all through my body
the hands of time
malfunctioning
--Yoshiaki Hirabayashi
身体中じかんの針狂っている 平林吉明
Published in the #freeformhaiku journal Kaikoh (海紅)
#haiku #translation
the hands of time
malfunctioning
--Yoshiaki Hirabayashi
身体中じかんの針狂っている 平林吉明
Published in the #freeformhaiku journal Kaikoh (海紅)
#haiku #translation
December 22, 2024 at 1:42 PM
all through my body
the hands of time
malfunctioning
--Yoshiaki Hirabayashi
身体中じかんの針狂っている 平林吉明
Published in the #freeformhaiku journal Kaikoh (海紅)
#haiku #translation
the hands of time
malfunctioning
--Yoshiaki Hirabayashi
身体中じかんの針狂っている 平林吉明
Published in the #freeformhaiku journal Kaikoh (海紅)
#haiku #translation
a single wintersweet bloomed
morning fragrance
--Yukiko Koyabu
ロウバイ一輪咲いた朝の香気 小籔 幸子
Originally published in the #freeformhaiku journal Kaikoh (海紅)
#haiku #translation
morning fragrance
--Yukiko Koyabu
ロウバイ一輪咲いた朝の香気 小籔 幸子
Originally published in the #freeformhaiku journal Kaikoh (海紅)
#haiku #translation
December 18, 2024 at 11:40 AM
a single wintersweet bloomed
morning fragrance
--Yukiko Koyabu
ロウバイ一輪咲いた朝の香気 小籔 幸子
Originally published in the #freeformhaiku journal Kaikoh (海紅)
#haiku #translation
morning fragrance
--Yukiko Koyabu
ロウバイ一輪咲いた朝の香気 小籔 幸子
Originally published in the #freeformhaiku journal Kaikoh (海紅)
#haiku #translation
still not giving up
on my ambition
to become an old hag
--Chieko Adachi
くそばばあになる野望まだ捨ててない 安達千栄子
Published in the #freeformhaiku journal Kaikoh (海紅)
#haiku #translation
on my ambition
to become an old hag
--Chieko Adachi
くそばばあになる野望まだ捨ててない 安達千栄子
Published in the #freeformhaiku journal Kaikoh (海紅)
#haiku #translation
December 20, 2024 at 1:10 PM
still not giving up
on my ambition
to become an old hag
--Chieko Adachi
くそばばあになる野望まだ捨ててない 安達千栄子
Published in the #freeformhaiku journal Kaikoh (海紅)
#haiku #translation
on my ambition
to become an old hag
--Chieko Adachi
くそばばあになる野望まだ捨ててない 安達千栄子
Published in the #freeformhaiku journal Kaikoh (海紅)
#haiku #translation
the language test
is silent
--mememei
国語のテストは静か めめめい
Winner of Sekishiro's Jiyūritsu #Haiku Contest (theme: reading), Nov. 2024
#freeformhaiku #translation
is silent
--mememei
国語のテストは静か めめめい
Winner of Sekishiro's Jiyūritsu #Haiku Contest (theme: reading), Nov. 2024
#freeformhaiku #translation
November 16, 2024 at 1:14 AM
the language test
is silent
--mememei
国語のテストは静か めめめい
Winner of Sekishiro's Jiyūritsu #Haiku Contest (theme: reading), Nov. 2024
#freeformhaiku #translation
is silent
--mememei
国語のテストは静か めめめい
Winner of Sekishiro's Jiyūritsu #Haiku Contest (theme: reading), Nov. 2024
#freeformhaiku #translation
a year passed
without writing in my notebook
--Chieko Adachi
手帳書くこともなく一年過ぎた 安達千栄子
Published in the #freeformhaiku journal Kaikoh (海紅)
#haiku #translation
without writing in my notebook
--Chieko Adachi
手帳書くこともなく一年過ぎた 安達千栄子
Published in the #freeformhaiku journal Kaikoh (海紅)
#haiku #translation
December 17, 2024 at 10:42 AM
a year passed
without writing in my notebook
--Chieko Adachi
手帳書くこともなく一年過ぎた 安達千栄子
Published in the #freeformhaiku journal Kaikoh (海紅)
#haiku #translation
without writing in my notebook
--Chieko Adachi
手帳書くこともなく一年過ぎた 安達千栄子
Published in the #freeformhaiku journal Kaikoh (海紅)
#haiku #translation
leaving today
to the young physician
winter camellia
--Suzuko Hara
若い医師に今日を任せる寒椿 原 鈴子
Published in the #freeformhaiku journal Kaikoh (海紅)
#haiku #translation
to the young physician
winter camellia
--Suzuko Hara
若い医師に今日を任せる寒椿 原 鈴子
Published in the #freeformhaiku journal Kaikoh (海紅)
#haiku #translation
December 21, 2024 at 1:59 PM
leaving today
to the young physician
winter camellia
--Suzuko Hara
若い医師に今日を任せる寒椿 原 鈴子
Published in the #freeformhaiku journal Kaikoh (海紅)
#haiku #translation
to the young physician
winter camellia
--Suzuko Hara
若い医師に今日を任せる寒椿 原 鈴子
Published in the #freeformhaiku journal Kaikoh (海紅)
