2024-04-05

bon voyage / udanej drogi

bon voyage
the touch of a monarch
before first flight

udanej drogi
dotknięcie monarchy
przed odlotem

Espacio Luna Alfanje Number 51  (April 2024) The photo has to do with the first flight of this butterfly outside the butterfly farm.



today’s sunrise / przez mglistą zieleń

today’s sunrise
through misty green
spring rain

przez mglistą zieleń
dzisiejszy wschód słońca
wiosenny deszcz

David McMurray says: The haikuist disappointingly “read in the news that cherry trees have already bloomed in Japan” and asked if it was really “true that they bloom earlier and earlier every year?” Haikuists visiting from abroad who missed their chance to see sakura this year instead had to write about “shinryoku” meaning the first fresh green of early summer’s young leaves. 
 The Asahi Shimbun Asahi Haikuist Network April 5, 2024

2024-03-13

street workout / na trzepaku

street workout
the world upside down
in a child's eyes

na trzepaku
świat do góry nogami
oczami dziecka



Per Diem - Haiku of the Day (March 13, 2024) in Troutswirl - The Haiku Foundation's Blog.
The theme for March 2024 is  "Play". Guest Editor David Oates.
Per Diem March 13, 2024

2024-03-03

Girls' Day / święto dziewczyn

Girls' Day
we dust the carpets
in doll's house 

Święto Dziewczyn
odkurzamy dywany
w domku dla lalek

ESUJ-H March, 2024

Hinamatsuri (雛祭り), also called Doll's Day or Girls' Day, is a religious (Shinto) holiday in Japan, celebrated on 3 March of each year. Platforms covered with a red carpet–material are used to display a set of ornamental dolls (雛人形, hina-ningyō) representing the Emperor, Empress, attendants, and musicians in traditional court dress of the Heian period. 


photo  Manggha Japanese Museum of Art in Krakow

2024-02-29

end of summer / koniec lata

end of summer
my train seat
facing backward

koniec lata
moje miejsce w pociągu
przodem do tyłu

upside down: The Red Moon Anthology of English-Language Haiku 2023, red moon press, 2023.