World Haiku Series 2022 (125) Haiku by Xenia Tran

Haiku by Xenia Tran eyes so blue the child’s first glimpse of the sea 目がとても青い 子供の最初の一瞥 海の (Presence Issue #72, March 2022; Dawn Returns, Haiku Society of America Member’s 2022 Anthology) second-hand bookstore – a blue and yellow candle lit in the corner 古本屋 青と黄色のキャンドル 隅で照らされている (Haiku Dialogue, The Haiku Foundation, 9 March 2022) here … Continue reading World Haiku Series 2022 (125) Haiku by Xenia Tran →

World Haiku Series 2022 (125) Haiku by Xenia Tran (Scotland)

Haiku by Xenia Tran eyes so blue the child’s first glimpse of the sea (Presence Issue #72, March 2022; Dawn Returns, Haiku Society of America Member’s 2022 Anthology) second-hand bookstore – a blue and yellow candle lit in the corner (Haiku Dialogue, The Haiku Foundation, 9 March 2022) here – the silenced still speak war … Continue reading World Haiku Series 2022 (125) Haiku by Xenia Tran (Scotland) →

World Haiku Series 2021 (52) Haiku by Xenia Tran

1 st brigid’s day hand in hand we brace the snow storm (Whippet Wisdom blog, 1 February 2021) 聖ブリジッドの日 手をつないで気を引き締める 吹雪 2 settling down three generations of oxen (Asahi Haikuist Network, The Asahi Shimbun, 5 February 2021) くつろぐ 牛の 3世代 3 cherry blossom an old pen fills with ink (Autumn Moon Haiku Journal 4:2, Spring/Summer … Continue reading World Haiku Series 2021 (52) Haiku by Xenia Tran →

World Haiku Series 2020 (102) Haiku by Xenia Tran

sunrise a glance to the left to see you breathing (Frogpond Vol 43:3 Fall 2020) 日の出 左を一瞥 あなたが呼吸しているのを見るために his grey hair full of sunlight the sea retreats (The Bamboo Hut, Issue 4 – 2020) 彼の白髪 日光に満ちている 海は後退する village store the parrot tells us there’s no bread (Bundled Wildflowers, Haiku Society of America 2020 Members’ Anthology) … Continue reading World Haiku Series 2020 (102) Haiku by Xenia Tran →

World Haiku Series 2019 (199) Haiku by Xenia Tran

World Haiku Series 2019 (199) Haiku by Xenia Tran   blossom haze spring is passing before our eyes   - from Between Heather and Grass – Poems Filled with Love, Hope and Whippets by Xenia Tran (Nairn, UK: Holistic Linguistics, 2019)   花のもや 春が過ぎて行く 目の前で   light rain around the buddha’s feet a sea of … Continue reading World Haiku Series 2019 (199) Haiku by Xenia Tran →