Posts Tagged ‘ haiku ’
行く秋や琥珀に虫の深眠り 小田切順子
yuku aki ya kohaku ni mushi no fukanemuri
departing autumn—
insect’s deep sleep
inside the amber
Junko Odagiri
from “Haiku Dai-Saijiki” (“Comprehensive Haiku Saijiki”), Kadokawa Shoten, Tokyo, 2006
Fay Aoyagi, translation
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Source: Today’s Haiku (November 6, 2019) | Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi)
酔うてこほろぎと寝てゐたよ 種田山頭火
youte kôrogi to nete ita yo
intoxicated I was sleeping with a cricket
Santoka Taneda
from ‘Haidan,’ (‘Haiku Stage’) a monthly haiku magazine, July 2017 Issue, Honami Shoten, Tokyo
Fay Aoyagi, translator
Fay’s Note: Santoka Taneda (1882-1940)
Source: Today’s Haiku (October 27, 2019) | Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi)
挨拶のうしろに深い秋の闇 池田澄子
aisatsu no ushiro ni fukai aki no yami
behind
the greeting
deep autumn darkness
Sumiko Ikeda
from “Haiku-kai” (“Haiku World,” a monthly haiku magazine), February 2017 Issue, Bungaku No Mori, Tokyo
Fay Aoyagi, translation
Source: Today’s Haiku (October 6, 2019) | Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi)
Caroline Skanne
stone steps
down hops a fly
with only one wing
going home
an old oak
with its crows
John Hawkhead
wishing for dolphins
we purchase
plastic inflatables
sky change
the cold edge of grey
in his last coin
Margherita Petriccione
organ notes –
picking up from the ground
a fallen flower
Jack Galmitz
a boy
plays ball
steps ahead of nightfall
Elaine Wilburt
last drops
of homemade wine –
recycling Pap’s bottle
Source: October, 2019 – Otata
autumn coolness enters a hand long held in mine
Roberta Beary
from Deflection, 2015
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