Akita International Haiku Network
Gray clouds trail across the sky. In the pale winter sun a flock of geese (Ben Grafström–Akita, Japan)
shadow of leaves over leaves autumn moon 葉の影 葉の上に 秋の月 ** sunset boatman's pole lengthens 日没 船頭のポールが 長くなる ** touching the puddle ripples in the moon 水たまりに触れる 波紋 月に ** white lilies yellow tinged- twilight 白いユリ 黄色に染まる トワイライトで ** hibiscuses redder than ever last night rains ハイビスカス これまで以上に赤い 昨夜の雨 ** morning breeze dry leaves take … Continue reading World Haiku Series 2021 (61) Haiku by Ram Chandran
from her wig a flower so fresh 彼女のかつらから 花 とても新鮮 ************************************************************ spring prize catch the smoke rings of a shared beedi (Published in Asahi Shimbhun) 春の見事な掘り出し物 共有ビーディの 煙の輪 ************************************************************ Origami mountain… the sunrise at suicide point (Haiku Dialogue, finding peace and contemplation in outdoors) 折り紙の山 日の出 自殺地点で **************************************************** last bell at school… the kindergartener licks … Continue reading World Haiku Series 2021 (60) Haiku by R. SURESH BABU
an empty field you never know first frost #1 Spring 2021 あなたが決して知らない人の住んでいない野 * melting snow how far can you trace my absence топящ се сняг колко далече можеш да проследиш отсъствието ми cattails April 2021 Issue 雪解け どこまでトレースできますか 私の不在を * south wind a single dry leaf trembling on the branch Presence Issue 70 July 2021 … Continue reading World Haiku Series 2021 (59) Haiku by Nadejda Kostadinova
carrying a lifetime in its womb an old banyan The Haiku Foundation, July 2021 一生を運ぶ その内部で 古いバニヤン frail hands... what seasons did to my mother The Haiku Foundation, Sept 2021 虚弱な手 季節はどうでしたか 私の母に the only sound he left behind rustle of leaves Nick Virgilio Writers Assoc. August 2021 唯一の音 彼は置いて行った 葉のざわめきを season of falling leaves … Continue reading World Haiku Series 2021 (58) Haiku by Teji Sethi
autumn wind– it was never love in the first place 秋の風 それは決して愛ではなかった そもそも first crocus i fall in love yet again 最初のクロッカス 私は恋に落ちる 再び first hearing still he gets a calla lily bouquet 最初のヒアリング それでも彼は得る カラのブーケを whale songs how I miss the time we conversed クジラの歌 会話した時間を いかになつかしく思うか paper cut– the pain of writing to … Continue reading World Haiku Series 2021 (57) Haiku by Mona Bedi
dawn drizzle the green road brims with mountain scent 夜明けの霧雨 緑の道は一杯 山の香りで bowl of rice between the three of us a quiet spring night ご飯丼 私たち3人の間で 静かな春の夜 springtide a boulder and i share the same blues 春潮 大きな岩と私が共有する 同じブルースを moon prayer asking him back from God 月の祈り 彼に返事 神から seedling growth my daughter's smile adds … Continue reading World Haiku Series 2021 (56) Haiku by Richa Sharma
new year’s morning knee deep in the snow left by last year ( The Mainichi, January 1,2021 ) 元旦の朝 雪の中ひざまで深い 去年までに残っていた parental home forget-me-not blooms from the rubble ( The haiku foundation, Haiku dialogue, March 3,2021) 親の家 勿忘草の花が咲く がれきから a dry leaf where she left last mother’s prayer book ( Cold Moon Journal. April 30, … Continue reading World Haiku Series 2021 (55) Haiku by Arvinder Kaur
campfire a few sparks in Ursa Major キャンプファイヤー いくつかの火花 おおぐま座で steaming pie around grandmother grandchildren 蒸しパイ 祖母の周りに 孫たち a butterfly's wing landing on the windowsill - the moment you left you'd taken with you a piece from my broken heart 蝶の羽 窓辺に着陸 去った瞬間 あなたは一本を持っていった 私の失意の心から between two flowers of cherry trees on a branch top … Continue reading World Haiku Series 2021 (54) Haiku by MIRELA BRĂILEAN
winter rain – an old air ticket in my rucksack 1st Place in the 2021 AHA Haiku/Senryu Contest (Annual Hortensia Anderson Memorial Award) 冬の雨– 古い航空券 私のリュックサックに * open arms to the starry sky like a scarecrow The Eighth Annual Golden Triangle Haiku Poetry Contest. Judges Favorites 腕を広げる 星空へ かかしのように * butterflies – sharing a conversation … Continue reading World Haiku Series 2021 (53) Haiku by Daniela Misso
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
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