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Autumn Moon Haiku Journal, Volume 2:1, Autumn/Winter 2018-2019

12/16/2018

 
 Welcome to the second Autumn/Winter issue of Autumn Moon Haiku Journal. The quality of the submissions has continued to be important and I thank those who submitted and were accepted for sharing their haiku moments with others around the world. In looking over these and other submitted haiku, a few issues occurred to me: haiku seems to be based on a balance between sensibility and phrasing. Phrasing should be poetic and not simply conversational. Haiku phrasing should not be overly flowery (which verges on sentimentality) nor overly telegraphic (which even results in poor English), undermining both haiku as poetry and haiku as clearly expressed insight. Sensibility expresses a haiku moment. As it is in much poetry, haiku should be almost musical in its nature. One of the reasons I have included the original language the haiku was written in, is to give the reader, perhaps, a sense of the music inherent in the given language. The music reflects the heightened experience that the poet had in his or her haiku moment. Sensibility is how each individual poet engages with the world. Although it is the same world that each poet engages, their sense of feeling, though often familiar, is decidedly their own. When these issues are considered and expressed by a distinct sensibility, the result leads to what most would consider great poetry.
 
                                                                                                                                   Bruce Ross, December 2018
 
                                                                                        morning frost –
                                                                                     eating all alone
                                                                            a sparrow
                                                                                                               Steve Addiss, USA
 
                                                                                                                                              autumn moon
                                                                                                                                              shining in a bowl
                                                                                                                                              the beggar’s coin
                                                                                                                                                                   Hifsa Ashraf, Pakistan
 
the weight
of my burdens
within the leaves
          Joanna Ashwell, UK
 
                                                          the weight of wind    fall migration
                                                                                                      Susan B. Auld, USA
 
                                                                            winter drizzle
                                                                            the click of the chashaku
                                                                             on the tea bowl’s rim
 
                                                     autumn solitude the indigo horizon at dusk
                                                                                                       Dyana Basist, USA
 
                                                               still life beneath the pond ice
                                                             
                                                               bywyd llonydd o dan iâ’r pwll
                                                                                                     Nicola Brown, Wales
 
november night
an owl interrupts
my visit with the moon
                              Alanna C. Burke, USA
 
                                                                                                                                            twilight . . .
                                                                                                                                            heavy persimmons
                                                                                                                                            on bare branches

                                                                                                                                            le prime luci . . .
                                                                                                                                           pesanti cachi appesi
                                                                                                                                            a rami spogli
                                                                                                                                          Lucia Cardillo, Italy
 
autumn leaves –
people in my life
falling away
          Vernon Chain, USA
 
                                                                                                                                                   deserted village –
                                                                                                                                                   only cranes sleep in it
                                                                                                                                                   forever autumn

                                                                                                                                                   sat părăsit - în el
                                                                                                                                                  mai dorm doar cocorii
                                                                                                                                                  toamna de-a pururi
                                                                                                                                                                     Marius Chelaru, Romania
                                                                                                                                                (transl. Olimpia Iacob and Jim Kacian)
 
autumn running
my lengthening shadow
still ahead

jesienny bieg
mój wydłużony cień
wciąż na przedzie
          Marta Chocilowska, Poland
 
 
                                                                                                                                                stepped
                                                                                                                                                on the cat again
                                                                                                                                                two day storm
                                                                                                                                                                    Sue Colpitts, Canada
 
three generations
in the patchwork quilt
autumn leaves
 
whistling wind
a reflection of candles
in the kitchen window
          Susan Constable, Canada
 
 
                                                                                                                                              loneliness 
                                                                                                                                              autumn rain
                                                                                                                                              comes to me

