Akita International Haiku Network . World Haiku Series 2022 (59)

 TRANSLATED BY HIDENORI HIRUTA

Haiku from Photo-haiku

 

widow’s birthday –

no one but the wind brings

wild cherry flowers

未亡人の誕生日 –

風以外に誰も運んでくれない

野の桜の花

five o’clock tea –

my shadow goes

to the neighbour’s yard

5時のお茶

私の影が消えていく

隣家の庭へ

broken swing

end

of summer

壊れたぶらんこ

夏の終わり

I lie

you lie –

equinox

うそを言う私

うそを言うあなた

春分

his chilly talk…

I look for

another kigo

彼の冷たい話

別の季語を探す

military camp –

shooting buds among

discarded shells

軍事キャンプ

捨てられた貝殻の間のつぼみを撃つ

crush of birds

on the frozen fence –

cancelled flights

鳥の衝突

凍ったフェンスの上

欠航便

gun shots –

embraced birds

staring at my eyes

銃声

抱擁する鳥

私の目を見つめている

love postcard

for my birthday –

your plastic words

愛のポストカード

私の誕生日のために–

あなたの見せかけの言葉

young orchard

turning white overnight –

an old man falling…in love

若い果樹園

一晩で白くなる

老人が恋に落ちる

Kyoto Haiku Project / Writing on the “Peace” 「平和」を詠む

 

lit little window -

carols rising to the sky
from the bombed village

wartime conditions -

grandpa carving a horse out
of the crushed walnut

INTERNATIONAL HAIKU MAGAZINE, GINYU No.99 / HAIKU GALLERY

 Selected and commented by Ban'ya Natsuishi. In bold face: recommended (1,3, 5, 7).

tunete -

copii tăcuți încercuind

groapa soldatului

rolling thunder -

silent children around

the soldier's tomb

2

armistițiu -

din când în când mai cade

o nucă la geam

armistice -

from time to time it still falls

a nut on the window

3

Ziua Copilului -

pe scaunul tatălui

casca de soldat

Children's Day -

on daddy's chair

his combat helmet

 

4

petrolier la mal -

vântul face un delfin

dună de nisip

oil tanker in shore -

the wind turns a dolphin

into seif dune

5

zbor de fluturi -

un avion împroașcă

ceva lipicios

flying butterflies -

an airplane is spreading

something sticky

6

jazz pe faleză -

de pe aripa egretei

picură petrol

jazz show on the beach -

the wings of an egret

dripping with black oil 

7

flori presate -

la povestea din jurnal,

nicio amintire

pressed flowers -
no memory

for a story in the diary

ESUJ-H: English Haiku, August, 2023

 Judge: Emiko Miyashita (Haiku poet), and Tetsuya Kotaki (Haiku poet)

 

air raid alert--
bees moving pollen 
around

Drifting Sands Haibun (August 1, 2023) / Editor: Keith Polette

 

Childhood

In this featureless landscape, with sands cornering in, not even a stork would make life meaningful. Stifling day, wilted grass, empty well . . . Dust clouds swallow  rain clouds, but the eyes have become accustomed to the sand kites. A small, barefoot shadow makes her daily way to the old flowering acacia tree at the edge of the village, where the townsmen drop their rubbish. Her stroll is not a waste of time. Sometimes, under that tree, toys grow.

childhood —
two mismatched buttons
some doll’s eyes

Contemporary haibun online 19.2

 

Pray

The autumn Fair is held under a scarlet sky in the village outskirts, where people put out for sale all sorts of things, all in a perfect mess: sheep, pigs, goats, medals, wigs, fried anchovies, steaming wine, French perfume, rollerblades, scooters, bicycles, dolls. The carousel horses run around to the music, and kids have fun, except a little girl that squats for some time next to bird cages.

— Would you like to buy a siskin? 

— No. I pray for not growing wings.

gunfire—
getting used to
humans

Haiga in focus, August 2023

 

failed haiku – a journal of English Senryu / Issue 92

 

Kyoto Haiku Project / Writing on the “Peace” 「平和」を詠む

 

cold eggs in the stork's nest -
around a home made table
a few war orphans

armistice day -
children out of the shelter
climbing cherry trees

Haiga in Focus, Issue 62, July 2023

 

tsuri-dōrō #16 - July/August 2023

 

pesticide –
a child lays butterflies
back on flowers 

 

pesticide -

un copil pune fluturi

înapoi pe flori

The Signature Haiku Anthology: Including Senryu and Tanka by Robert Epstein

  

Thank you Robert Epstein for including my tanka in this anthology.

a whiff of you

in the wet lavender

field -

I change my T-shirt

with the scarecrow's

The magazine of the Cafe Haiku group in Mumbai--A Feast of the Senses series

 

Kyoto Haiku Project / Haiku for Peace

 

abandoned village -

bees carrying pollen sacs

among shell debris

atomic winter -

the smell of warm bread

wafted from Mars

Haiga in focus, Haiga-Internet-Auswahl, Juni 2023

 

Red Moon Press

 

 

  This haiga (Smell of gasoline) has been selected for inclusion in the volume of contemporary haibun: Red Moon Press.