#haiku #translation
Christmas
receiving news
of a classmate's death
--Chieko Adachi
クリスマス同級生の訃報届く 安達千栄子
Take 2:
Christmas
a classmate's obituary arrives
Originally published in the #freeformhaiku journal Kaikoh (海紅)
#haiku #translation
receiving news
of a classmate's death
--Chieko Adachi
クリスマス同級生の訃報届く 安達千栄子
Take 2:
Christmas
a classmate's obituary arrives
Originally published in the #freeformhaiku journal Kaikoh (海紅)
#haiku #translation
December 16, 2024 at 9:49 AM
Christmas
receiving news
of a classmate's death
--Chieko Adachi
クリスマス同級生の訃報届く 安達千栄子
Take 2:
Christmas
a classmate's obituary arrives
Originally published in the #freeformhaiku journal Kaikoh (海紅)
#haiku #translation
receiving news
of a classmate's death
--Chieko Adachi
クリスマス同級生の訃報届く 安達千栄子
Take 2:
Christmas
a classmate's obituary arrives
Originally published in the #freeformhaiku journal Kaikoh (海紅)
#haiku #translation
we stop talking
to listen
to the owls
--Happy Mainichi
話をとめてふくろうを聞く 毎日ハッピー
From Sekishiro's Jiyūritsu #Haiku Contest (theme: stories/conversation), March 2025
#freeformhaiku #translation
to listen
to the owls
--Happy Mainichi
話をとめてふくろうを聞く 毎日ハッピー
From Sekishiro's Jiyūritsu #Haiku Contest (theme: stories/conversation), March 2025
#freeformhaiku #translation
March 18, 2025 at 4:50 PM
we stop talking
to listen
to the owls
--Happy Mainichi
話をとめてふくろうを聞く 毎日ハッピー
From Sekishiro's Jiyūritsu #Haiku Contest (theme: stories/conversation), March 2025
#freeformhaiku #translation
to listen
to the owls
--Happy Mainichi
話をとめてふくろうを聞く 毎日ハッピー
From Sekishiro's Jiyūritsu #Haiku Contest (theme: stories/conversation), March 2025
#freeformhaiku #translation
tap tap tap
someone knocking
spring knocking
--Yukiko Sugimoto
とんとんとん誰かのノック春のノック 杉本由紀子
Published in the #freeformhaiku journal Kaikoh (海紅)
#haiku #translation
someone knocking
spring knocking
--Yukiko Sugimoto
とんとんとん誰かのノック春のノック 杉本由紀子
Published in the #freeformhaiku journal Kaikoh (海紅)
#haiku #translation
December 19, 2024 at 11:07 AM
tap tap tap
someone knocking
spring knocking
--Yukiko Sugimoto
とんとんとん誰かのノック春のノック 杉本由紀子
Published in the #freeformhaiku journal Kaikoh (海紅)
#haiku #translation
someone knocking
spring knocking
--Yukiko Sugimoto
とんとんとん誰かのノック春のノック 杉本由紀子
Published in the #freeformhaiku journal Kaikoh (海紅)
#haiku #translation
we reach the nearest station
before the punchline
--Eryngii
オチより先に最寄駅 エリンギ
From Sekishiro's Jiyūritsu #Haiku Contest (theme: stories/conversation), March 2025
#freeformhaiku #translation
before the punchline
--Eryngii
オチより先に最寄駅 エリンギ
From Sekishiro's Jiyūritsu #Haiku Contest (theme: stories/conversation), March 2025
#freeformhaiku #translation
March 19, 2025 at 10:03 AM
we reach the nearest station
before the punchline
--Eryngii
オチより先に最寄駅 エリンギ
From Sekishiro's Jiyūritsu #Haiku Contest (theme: stories/conversation), March 2025
#freeformhaiku #translation
before the punchline
--Eryngii
オチより先に最寄駅 エリンギ
From Sekishiro's Jiyūritsu #Haiku Contest (theme: stories/conversation), March 2025
#freeformhaiku #translation
reading carefully
I finally realize it's a farewell letter
midnight
--Misaki Shiomi
熟読してようやく別れの手紙と気付く深夜 汐海 岬
From Sekishiro's Jiyūritsu #Haiku Contest (theme: reading), Nov. 2024
#freeformhaiku #translation
I finally realize it's a farewell letter
midnight
--Misaki Shiomi
熟読してようやく別れの手紙と気付く深夜 汐海 岬
From Sekishiro's Jiyūritsu #Haiku Contest (theme: reading), Nov. 2024
#freeformhaiku #translation
November 16, 2024 at 7:44 PM
reading carefully
I finally realize it's a farewell letter
midnight
--Misaki Shiomi
熟読してようやく別れの手紙と気付く深夜 汐海 岬
From Sekishiro's Jiyūritsu #Haiku Contest (theme: reading), Nov. 2024
#freeformhaiku #translation
I finally realize it's a farewell letter
midnight
--Misaki Shiomi
熟読してようやく別れの手紙と気付く深夜 汐海 岬
From Sekishiro's Jiyūritsu #Haiku Contest (theme: reading), Nov. 2024
#freeformhaiku #translation