                                                                                                                                                solitudine 
                                                                                                                                                la pioggia d’autunno 
                                                                                                                                                mi viene incontro
                                                                                                                                                                  Maria Concetta Conti, Italy
 
 
autumn rain . . .
the full moon
cradled in a leaf
          Ellen Cooper, Canada
 
 
                                                                                                                                                  Autumn morning
                                                                                                                                                   among falling leaves
                                                                                                                                                   shadow
                                                                                                                                               Basanta Kumar Das, India
 
 
echoes of crows
from the snowy woods
blue twilight
          Shelly Deuel, USA
 
 
                                                                                                                                                mom’s
                                                                                                                                                languished face
                                                                                                                                                autumn leaf
 
                                                                                                                                                линее
                                                                                                                                                лицето на мама
                                                                                                                                                есенен лист
                                                                                                                                                      Radostina Dragostinova, Bulgaria
 
first snow
the last flames of the fire
about to go out
          Tom Drescher, Canada
 
                                                                                                                                                   searching the sky
                                                                                                                                                   for traces of my ancestors . . .
                                                                                                                                                   winter stars
                                                                                                                                               Rebecca Drouilhet, USA
 
Last snow.
The sparrows remove
flakes and petals.
 
Última nieve.
Los gorriones desprenden
copos y pétalos.
                             Juan Carlos Durilén, Argentina
 
                                                                                                                                                  Winter twilight
                                                                                                                                                   longing at the gate
                                                                                                                                                   I and the moon                                        

                                                                                                                                                  Amurg de iarnă -
                                                                                                                                                   la poarta dorului
                                                                                                                                                   eu și luna
                                                                                                                                                                     Adina Enăchescu, Romania
 
a fallen leaf
on the empty feeder
winter still
          Seren Fargo, USA
 
                                                                                                                                                   butterflies
                                                                                                                                                   barely touch the meadow . . .
                                                                                                                                                   killing frost
                                                                                                                                                                         Donna Fleischer, USA
 
an owl’s hoot
just a nuance away –
snow moon
          Lorin Ford, Australia
 
                                                                                                                                                  frost possible
                                                                                                                                                  the acidanthera’s bell
                                                                                                                                                  draws in a wasp
                                                                                                                                             LeRoy Gorman, Canada
 
late October
the pear-tree saves for me
only rain

поздний октябрь
груша бережёт для меня
только дождь
          Irina Guliaeva, Russia
 
 
                                                                                                                                              sleepless night
                                                                                                                                              the winter wind finds
                                                                                                                                              a way inside
 
                                                                                                                                              uykusuz gece
                                                                                                                                              kış rüzgârı içerde
                                                                                                                                              bir yol buluyor
                                                                                                                                                                            Engin Gülez, Turkey
 
finally rain
sparrows in puddles
puff out dust clouds
                          John Hawkhead, UK

                                                                                                                                               in a leafless tree
                                                                                                                                               persimmons glisten . . .
                                                                                                                                               winter dreams
 
                                                                                                                                              一棵无叶树,
                                                                                                                                               柿子挂枝头。
                                                                                                                                              闪闪发光趣,
                                                                                                                                              冬天多梦幽。
                                                                                                                                                                    David He,
                                                                                                                                                               People’s Republic of China
 
 
apple cider
I take my first sip
of October
          Diane Hemingway, USA
 
                                                                                                                                                 winter reveals
                                                                                                                                                  snug nest
                                                                                                                                                  snow covered
 
                                                                                                                                                  fuyu arawasu
                                                                                                                                                  igokochi no yoi su
                                                                                                                                                  yuki umare
 
                                                                                                                                                  冬表す
                                                                                                                                                  居心地のよい巣
                                                                                                                                                  雪うまれ
                                                                                                                                                                           Judith Hishikawa, USA
 
cold soup
the neverendigness
of winter
          Louise Hopewell, Australia
 
                                                                                                                                                 windblown leaves
                                                                                                                                                 shadows chasing shadows
                                                                                                                                                 across the moon

                                                                                                                                                 sweeping leaves
                                                                                                                                                 on a blustery day –
                                                                                                                                                 chemo cycles
                                                                                                                                         Marilyn Humbert, Australia
 
in the mailbox
only yellow leaves –
I’m still waiting

în cutia de scrisori                   
doar frunze galbene -             
eu încă aștept             
          Letiţia Lucia Iubu, Romania          
  
