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haikuwrimo summer 2008

*1*
小夜風や枯れ葉一切れ道渡り
sayokaze ya kareha hitokire michiwatari
the gentle night breeze-
a dried leaf
ventures across the road.

*2*
色褪せた写真を照らす西日かな
iro aseta shashin wo terasu nishibi kana
upon a faded photograph,
the westerly sun.

*3*
のどけしや車輪の前で鳩集う
nodokeshi ya sharin no mae de hato tudou
tranquility-
pigeons gather
in front of car wheels.

*4*
傘

Meguriau

復ち返る出会いと別れ花の下

ochikaeru deai to wakare hana no shita.

Again and again we meet and part under the sakura blossoms.

haikuwrimo - July 20081st July 2008

an evening
of wandering moths
and I, the moon

2nd July 2008

shadowed deer
one glance away
she is gone

3rd July 2008

new girl
in the office
oh, a ring

4th July 2008

twilight - damned electric fence

5th July 2008

sudoku evening
rain batters
against glass

6th July 2008

midnight's windchimes
dreaming of scissors

7th July 2008

pouring rain,
how many have sheltered
beneath this oak?

8th July 2008

all this rain
and still the grass
is golden

9th July 2008

eight o'clock
the maintenance crews
in convoy

10th July 2008

dropped sandwich
the five second rule
unbroken

11th July 2008

day off -
staying in b

Haikuwrimo Summer 2008 Edition

31

this month is done
another will never be,
full stop.

30

A Corporate Fear

dirty little word,
never to be uttered-
union.

29

brushing teeth,
the sink is tall
but he is not.

28

a little bird sang -
leaf whispered to leaf
whispered to leaves whispered....

27

I want to go home!
with a start I wonder,
which home?

26

with one misstep,
learning to walk
begins again.

25

to late he learned
the sun and the moon
was not enough.

24

death
stopped by -
flies followed.

23

tiger lilies
and dragonflies bow
to the wind.

22

bulls eye!
jump one eight

haikuwrimo winter 2009

*1*
行く年や机の上に本の山
yuku toshi ya tukue no ue ni hon no yama
the passing year-
a mountain of books on my desk.

*2*
粥の湯気めがねに白い世界かな
kayu no yuge megane ni shiroi sekai kana
steaming hot porridge-
through the glasses
a white world!

*3*
寄せ鍋の箸合戦を遊びけり
yosenabe no hashi gassen wo asobi keri
steamboat-
we spar with chopsticks.

*4*
夜通しに唄う

Silhouette

飛ぶ鳥や木の影一片去りにけり
tobutori ya ki no kage ippen sari ni keri

the tree
shed a shred of shadow--
a bird flew away.

Shirahime

月光に鶴の毛衣踊りけり
gekkou ni turu no kegoromo odorikeri

in moonlight,
cranes dance in feathered robe.

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汗たっぷり二十二人とボール一個
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covered in sweat--
twenty-two men
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Harmony

木洩れ日や砕かれ蔭か千切れた陽
komorebi ya kudakare kage ka chigereta hi

that which descends from the leaves--
fragmented shadow or shredded light?

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飛ぶ鳥や木の影一片去りにけり
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the tree
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a bird flew away.

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雨漏りに叩かれ岩も凹みなり
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Raindrops from eaves
dimpled the rock.

Aquarium

左右上下魚は飼い主の真似をする
sayuu jouka uo wa kainushi no mane wo suru

left right up down,
fishes follow where the feeder goes.

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幼子や何も恐れぬ戦人
osanago ya nani mo osorenu ikusabito

the bravest warriors
who fear nothing:
children.

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somewhere in time back end of 2011, ziga (~cmrlj, the previous !KorpiHunaja) asked for a collaboration to do another trilingual haiku zine. after many exchange of e-mails, i managed to finish the japanese translation for his slovene haiku and because the image in my mind are so captivating, i told him i'll do ink painting to illustrate for the cover of this mini zine.

here, see what i have done: not one but two paintings. one for the beginning, a black-and-white version of river drava in winter and another for the end, a color version of the same river in spring.

the theme of this zine is winter and all six haiku are ziga's work. i worked on their translation and the paintings, and contributed to the cyber version some commentaries.

a hard copy of the minimalistic version of ziga's original zine is available if you are interested in savoring the haiku as it is.
minimalism is good, especially for haiku.

read this journal for more details:

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full view of the two ink paintings here:

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~balonyshow Apr 5, 2012 Hobbyist General Artist

i loved the 1st and 3rd haiku specially

*moyanII Apr 5, 2012 Hobbyist Writer

Ziga will be happy to know

~balonyshow Apr 5, 2012 Hobbyist General Artist

!cmrlj Apr 10, 2012

indeed. thank you.

~wrzosowata-Iro Apr 4, 2012 Hobbyist Traditional Artist

♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥

*moyanII Apr 4, 2012 Hobbyist Writer

do you read slovene as well?

~wrzosowata-Iro Apr 5, 2012 Hobbyist Traditional Artist

No. But Polish is a little similar to Slovene and translator helped a bit.

Besides, even with the language problems I can appreciate the whole.

!cmrlj Apr 3, 2012

wow, this came out fantastic! i can be less guilt-ridden now for not providing you with any 'sunset on the drava' photos yet.

the boats are not typical for this region, and the river looks more docile than it is here, but if you'd follow it a bit further to the southeast, where the hills turn to plains, you'd most likely come across a section of it that would look much like this. splendid!

thank you once again!

*moyanII Apr 3, 2012 Hobbyist Writer

these two photos of drava are in the croatia region.

i'm glad you like them.

your sunsets over the mountain range photos are put to good use anyway. my digital class pupils have used it as reference to do landscape painting on photoshop. thank you for the help!

!cmrlj Apr 3, 2012

hah, to avoid sparking off any diplomatic incidents, let's just clarify that croatia is a country, not a region. but it and slovenia were both yugoslav republics once.

thought the boats looked somewhat pannonic though.

hope i'll see those alpine shots once as well.

thanks again! (:

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