Akita International Haiku Network
Gray clouds trail across the sky. In the pale winter sun a flock of geese (Ben Grafström–Akita, Japan)
sound of a cello for a moment her pale face in the underpass 2nd Tucson Haiku Hike チェロの音 しばらくの間彼女の青ざめた顔 地下道で cherry buds she repeats silently how to tell him Vancouver Haiku Invitational 2021 桜のつぼみ 彼女は静かに繰り返す 彼に伝える方法 little girl practices Chopin's Funeral March half smile of grandma ABSENCE, Anthology of the Polish funeral haiku 小さな女の子の練習 ショパンの葬送行進曲 … Continue reading World Haiku Series 2021 (20) Haiku by Henryk Czempiel
pressed buds no time like the past (Femku, 30, July 2021) 押し固められた蕾 過去のように時はない bees om blossom (Haiku Dialogue, February 10, 2021) ミツバチ オム 花 daily jog an abundance of may (Frogpond, 44.3, Autumn 2021) 毎日のジョギング 5月の 豊かさ on top of everything pollen (The Heron’s Nest, 23.3, September 2021) あらゆる物の 上に 花粉 summer’s end ... covid clinging … Continue reading World Haiku Series 2021 (19) Haiku by Helen Buckingham
fiori di ciliegio - un battito d'ali lungo il fiume cherry blossoms - a beating of wings along the river 桜の花 翼の鼓動 川に沿って ESUJ-H: English Haiku - 29 March 2021 cicale... il guscio vuoto del mio grenbo cicadas... the empty shell of my womb 蝉 私の子宮の 空の殻 The Mainichi - 16 July 2021 antichi monasteri … Continue reading World Haiku Series 2021 (18) Haiku by Giuliana Ravaglia
afternoon heat after the rumble of a bus more heat (World Haiku Review - Summer 2021) 午後の暑さ バスの進む音の後 増す暑さ doctor’s visit grandma’s frail fingers tighten on my wrist (brass bell: a haiku journal - November 2021) 医師の診察 おばあちゃんの虚弱な指 私の手首を締める harvest season — the tinkle of bells from a decorated ox (brass bell: a haiku journal … Continue reading World Haiku Series 2021 (17) Haiku by Geethanjali Rajan
1. World Haiku Review Summer 2021, Shintai Haiku, Honourable Mention: under a grape trellis along with the wine my life flows ブドウの格子垣の下で ワインと一緒に 私の人生は流れる It's mooving! my cat left me a present at the door 感動的！ 猫が私にプレゼントを残した 入り口で 2. World Haiku Review Summer 2021, Neo-classical Haiku, Zatsuei, Haiku of merit: frost alert— plum trees wearing jute … Continue reading World Haiku Series 2021 (16) Haiku by Franjo Ordanić
On the well's wall a butterfly in the beat of the sun 井戸の壁に 蝶 太陽のビートで falling star - shoot around it the Milky way 流れ星 その周りを撃つ 天の川 summer camp - in the background flamingo birds サマーキャンプ バックグラウンドに フラミンゴ slow dancing - a leaves feel this being free ゆっくりと踊る - 葉はこれが自由だと感じる window cleaning a homeless man under … Continue reading World Haiku Series 2021 (15) Haiku by Florin Golban
ripe quince on a dark blue platter full Moon 熟したマルメロ 紺色の大皿に 満月 it's raining so hard even the gray geese went under the canopy 雨が激しく降っている ハイイロガンでさえ キャノピーの下に行った the first frost slightly pointed facial features 初霜 少し先のとがった 顔の特徴 who is greener? They argue with the spring foliage long onion feathers... 緑色は誰？ 彼らは春の葉と議論する 長いタマネギのフェザー morning coolness just … Continue reading World Haiku Series 2021 (14) Haiku by Elena Asch
Easter morning all the birds singing Savior, Savior Asahi Shimbun, April 2, 2021 イースターの朝 すべての鳥が歌う 救世主、救世主 not so happy... another New Year's Eve without her Asahi Shimbun, forthcoming それほど幸せではない 別の大晦日 彼女がいなくて suddenly there is time no more cherry blossoms is/let, March 23, 2021 いきなり その時 もう桜の花が見えない deep into autumn thinking about that moment when everything changed Best … Continue reading World Haiku Series 2021 (13) Haiku by Ed Bremson
* heat a dog barking almost soundlessly from The 75th Basho Memorial English Haiku Contest (Honorable Mentions) 暑さ 犬が吠えている ほとんど聞こえない * sound of rain the book starts with a blank page from 13th Yamadera Basho Memorial Museum English Haiku Contest (Selected Haiku Submissions Collection) 雨の音 本が始まる 空白のページで * forecast for tomorrow all day long leaf … Continue reading World Haiku Series 2021 (12) Haiku by Dmitry Shestakovsky
not yet spring - the tree frogs sing on unmelted snow まだ春ではない アマガエルが鳴く 溶けていない雪の上 * we never ask they keep offering - cherry blossoms 私たちは決して尋ねない 彼らは提供し続ける 桜の花 * learning not to cling to this floating world - heron ascending in snow しがみつかないことを学ぶ この浮いている世界に 雪の中で昇るサギ * walking home from the bodega - the smell of apples … Continue reading World Haiku Series 2021 (11) Haiku by Deborah A. Bennett
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