился. *** To the riverbank Not … Continue reading Haiku beyond Earth「天上俳句会」Haiku by Bitary Subirin in Russia (7)
1. rice planting songa baby in the shadeslips into sleep (Wales Haiku Journal, Summer 2025) 田植え歌日陰の赤ちゃんすやすやと 2. polling seasona puppeteer mendshis toys (Leaf, Issue 4) 投票シーズン 人形遣いが修理する おもちゃを 3. war newsa cat on the walllifts its paw (Cold Moon Journal, April 2025) 戦争のニュース 壁の上の猫 前足を上げる 4. new year's daya small hole in … Continue reading Haiku beyond Earth「天上俳句会」Haiku by Srinivasa Rao Sambangi in India (2)
Haiku in Canada: History, Poetry, Memoir Terry Ann Carter For my haiku family in Canada and around the world When all is said and done, we’re really just walking each other home… Ram Dass (1931-2019) Chapter 6: Regional Groups of Haiku Canada (4) Winnipeg, Manitoba Haiku by … Continue reading Haiku beyond Earth「天上俳句会」Haiku in Canada by Terry Ann Carter (8)
*** Летящий дракон В голубом поднебесье… Пришел Новый год! Letyaschii drakon V golubom podnebes’ye… Prishyol Novyi god! *** A flying dragon In the blue sky impresses… New Year has come. 青空に空飛ぶ龍は新年や aozora ni soratobu ryū wa shinnen ya *** Солнце склонилось… Задумалась курица — Где сложить яйца? Solntse sklonilos’… Zadumalas’ kuritsa, Gde … Continue reading Haiku beyond Earth「天上俳句会」Haiku by Bitary Subirin in Russia (6)
Haiku by Alexander Dolin (Russia) Paintings by Oleg Usov (Russia) 台所に蠅集まりの終りなし At the kitchen there is no end to it – a conference of the flies… На кухне у нас мушиному собранию не видно конца… 夕立やどこまで逃げる老鼠 A summer rain storm – where can it hide now, the old mother-rat?.. … Continue reading Haiku beyond Earth「天上俳句会」Oleg Usov’s Paintings with Haiku by Alexander Dolin in Russia (2)
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