World Haiku Series 2020 (7) Haiku by Arunachalashiva Ravi Sankar 

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  

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  

World Haiku Series 2020 (5) Haiku by Pravat Kumar Padhy

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

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

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

World Haiku Series 2020 (2) Haiku by Adam Wahlfeldt

World Haiku Series 2020 (2) Haiku by Adam Wahlfeldt   spring moon   singing her first lullaby   as a grandmother      春の月 初めての子守唄を歌っている 祖母として   day after sermon   slowly darkening     the rose petals   説教の翌日 ゆっくりと暮れていく バラの花びら   a summer rainfall   as the mosquitos find my neck   the … Continue reading World Haiku Series 2020 (2) Haiku by Adam Wahlfeldt

The Results of the World Haiku Series 2020

The Results of the World Haiku Series 2020 Bashō's Farewell Haiku On November 28, 1694, Matsuo Bashō became critically sick with a stomach illness and died peacefully, surrounded by his disciples. He did not compose any formal death poem on his deathbed, but the following haiku he wrote four days before his death was recorded … Continue reading The Results of the World Haiku Series 2020

World Haiku Series 2020 : Guidelines

World Haiku Series 2020     Matsuo Bashō (松尾芭蕉)(1644-1694) arrived at Kisakata on the evening of August 1, 1689, when a misty rain started to fall, obscuring Mount Chōkai. The next morning the weather cleared beautifully. When the morning sun rose in all its splendor, Bashō and his party took a boat out on the … Continue reading World Haiku Series 2020 : Guidelines