 

 

Haiga im focus - May 2023

 

JALMURRA, March, 2023

 

ESUJ-H: English Haiku, May, 2023

 

 Judge: Emiko Miyashita (Haiku poet)

 Judge: Tetsuya Kotaki (Haiku poet)

 

fleeing from the war -

rain of cherry blossoms

on baby's buggy

Kyoto Haiku Project / Writing on the “Peace” 「平和」を詠む

 

spring ploughing -
in a projectile remnant 
water for the horse
2
refugee convoy -
children stopping one by one 
around a cricket

Le collectif de haïkus « L’objet retrouvé » La maison d'édition PIPPA

 Coordonné par Danièle Duteil

 

 

fin de la guerre -
un ours en peluche pendu
à une pince à linge

maison des parents -

dans la boîte à boutons
mon premier lipstick

 

 

fête de fin d'études -
le jupon de grand-mère
enjolive la robe 

 

Chrisanthemums 30, April 2023

 

Haiga im focus, April 2023

 

wenn niemand um dich herum ist, findet das Leben einen Weg

                                                       Claudia Brefeld

Contemporary haibun online , Issue: 19.1, Haiga Gallery

 

ESUJ-H: English Haiku, April 2023

 

ghost town -
in the underground shelter
sprouting potatoes 

 

 

 Judge: Emiko Miyashita (Haiku poet)

 Judge: Tetsuya Kotaki (Haiku poet)

DRIFTING SANDS, A Journal of Haibun and Tanka Prose, Isuue 20 on the theme of childhood

 Edited by Richard Grahn

Le collectif de haïkus « Nocturnes » / La maison d'édition PIPPA

 

réfugiés -

un nouveau-né sourit

parmi des lucioles

Lavana Kray (Roumanie)

wagon sans vitres -

le parfum nocturne

des vignes en fleur

Lavana Kray (Roumanie)

panne d'électricité -
un bouquet de lys blancs
près du miroir

Lavana Kray (Roumanie)

mammographie -
dans la lumière de la lune

une nouvelle ombre

Lavana Kray (Roumanie)

la lune
à travers les trous d'obus -
son d'un violon

Lavana Kray (Roumanie)

Haiga im focus, Mars 2023

 

Failed ​haiku. A Journal of English Senryu, issue 87/ 2023

 

Plum Tree Tavern Winter Haiku 2023

 blown open door - 

the tearoom is thronged

with dead leaves

2

stuck by the window -

if it wasn't for the blizzard,

I'd find your tracks

 

SOCIÉTÉ LITTÉRAIRE DE LAVAL - Revue d’arts littéraires ENTREVOUS - No.21

 

Ginyu Haiku Magazine No.97 Haiku Gallery

 Edited and commented by Ban'ya Natsuishi.

 

village on fire –

two storks chop the sky 

with beaks

sat în flăcări –

două berze toacă cerul

                       în ciocuri

2

hay tea –

as if out of fairy tales

a wild horse

ceai de fâneață –

răsărind ca din povești

                       un cal sălbatic

3

mother’s portrait –

ink is running down

                       the right eye

portretul mamei –

s-a umezit cerneala

                       în ochiul drept

4

                            

migration time -

increasingly faint sounds

                      by stethoscope

păsări plecând –

tot mai slabe sunete

în stetoscop

”All of these four haiku keep a high quality, this time too. The second and the 4th haiku are very charming. My favorite is the 2nd. It is fantastic and realistic at the same time.”

 

 

 

HAIGA IM FOCUS / FEBRUAR 2023

 

Kyoto Haiku Project, February 2023

people chased by war – 

fluorescent forest mushrooms

 amuse the children 

 2

rockets in the sky – 

some kids are making a kite

in a bomb shelter 

https://kyoto.haiku819.jp/inter-haiku-en/ 

failed haiku – a journal of English Senryu - Issue 86

 

Plum Tree Tavern / Stone Lake Gallery

 

Scarlet Dragonfly Journal / A Daily Journal of Japanese Short-Form Poetry

 

HAIGA IM FOCUS / JANUAR 2023