my grandmother lives
in tales of long ago
--Sanpo
昔話の中に祖母が生きている 散歩
Winner of Sekishiro's Jiyūritsu #Haiku Contest (theme: stories/conversation), March 2025
#freeformhaiku #translation
in tales of long ago
--Sanpo
昔話の中に祖母が生きている 散歩
Winner of Sekishiro's Jiyūritsu #Haiku Contest (theme: stories/conversation), March 2025
#freeformhaiku #translation
March 17, 2025 at 4:40 PM
my grandmother lives
in tales of long ago
--Sanpo
昔話の中に祖母が生きている 散歩
Winner of Sekishiro's Jiyūritsu #Haiku Contest (theme: stories/conversation), March 2025
#freeformhaiku #translation
in tales of long ago
--Sanpo
昔話の中に祖母が生きている 散歩
Winner of Sekishiro's Jiyūritsu #Haiku Contest (theme: stories/conversation), March 2025
#freeformhaiku #translation
October 11, 2025 at 3:43 PM
New #translation post on the #haiku and #freeformhaiku of Gaishi Sakaguchi, including information about the poet:
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Haiku by Gaishi Sakaguchi (阪口涯子)
living with brown-eared bulbuls,I pick up their language bit by bit 鵯と暮らし鵯の言葉も少しずつ the strait is a handkerchiefwrapping up a lock of your hair,a lock of my hair 海峡はいちまいのハンカチ君の遺髪ぼくの遺髪をつつむNote: 遺髪 (&…
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July 1, 2025 at 11:51 PM
New #translation post on the #haiku and #freeformhaiku of Gaishi Sakaguchi, including information about the poet:
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in the vertical line of the crease
on the soldier's pine green pants
the sorrowful city
--Gaishi Sakaguchi (1901-1989)
門松の青さの兵のズボンの折り目の垂直線のかなしい街 阪口涯子
Note: 門松 (kadomatsu) -- pine decorations put out for the new year; the soldier's pants are "kadomatsu green"
#haiku #freeformhaiku #translation
on the soldier's pine green pants
the sorrowful city
--Gaishi Sakaguchi (1901-1989)
門松の青さの兵のズボンの折り目の垂直線のかなしい街 阪口涯子
Note: 門松 (kadomatsu) -- pine decorations put out for the new year; the soldier's pants are "kadomatsu green"
#haiku #freeformhaiku #translation
March 17, 2025 at 11:37 AM
in the vertical line of the crease
on the soldier's pine green pants
the sorrowful city
--Gaishi Sakaguchi (1901-1989)
門松の青さの兵のズボンの折り目の垂直線のかなしい街 阪口涯子
Note: 門松 (kadomatsu) -- pine decorations put out for the new year; the soldier's pants are "kadomatsu green"
#haiku #freeformhaiku #translation
on the soldier's pine green pants
the sorrowful city
--Gaishi Sakaguchi (1901-1989)
門松の青さの兵のズボンの折り目の垂直線のかなしい街 阪口涯子
Note: 門松 (kadomatsu) -- pine decorations put out for the new year; the soldier's pants are "kadomatsu green"
#haiku #freeformhaiku #translation
the strait is a handkerchief
wrapping up a lock of your hair,
a lock of my hair
--Gaishi Sakaguchi (1901-1989)
海峡はいちまいのハンカチ君の遺髪ぼくの遺髪をつつむ 阪口涯子
#haiku #gendaihaiku #freeformhaiku #translation
wrapping up a lock of your hair,
a lock of my hair
--Gaishi Sakaguchi (1901-1989)
海峡はいちまいのハンカチ君の遺髪ぼくの遺髪をつつむ 阪口涯子
#haiku #gendaihaiku #freeformhaiku #translation
March 15, 2025 at 12:50 PM
the strait is a handkerchief
wrapping up a lock of your hair,
a lock of my hair
--Gaishi Sakaguchi (1901-1989)
海峡はいちまいのハンカチ君の遺髪ぼくの遺髪をつつむ 阪口涯子
#haiku #gendaihaiku #freeformhaiku #translation
wrapping up a lock of your hair,
a lock of my hair
--Gaishi Sakaguchi (1901-1989)
海峡はいちまいのハンカチ君の遺髪ぼくの遺髪をつつむ 阪口涯子
#haiku #gendaihaiku #freeformhaiku #translation
This weather has to go
There’s entirely too much snow
My furnace perseveres
But I’m running out of beers
#freeformhaiku #sendbeer #staywarm
There’s entirely too much snow
My furnace perseveres
But I’m running out of beers
#freeformhaiku #sendbeer #staywarm
January 29, 2026 at 2:25 PM
This weather has to go
There’s entirely too much snow
My furnace perseveres
But I’m running out of beers
#freeformhaiku #sendbeer #staywarm
There’s entirely too much snow
My furnace perseveres
But I’m running out of beers
#freeformhaiku #sendbeer #staywarm