Uno haiku di Inahata Teiko ( 稲畑汀子) scelto e tradotto da Maria Laura Valente.
For those who don’t read Italian nor Japanese, here it is an English version:
today everything / anything and everything / feels like spring (English translation by Maria Laura Valente).
Uno haiku primaverile (春の俳句) di Nakamura Teijo (中村 汀女) scelto e tradotto da Maria Laura Valente.
For those who don’t read Italian nor Japanese, here it is an English version:
dandelions – / in the immense sky / an endless sun (English translation by Maria Laura Valente)
pellegrinaggio –
mi accompagna in silenzio
la mia ombra
al crocevia
ho imboccato il sentiero
meno battuto
alba silvestre –
su ogni filo d’erba
stille di luce
Maria Laura Valente
Le Lumachine, numero 26, Gennaio 2018 ~ periodico fondato e diretto da Stefano d’Andrea.
https://docs.wixstatic.com/ugd/0ba2eb_e641df3c2bdc4328baf74c28c35604db.pdf
insomniac night –
decoding the rustle
of young leaves
Maria Laura Valente
HaikUniverse ~ a daily haiku or micro-poem, Jan. 28, 2018
hard choices…
on my way home
I smell snow
Maria Laura Valente
The Mainichi, Jan. 25, 2018. Selected by Dhugal J. Lindsay.
http://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20171228/p2g/00m/0fe/090000c
fireflies
when I thought I could
reach the sky
solo lucciole
quando mi sembrava di
toccare il cielo
Maria Laura Valente
Blithe Spirit – Journal of the British Haiku Society, December 2017, edited by Shrikaanth Krishnamurthy.
old fireplace –
the warmth of our voices
midwinter
vecchio camino –
nel cuore dell’inverno
calde parole
Maria Laura Valente
Akitsu Quarterly (Winter Issue, 2017) – edited by Robin White – USA
empty park –
a lone cicada
fills the silence
parco deserto –
da sola una cicala
colma il silenzio
Maria Laura Valente
Akitsu Quarterly (Fall Issue, 2017) – edited by Robin White – USA
sea lapping ~
an Indian paddler
tells his story
Maria Laura Valente
Akitsu Quarterly (Fall Issue, 2017) – edited by Robin White – USA
Ojibway Indian Encampment by Frederick Arthur Verner, 1873.
autumn starlight —
a drop of Moscato falls
on poetry
Maria Laura Valente
Asahi Haikuist Network ~ The Asahi Shimbun ~ November 18, 2016 ~ edited by David McMurray
Chinese Translation (Traditional) by Chen-ou Liu for Butterfly Dream
秋季星光 —
一滴莫斯卡托紅酒
落在詩集上
Chinese Translation (Simplified) by Chen-ou Liu for Butterfly Dream
秋季星光 —
一滴莫斯卡托紅酒
落在詩集上
Commentary by Chen-ou Liu
The visually and emotionally resonant juxtaposition and the unexpected yet thematically significant last line lift the haiku up a notch. Maria’s delicate haiku reminds me of Robert Louis Stevenson’s remark on the relationship between wine and poetry:
Wine is bottled poetry.
Direct link to Chen-ou Liu’s blog NeverEnding Story
https://neverendingstoryhaikutanka.blogspot.it/2017/09/butterfly-dream-autumn-starlight-haiku.html
Komorebi 