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Fay Aoyagi
July 11, 2021
San Francisco, CA
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In January 2009, I started translating tanka from “Gendai Tanka no Kansho 101” (Apreciation of Modern Tanka 101), an anthology written and edited by Ken Kodaka. It took longer than I thought, but I am happy to announce that the mission was completed at last!
Since I do not write tanka and some poets use classic Japanese, I found tanka translation more difficult than haiku translation. From now on (at least for a while), this blog will concentrate on haiku.
I appreciate your support and encouragement in the past 3 years!
Fay Aoyagi
November 30, 2011, San Francisco
いつせいに枯葉の磁気を帯びてをり 美波沙山
issei ni kareha no jiki o abiteori
all at once
withered leaves
magnetized
Sazan Minami
from Haiku Shiki (Haiku Four Seasons), December 2021 Issue, Tokyo Shiki Shuppan, Tokyo
メビウスの輪かと毛布を掛け直す 櫂 未知子
mebiusu no wa ka to môfu o kakenaosu
wondering if it is
Moebius strip
I fix a blanket
Michiko Kai
from Haiku Saijiki electronic version edited by Kadokawa Shoten, published by Kodansha Sophia Shuppan, Tokyo, Japan, 2018
セーターに入口ひとつ裏つかへす 伊藤 波
seetaa ni iriguchi hitotsu urakkaesu
a sweater
with one entrance
I turn it inside out
Nami Ito
from Shûkan Haiku (Haiku Weekly) #759, 11/7/21 Issue, http://weekly-haiku.blogspot.com
冬の日や眼鏡に二つある指紋 河崎也壱
fuyu no hi ya megane ni futatsu aru shimon
winter day—
two fingerprints
on my glasses
Yaichi Kawasaki
from Haiku Shiki (Haiku Four Seasons), December 2021 Issue, Tokyo Shiki Shuppan, Tokyo
スケートの両手ただよひつつ止まる 森賀まり
sukeeto no ryôte tadayoitsutsu tomaru
ice skate
a stop with both arms
floating in the air
Mari Moriga
from Haiku Saijiki electronic version edited by Kadokawa Shoten, published by Kodansha Sophia Shuppan, Tokyo, Japan, 2018
Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi) 