NeverEnding Story - First English-Chinese Bilingual Haiku and Tanka Blog

English Original
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a homeless man
who was playing a flute
on the street corner
fell suddenly in the rain --
a donor card in his pocket
A Hundred Gourds, 5:2, March 2016


Chinese Translation (Traditional)
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一個無家可歸的人
在街角吹長笛
突然在雨中倒地
他口袋裡
有一張器官捐贈卡


Chinese Translation (Simplified)
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一个无家可归的人
在街角吹长笛
突然在雨中倒地
他口袋里
有一张器官捐赠卡 


Comment:
" The unexpected yet thematically and emotionally powerful last line lifts this seemingly sentimental homelessness tanka out of the ordinary, sparking the reader's reflection on life and the “I-Thou” relation."

                                           Chen-ou Liu 
http://neverendingstoryhaikutanka.blogspot.ro/

NHK WORLD TV program - JUNE 2017

RUNNER-UP

pod stricat -

între secretul meu și al tău,

apă adâncă

https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/tv/haiku_masters/gallery201706.html

The 154th. WHA Haiga Contest （06/2017)

Judge and comments by Kuniharu Shimizu ....(blog)

http://www.worldhaiku.net/wha_haiga/154/haiga154.html 

Daily Haiga

grenadă -

un trandafir mutilat

atrage albine

http://www.dailyhaiga.org/

NHK HAIKU MASTERS - JUNE 2017

CATEGORY 2

ORIGINAL PHOTO HAIKU

https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/tv/haiku_masters/gallery201706.html

NHK WORLD - HAIKU MASTERS - JUNE 2017

CATEGORY 1

HAIKU THIS PHOTO

 

1

fish smell -

carving a pair of eyes

to the wood spirit

2

broken bridge -

between my secret and yours,

deep water

3

frogs concert -

I cancel the sale

of my old house 

https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/tv/haiku_masters/gallery201706.html 

Shot Glass Journal - Issue 22, May 2017

1
dust taste –
the dog digs my shadow
for a bone 

2
rocking chairs
facing out to the grave side...
mine squeaks louder 

3
solar explosions –
the scythe turns flowers
face down 

Editor: Mary-Jane Grandinetti

http://www.musepiepress.com/shotglass/index.html