Cafe Haiku, 2024, City Scape

 

 

 

 

Talking about strawberries all of the time / October 2024

 Talking about strawberries all of the time is an online literary journal based out of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and was founded by Malcolm Curtis in the summer of 2018.

 

Haiga im Focus - October 2024

 

Under the Bashō 2024 / Haibun

 

                             Rustling shadows

Day after day, after day, after day, until one day...

And then, not even a day goes by and someone

(someone else) comes to clean up the place...

Few garbage bags: our memories.

 

rustling shadows –

 

an origami crane 

                         through the shredder

 

 

 

       Foșnet de umbre

Zi după zi, după zi, după zi, până într-o zi...

Apoi, după nici măcar o zi, vine cineva (altcineva) și face curățenie generală...

Câțiva saci menajeri: amintirile noastre.

 

foșnet de umbre –

 

un cocor origami 

 

                         în tocător de foi

 

Ginyu Haiku Magazine Nr 103. Haiku selected and commented by Ban'ya Natsuishi

 

alarmă aeriană -
de-a v-ați ascunselea
nu mai e un joc

 

air raid alarm -
playing hide and seek
is no longer a game

2
nimeni și nimic –
doar câte un gard,
sprijin la drum

no one and nothing –
only a fence to lean on
on my way

3
tic-tac oprit  –
unele ceasuri merg
doar în pereche

tick-ticking off –
some clocks are made
to be in pair only

4
ceasornic vechi
repornit de spirite –
să zâmbesc sau nu

my old watch
restarted by spirits –
to smile or not

5
carte cu lipsuri –
în spațiile goale
puteai fi tu

book gaps –
in the empty spaces
could be you

6
ușă forțată -
numai iedera stă
cum vrea zidul

forcing the door out  -
only the ivy stands
as the wall wants to

7

rejected call –
the warm psithurism,
another option

apel respins –
șoapta frunzișului cald,
altă opțiune

 

Thank for your sincere and original haiku!

The 1st haiku expresses your critical situation near Ukraine to appeal well to my heart.

The 2nd is a touching poem of your solitude.

The 5th suggests your lost sweetheart.

                                          Ban'ya Natsuishi