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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
ビリジアンの絵の具買ひ足す春愁 明隅礼子
birijian no enogu kaitasu shunshū
buying more
viridian paint
spring melancholy
Reiko Akezumi
from Haiku, a monthly haiku magazine, May 2022 Issue, Kabushiki Kaisha Kadokawa, Tokyo
囀りや海の平らを死者歩く 三橋鷹女
saezuri ya umi no taira o shisha aruku
birds’ chirp−
on the calm ocean
the dead walks
Takajo Mitsuhashi
from Haiku, a monthly haiku magazine, May 2022 Issue, Kabushiki Kaisha Kadokawa, Tokyo
Fay’s Note: Takajo Mitsuhashi (1899-1972)
結界の石段のぼる春の鹿 藤本美和子
kekkai no ishidan noboru haru no shika
sacred area
spring deer climbing
the stone steps
Miwako Fujimoto
from Haiku, a monthly haiku magazine, May 2022 Issue, Kabushiki Kaisha Kadokawa, Tokyo
飛べば消え止まれば光り蜂の翅 小川軽舟
tobeba kie tomareba hikari hachi no hane
they disappear in the air
they shine at rest
bee’s wings
Keishu Ogawa
from Haiku, a monthly haiku magazine, May 2022 Issue, Kabushiki Kaisha Kadokawa, Tokyo
チューリップかなしい春は誰にでも 依光陽子
chūrippu kanashii haru wa dare ni demo
tulips
everybody has
sad spring
Yoko Yorimitsu
from Haiku, a monthly haiku magazine, May 2022 Issue, Kabushiki Kaisha Kadokawa, Tokyo
Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi) 