Akita International Haiku Network
Gray clouds trail across the sky. In the pale winter sun a flock of geese (Ben Grafström–Akita, Japan)
Haiku by Ben Grafström 1. late autumn picking mushrooms in the damp forest— enough for a feast! 晩秋 湿った森で茸狩 ごちそうには十分！ 2. winter has arrived! in the glow of the streetlamp snowflakes shimmering 冬が来た！ 街灯の輝きの中で きらめく雪片 3. the forest covered in snow— from the fjord below a distant foghorn 雪に覆われた森 下のフィヨルドから 遠くの霧笛 4. joyful laughs & … Continue reading World Haiku Series 2022 (13) Haiku by Ben Grafström
Haiku by Ben Grafström 1. late autumn picking mushrooms in the damp forest— enough for a feast! 2. winter has arrived! in the glow of the streetlamp snowflakes shimmering 3. the forest covered in snow— from the fjord below a distant foghorn 4. joyful laughs & screams! frozen for winter, the lake becomes a playground 5. … Continue reading World Haiku Series 2022 (13) Haiku by Ben Grafström (USA)
Haiku by Barbara Olmtak be mindful! we reap what we sow harvest moon 注意してね！ 私たちが蒔いたものを私たちが刈り取るのよ 中秋の名月 seeking shelter in the emptiness of space the shade of a tree シェルターを探す 宇宙の空間に 木の陰 monk's robe flutters a hymn in the wind mimosa 僧衣がはためく 風の中の賛美歌 ミモザ slowly transforming into a free spirit butterfly chrysalis ゆっくりと自由な精神に変わる 蝶の蛹 fear not … Continue reading World Haiku Series 2022 (12) Haiku by Barbara Olmtak
Haiku by Barbara Olmtak 1. be mindful! we reap what we sow harvest moon 2. seeking shelter in the emptiness of space the shade of a tree 3. a line of gold marks the scars deep autumn 4. sandpainting the mandala's inner core autumn hues 曼荼羅の芯の砂絵の秋の色 千秋 translated into Japanese by Chiaki Nakano san 5. monk's … Continue reading World Haiku Series 2022 (12) Haiku by Barbara Olmtak (Netherlands)
Haiku by Barbara Anna Gaiardoni incinerated by a thunderbolt from heaven lion dance 天からの落雷によって焼却された獅子舞 pilgrim of peace an old woman living inside the train station 平和の巡礼者 電車の駅の中に住むおばあさん homeless with a checkered past black Friday ホームレス 波乱に満ちた過去を持つ ブラックフライデー a kid listening to a skylark road barred ひばりの声を聞いている子供 通行止め from the old book a flower petal is … Continue reading World Haiku Series 2022 (11) Haiku by Barbara Anna Gaiardoni
Haiku by Barbara Anna Gaiardoni incinerated by a thunderbolt from heaven lion dance pilgrim of peace an old woman living inside the train station homeless with a checkered past black friday a kid listening to a skylark road barred from the old book a flower petal is falling wild ducks in flight collecting tadpoles is … Continue reading World Haiku Series 2022 (11) Haiku by Barbara Anna Gaiardoni (Italy)
Haiku by Ashok K. Bhargava between my canvas and paintbrush a wild parakeet キャンバスと絵筆の間に 野生のインコ dry jasmine tea flowers re-open, steeping in the pot pour cheery promises ジャスミン茶のドライフラワー 再び開きポットに浸る 陽気な約束を注ぎ出す life journey a bouquet of flowers petals fall one at a time 人生の旅 花束 花びらが一枚一枚落ちる holding autumn between my palms a bunch of dry leaves … Continue reading World Haiku Series 2022 (10) Haiku by Ashok K. Bhargava
Haiku by Ashok K. Bhargava between my canvas and paintbrush a wild parakeet dry jasmine tea flowers re-open, steeping in the pot pour cheery promises life journey a bouquet of flowers petals fall one at a time holding autumn between my palms a bunch of dry leaves blood-red leaves falling with the Fall to make … Continue reading World Haiku Series 2022 (10) Haiku by Ashok K. Bhargava (Canada)
Haiku by Arvinder Kaur even after we are gone… cherry blossoms (Wales haiku Journal, Autumn 2022) 私たちが去った後も 桜 whether or not the war ends… harvest moon (second place The Haiku Foundation’s kukai October 2022) 戦争が終わるかどうか 中秋の名月 even without her sparrows (whiptail journal issue: 5 2022) 彼女のスズメがいなくても her footsteps on a path of dew dawn stars … Continue reading World Haiku Series 2022 (9) Haiku by Arvinder Kaur
Haiku by Arvinder Kaur even after we are gone… cherry blossoms (Wales haiku Journal, Autumn 2022 ) whether or not the war ends… harvest moon (second place The Haiku Foundation’s kukai October 2022 ) even without her sparrows (whiptail journal issue: 5 2022 ) her footsteps on a path of dew dawn stars (The Mainichi, … Continue reading World Haiku Series 2022 (9) Haiku by Arvinder Kaur (India)
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