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You were born with wings, why prefer to crawl through life? ― Jalāl ad-Dīn Muhammad Rūmī

[siijooo @siijooo]

hazy moon
a first satellite dish installed
in the fisherman's village

Ken Sawitri (Indonesia)
The Heron's Nest XVIII No. 1: March 2016

[siijooo @siijooo]

the old hands keep an old lamp light shining
...cold wind

Ken Sawitri, INDONESIA

ASAHI HAIKUIST NETWORK/ David McMurray | The Asahi Shimbun Asia & Japan Watch https://t.co/oUwr5duP7W

[siijooo @siijooo]

the old hands keep an old lamp light shining
...cold wind

Ken Sawitri, INDONESIA

ASAHI HAIKUIST NETWORK/ David McMurray | The Asahi Shimbun Asia & Japan Watch https://t.co/oUwr5duP7W

[siijooo @siijooo]

gazing at Mount Fuji painting
in my dream
Mount Fuji seeing me
I wake up and become
the snail

Ken Sawitri, INDONESIA
Foreign Language Tanka Excellence Award, Fujisan Award 2023, Selected by Mr. Takayuki Saegusa

[siijooo @siijooo]

a hawk cries
the salt farmer starts to rake
the sky

Ken Sawitri, INDONESIA
Honorable Mentions in the 25th HIA Haiku Contest, selected by David Burleigh

[Asura's Haiku @AsurasHaiku]

watching frayed clouds
with a stray cat

--saharakoame

#haiku #freeformhaiku #translation

[siijooo @siijooo]

hometown vein
from an open kitchen
the scent of teak leaf rice

Ken Sawitri (Indonesia)

ASAHI HAIKUIST NETWORK/ David McMurray | The Asahi Shimbun Asia & Japan Watch https://t.co/T2sfxpNEfj

[siijooo @siijooo]

moon jelly
a prayer to end the war beating
the boneless sky

Ken Sawitri (Indonesia)

ASAHI HAIKUIST NETWORK/ David McMurray | The Asahi Shimbun Asia & Japan Watch https://t.co/QjzfinPOsu

[Mike Rehling @MikeRehling]

words worth repeating rifles

#haiku BY Carolyn Hall

[siijooo @siijooo]

the unanswered question
fading out ...
rain on the late blossoms

Ken Sawitri (Indonesia)

https://t.co/6v4H22azR7

[Consulate General of Japan in Toronto @CGjapanTO]

Thanks to all our Sakura Haiku Challenge contributors, we can share their wonderful cherry blossoms haiku to add some joy to grey days like these!

[haikueveryday @haikueveryday]

No wind
the chrysalis
trembles

— Robert Clayton Spiess [1921 - 2002]

[siijooo @siijooo]

fallen clove blossoms
the village children 
following its scent

Ken Sawitri (Indonesia)
https://t.co/HKHb05neO3

[Paul Engel @LaughingMonki]

if only i could read
by
firefly light

#haiku #Fireflies

[Kazuko M. @EstherHawdon]

"the owl
seems to be hooting
for fireflies" Issa Kobayashi

(images: Mikiko Noji)

[faysftsuyaku @faysftsuyaku]

Today’s Haiku (June 24, 2022) https://t.co/KOjxPC8FJb

[Rattle @RattlePoetry]

only an eternal present jackhammer

—George Swede
#haiku
http://t.co/RgpMtgBGti

[Ben Gaa @benmoellergaa]

that moment
when the night clouds give back
a star

Anita Virgil
Where The River Goes: The Nature Tradition in English-Language Haiku

#haiku

https://t.co/j9RZ8te7Mk

[siijooo @siijooo]

starting to fold the story
into the glowing skin
a teak cocoon

Ken Sawitri (Indonesia)

ASAHI HAIKUIST NETWORK/ David McMurray | The Asahi Shimbun: Breaking News, Japan News and Analysis：朝日新聞デジタル https://t.co/6uRTSzFHy8

[Consulate General of Japan in Toronto @CGjapanTO]

On Tuesday, March 22, we'll begin posting all of the wonderful haiku we've received for our Sakura Haiku Challenge! We'll be posting well into April, with the intent to welcome the cherry-blossom season in Ontario. Stay tuned!