lungo i filari
riflessa in ogni acino
la luna piena
in the vineyard / reflected in each grape / the full moon
Maria Laura Valente
Menzione d’Onore al Premio Letterario La couleur d’un poème (Milano, 2017).
Selezionato per la IX Conferenza dell’Associazione Mondiale Haiku (9th World Haiku Association Conference), Parma, 8-10 Settembre 2017. Pubblicato nell’antologia del Convegno (MUP Editore, Fondazione Monteparma, 2017).
the day after Christmas…
how intensely we stare
into the distance
Maria Laura Valente
Blithe Spirit – Journal of the British Haiku Society, volume 57, number 3, p. 42, September 2017, edited by Shrikaanth Krishnamurthy.
morphine night…
the flow of time
drop by drop
Maria Laura Valente
Blithe Spirit – Journal of the British Haiku Society, volume 57, number 3, p. 57, September 2017, edited by Shrikaanth Krishnamurthy.
Pic: Close-up of a vintage rusty clock swirl (from the website cosediscienza.it)
my mother’s eyes
the day her mother died–
spider lilies
Maria Laura Valente
Blithe Spirit – Journal of the British Haiku Society, volume 57, number 3, p. 41, September 2017, edited by Shrikaanth Krishnamurthy.
Spider Lilies: kigo of autumn. Scarlet and evocative flowers that usually bloom near cemeteries around the autumnal equinox. Japanese and Chinese people say that these flowers can be found in the land of the dead, so they use to leave them on the graves during funerals.
fading clouds–
a farewell
frozen in your breath
Maria Laura Valente
Blithe Spirit – Journal of the British Haiku Society, volume 57, number 3, p. 29, September 2017, edited by Shrikaanth Krishnamurthy.
summer storm –
a broken shell
in my child’s hand
Maria Laura Valente
Presence – british haiku journal – issue 58, July 2017 – edited by Ian Storr
first time
he held me tigh –
Niagara Falls
Maria Laura Valente
Brass Bell, September 1st, edited by Zee Zahava.
http://brassbellhaiku.blogspot.it/2017/09/water-haiku.html?m=1
hidden moon–
the sound of your feet
on the tatami
–Maria Laura Valente (Romagna, Italy)
Asahi Haikuist Network – September 1st: http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/AJ201709010010.html
Uno dei miei due haiku selezionati dal professor David McMurray e pubblicati su Asahi Haikuist Network (30 Giugno 2017), la rubrica dello Asahi Shinbun.
awakening in Kyoto–
the scent of green tea
fills the light
–Maria Laura Valente (Romagna, Italy)
Asahi Haikuist Network – June 30, 2017
risveglio a Kyoto–
l’aroma del tè verde
colma la luce
http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/AJ201706300006.html
Un mio componimento appare sul numero 27.2 (Maggio 2017) di Blithe Spirit, la rivista ufficiale della British Haiku Society, edita da Shrikaanth Krishnamurthy.
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A poem of mine have been featured in Blithe Spirit (issue 27.2, May 2017) the British Haiku Society‘s official journal, edited by Shrikaanth Krishnamurthy.
midsummer divorce…
the white stripe
on her ring finger
sull’anulare
dopo il divorzio estivo
la striscia bianca
© Maria Laura Valente
Komorebi 