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Fay Aoyagi
April 17, 2024
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
占ひ師不在の夜の海月かな 早田駒斗
uranaishi fuzai no yoru no kurage kana
no fortune teller
here tonight
a jellyfish…
Komato Hayata
from Haiku Shiki (Haiku Four Seasons), July 2023 Issue, Tokyo Shiki Shuppan, Tokyo
夏星やあるだけの鰭立てて来よ 飯島晴子
natsuboshi ya arudakeno hire tatete koyo
summer stars−
with many fins as they have upward
and come!
Haruko Iijima
from Haiku Shiki (Haiku Four Seasons), July 2023 Issue, Tokyo Shiki Shuppan, Tokyo
Fay’s Note: Haruko Iijima (1921-2000)
いうれいは給水塔をみて育つ 鴇田智哉
yūrei wa kyūsuitō o mite sodatsu
a ghost grows
looking at
a water tower
Tomoya Tokita
from Haiku Shiki (Haiku Four Seasons), July 2023 Issue, Tokyo Shiki Shuppan, Tokyo
翼持つものはたたみて夏の月 池田宏睦
tsubasa motsu mono wa tatamite natsu no tsuki
wings they have
being folded…
summer moon
Hiromutsu Ikeda
from Haiku Shiki (Haiku Four Seasons), July 2023 Issue, Tokyo Shiki Shuppan, Tokyo
春昼の狛犬の尾の天に跳ね 西池みどり
shunchū no komainu no o no ten ni hane
spring afternoon
a tail of a stone guardian dog
straight to the sky
Midori Nishiike
from Haiku Shiki (Haiku Four Seasons), May 2022 Issue, Tokyo Shiki Shuppan, Tokyo
Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi) 