                                                                                                                                             mountain cabin
                                                                                                                                             coyote’s howl drifts
                                                                                                                                             into the New Year
                                                                                                                                                                Jeanne Jorgensen, Canada
 
though you won’t be the last
please hold on tight –
yellowed leaf
          Skylar Kay, Canada
 
                                                                                                                                             a newborn’s cry
                                                                                                                                            all the phases
                                                                                                                                            of the moon
                                                                                                                                                                  kjmunro, Canada
 
sapsucker holes
ring the bare trunk
fallen apples
          Deborah P Kolodji, USA
 
                                                                                                                                                On the wet asphalt
                                                                                                                                                 in step with me, a snail –
                                                                                                                                                 towards autumn

                                                                                                                                                 Pe asfaltul ud
                                                                                                                                                 la pas cu mine, un melc –
                                                                                                                                                 încolo, toamna
                                                                                                                                                              Utta-Siegrid König, Romania
 
moonstones
mixing the dough
with my hands
          Jessica Malone Latham, USA
 
                                                                                                                                                  predawn stillness
                                                                                                                                                  a red fox
                                                                                                                                                  laps the autumn moon
                                                                                                                                                          John Llewellyn Lewis, Canada
 
watching moonrise
wrapped in snow
cement Buddha
          Kristen Lindquist, USA
 
                                                                                                                                                autumn morning
                                                                                                                                                a nameless hill
                                                                                                                                                in the haze

                                                                                                                                                јесење јутро 
                                                                                                                                                безимени брежуљак 
                                                                                                                                                у сумаглици 
                                                                                                                                                        Mile Lisica, Bosnia and Herzegovina
 
face to face
with a harvest moon
the scarecrow

與秋收月
面對面
一個稻草人
                   Chen-ou Liu, Canada
 
                                                                                                                                                 bittersweet vines
                                                                                                                                                 I walk quietly
                                                                                                                                                 between deer
                                                                                                                                                                     paul m., USA
 
short days –
my shadow stretches
across the field

hedgehog
the deep sleep
of winter trees
          Martha Magenta, UK
 
                                                                                                                                                  me
                                                                                                                                                  my shadow –
                                                                                                                                                  solitude

                                                                                                                                                   io
                                                                                                                                                   la mia ombra
                                                                                                                                                   solitudine
                                                                                                                                                                      Antonio Mangiameli, Italy
 
frozen bird bath –
a crow slipping
across the moon
 
jgheab înghețat –
o cioară alunecă
pe lună
                Andrei Manoliu, Romania
 
                                                             northern lights no need for words

                                                                norrsken inga ord nödvändiga
                                                                                                                           Anna Maris, Sweden
 
Winter afternoon
Under a tiny sun
the merry-go-round

Tarde de invierno
Bajo un sol diminuto
la calesita
          Lía Miersch, Argentina
 
                                                                                                                                               winter solstice –
                                                                                                                                                a long conversation
                                                                                                                                                about the year
                                                                                                                                                                   Joanne Morcom, Canada
 
winter night
the sound of the heater
and the clock
          Tim Murphy, Ireland/Spain
 
                                                                                   Christmas Eve
                                                                                   on the store window, a breath
                                                                                   growing and fading

                                                     autumn rain the weight of earth in my breath
                                                                                                                Indra Neil Mekala, India
 
cloud hands –
shoveling mounds of snow
with t’ai chi
          Suzanne Niedzielska, USA
 
                                                                                       milkweed seeds
                                                                                       whirl in the wind
                                                                                       first chemo

                                                                                       rows of pumpkins
                                                                                       in the drizzling rain
                                                                                       a father and daughter

                                                                       the length of a sigh falling leaf
                                                                                                                    Victor Ortiz, USA
 
a fiddler
in the cupola
harvest moon

kitchen girl
before the doors open
a row of bowls

late-harvest corn
a bin at the back
for the needy
          Roland Packer, Canada
 
