Posts Tagged ‘ haiku ’
Working with Andrew Kojima (Koj) at his fantastic Japanese restaurant in Cheltenham was great! As part of the Times & Sunday Times Cheltenham Literature Festival where I was Haiku Poet in Residence. . .
Source: Andrew Kojima – Chef Koj – Haiku and Sake | Burn The Water
Autumn equinox–
a seesaw keeps its balance
unaware in the park
–Teiichi Suzuki (Osaka)
Source: ASAHI HAIKUIST NETWORK/ David McMurray：The Asahi Shimbun
I intended
Never to grow old, —
But the temple bell sounds!
Jokun (translated by R. H. Blyth), in R. H. Blyth, Haiku, Volume 4: Autumn-Winter (Hokuseido Press 1952), page 202.
Source: First Known When Lost: Anew
向日葵の話しかけたくなる高さ 駒木根淳子
himawari no hanashikaketakunaru takasa
sunflower
its height makes me feel like
talking to it
Atsuko Komakine
from ‘Haiku,’ a monthly haiku magazine, March 2017 Issue, Kabushiki Kaisha Kadokawa, Tokyo
translation by Fay Aoyagi
Source: Today’s Haiku (August 11, 2018) | Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi)
シャワー浴ぶ遠くにキリン崩ほるる 宗田安正
shawaa abu tôku ni kirin kuzuoruru
taking a shower…
a giraffe collapses
far away
Yasumasa Muneda
– translation by Fay Aoyagi
from ‘Haiku,’ a monthly haiku magazine, March 2017 Issue, Kabushiki Kaisha Kadokawa, Tokyo
Source: Today’s Haiku (June 13, 2018) | Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi)
we wait,
the daimon seed and i,
for planting
Donna Fleischer, USA
breeze on young leaves . . .
a stray dog pawed the future
and left
Kyle Sullivan, Taiwan
Source: Autumn Moon Haiku Journal – Home
Simply trust:
Do not also the petals flutter down,
Just like that?
Issa (1763 – 1828) (translated by R. H. Blyth), in R. H. Blyth, Haiku, Volume 2: Spring (Hokuseido Press 1950), page 363.
