Akita International Haiku Network
Gray clouds trail across the sky. In the pale winter sun a flock of geese (Ben Grafström–Akita, Japan)
Collaborative Photo-haiku Haiku by Christina Chin Photographs by Randall Vemer briefly touching the full eclipse of summer moon 軽く触れる 夏の月の皆既月食 orange stripes a hoverfly in and out of bright dahlias オレンジ色のストライプ 鮮やかなダリアに出入りするハナアブ the scent of wild cosmos in the cool autumn wind garden high tea 野のコスモスの香り 涼しい秋の風に ガーデンハイティー memories borne on the wind beyond the hills … Continue reading World Haiku Series 2022 (18) Haiku by Christina Chin
Haiku by Christina Chin goddess and faeries on the mooncake gifts mid-autumn festival 女神と妖精 月餅のプレゼントに 中秋の祭り rolling round hay bales till late night light of harvest moon ぐるぐる回る 深夜まで干し草の俵 中秋の名月の光 village stores knead buckwheat noodles new soba 村の店々 そばをこねる 新そば the thunder that follows a lightning my house shakes 雷 稲妻に続く 私の家が揺れる bring-in the crops … Continue reading World Haiku Series 2022 (18) Haiku by Christina Chin (Malaysia)
Haiku by Chen Xiaoou (1) 人间花落尽 未知春归何处觅 山寺桃花开 all the flowers have faded away in the world of men where can I find the trail of the gone spring O the peaches are still in bloom at the mountain temple すべての花が消えた 人の世のどこに過ぎ去った春の跡があるだろうか おお、桃よ まだ咲いている 山寺に (2) 清泉流山间 和尚汲水到溪旁 妙寺藏深山 a Buddhist monk … Continue reading World Haiku Series 2022 (17) Haiku by Chen Xiaoou
Haiku by Chen Xiaoou (1) 人间花落尽 未知春归何处觅 山寺桃花开 all the flowers have faded away in the world of men where can I find the trail of the gone spring O the peaches are still in bloom at the mountain temple (2) 清泉流山间 和尚汲水到溪旁 妙寺藏深山 a Buddhist monk is beheld drawing water at … Continue reading World Haiku Series 2022 (17) Haiku by Chen Xiaoou (China)
Haiku by Charlotte Digregorio after our quarrel . . . oak leaves splotch my windshield Haiku Canada Review, February 2022 私たちの喧嘩の後 オークの葉が 私のフロントガラスにしみをつける walking the beach currents carry a jellyfish . . . the sting of Mom’s death Honorable Mention 2022 Poetry Challenge Highland Park Poetry, Highland Park, IL (USA) ビーチを歩く 海流がクラゲを運ぶ 母の死の痛み in the … Continue reading World Haiku Series 2022 (16) Haiku by Charlotte Digregorio
Haiku by Charlotte Digregorio after our quarrel . . . oak leaves splotch my windshield Haiku Canada Review, February 2022 walking the beach currents carry a jellyfish . . . the sting of Mom’s death Honorable Mention 2022 Poetry Challenge Highland Park Poetry, Highland Park, IL (USA) in the park beside wildflowers homeless tents Haiku … Continue reading World Haiku Series 2022 (16) Haiku by Charlotte Digregorio (USA)
Haiku by Carmela Marino warm autumn not even birds have a goal caldo autunnale nemmeno gli uccelli hanno una meta 暖かい秋 鳥でさえ目的地を持たない day of October an off-season flowering tree giorno di ottobre un albero fiorito fuori stagione 10月の日 花の咲く木にはオフシーズン autumn flower the pollinated head of a bee fiore d'autunno la testa impollinata di un'ape 秋の花 … Continue reading World Haiku Series 2022 (15) Haiku by Carmela Marino
Haiku by Carmela Marino warm autumn not even birds have a goal caldo autunnale nemmeno gli uccelli hanno una meta day of October an off-season flowering tree giorno di ottobre un albero fiorito fuori stagione autumn flower the pollinated head of a bee fiore d'autunno la testa impollinata di un'ape summer drought the flower painted by … Continue reading World Haiku Series 2022 (15) Haiku by Carmela Marino (Italy)
Haiku by Bina 1. how tranquil the sun like Rumi meditating on the evening sea. なんて静かな太陽 ルミが夕暮れの海で瞑想するように 2. you are an atom in the cosmic scheme of things an atom am i. あなたは原子 物事の宇宙の配色の中で 原子は私 3. in the still water of a languid salt lake sky’s eternity. ものうい塩湖の静かな水の中に 空の永遠 4. climbing the mountainof a meandering … Continue reading World Haiku Series 2022 (14) Haiku by Bina
Haiku by Bina 1. how tranquil the sun like Rumi meditating on the evening sea. Note: About Rumi Rumi as he's popularly known (original name: Jalal Al-Din Muhammad Rumi) was a 13th century Persian poet, scholar, theologian and a Sufi mystic from Iran. Bina is deeply drawn to the meditative quality of Rumi’s philosophical and … Continue reading World Haiku Series 2022 (14) Haiku by Bina (India)
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