                                                                                                                                                fall equinox
                                                                                                                                                the tree replicates
                                                                                                                                                my palm lines
                                                                                                                                     Pravat Kumar Padhy, India
 
night train –
in every station
the same moon
 
tren de noapte ­–
în fiecare stație
aceeași lună
                 Mihai Pascaru, Romania
 
                                                                                                                                                 gathering acorns
                                                                                                                                                 between heavy showers
                                                                                                                                                 the jay’s morning

                                                                                                                                                 casglu mes
                                                                                                                                                 rhwng cawodydd trwm 
                                                                                                                                                 bore sgrech y coed
                                                                                                                                        Thomas Powell, Wales
 
 
midnight
alone in the whiteness
a crow flaps down
          Carol Raisfeld, USA
 
                                                                                                                                                all hallows’ eve
                                                                                                                                                the white wisps
                                                                                                                                                of floating clouds
                                                                                                                                          Dian Duchin Reed, USA
 
 
winding
my alarm clock  . . .
winter wind
          Edward J. Rielly, USA
 
 
                                                                                                                                               leaves crinkle
                                                                                                                                               beneath his feet
                                                                                                                                               starlight
                                                                                                                                                              Joan Marie Roberts, Canada
 
emptying myself
in the silence
of moonlight
          Aron Rothstein, USA
 
 
                                                                                                                                              the violin
                                                                                                                                              I never got to play
                                                                                                                                              yellowing leaves
                                                                                                                                                               Agnes Eva Savich, USA
 
 
all my dreams
not come true
winter stars
 
tous mes rêves 
non réalisés
étoiles d'hiver
          Olivier Schopfer, Switzerland
 
 
                                                                                                                                              moonshine
                                                                                                                                              deeper shadows
                                                                                                                                              this harvest
                                                                                                                                                               Susan Spooner, Canada
 
 
caribou migration
a river that wasn’t here
yesterday
          Debbie Strange, Canada
 
 
                                                                                                                                                the stray dog’s new name
                                                                                                                                                a little gold left
                                                                                                                                                in the leaves
                                                                                                                                        Kyle Sullivan, Taiwan/USA
 
 
misty afternoon
someone’s dog leads
the way home
 
senja berkabut 
anjing milik seseorang
menuntun pulang
          Agus Maulana Sunjaya, Indonesia
 
 
 
                                                                                                                                                   autumn chill –
                                                                                                                                                   through a scarlet oak
                                                                                                                                                   the blood moon
                                                                                                                                                                Andre Surridge, New Zealand
 
 
morning fog –
the vague shape of
a leafless tree
          Angela Terry, USA
 
 
                                                                                                                                                   yellow leaves
                                                                                                                                                   the sky a fuller shade
                                                                                                                                                   of blue
 
                                                                                                                                                    storm breakers
                                                                                                                                                    the wind and i
                                                                                                                                                    all night
                                                                                                                                         Jennifer Thiermann, USA
 
 
vespers –
a flock of crows crossing
the valley
 
vecernie –
un stol de ciori
traversînd valea
          Maria Tirenescu, Romania
 
 
                                                                                                                                              grieving
                                                                                                                                              my hair wet with
                                                                                                                                              autumn mist
                                                                                                                                                                 Stephen Toft, UK
 
 
                                                                                 first frost…
                                                                                 I wrap hands around
                                                                                 a child with mumps

                                                      初霜やおたふくの子の頬を手で包む
                                               Hatsushimo ya otafuku no ko no hō o te de tutsumu
                                                                                                                             Norie Umeda, Japan
 
 
October wind
a scissor-tailed flycatcher
still on the line
          Kevin Valentine, USA
 
 
                                                                                                                                             first autumn rain  . . .
                                                                                                                                             we talk of coming back
                                                                                                                                             next year
                                                                                                                                                                Michael Dylan Welch, USA
 
 
moon
the color of the stars
we hold inside
 
autumn rain
the endless gratitude
of trees
          J. Zimmerman, UK
 


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