snowball fight
grandpa shields his granddaughter
with an umbrella
bitwa na śnieżki
dziadek osłania wnuczkę
parasolem
ESUJ-H (The English-Speaking Union of Japan)January 2026
The Daily Haiku April 7, 2026, Charlotte Digregorio's Writer's Blog
snowball fight
grandpa shields his granddaughter
with an umbrella
bitwa na śnieżki
dziadek osłania wnuczkę
parasolem
ESUJ-H (The English-Speaking Union of Japan)January 2026
The Daily Haiku April 7, 2026, Charlotte Digregorio's Writer's Blog
white and white
a nun picks flowers
of black elder
biało i biało
mniszka zrywa baldachy
czarnego bzu
on thin ice
one raven is having fun
one is a viewer
薄氷に 戯る鴉 見る鴉
na cienkim lodzie
jeden kruk się zabawia
drugi jest widzem
ESUJ-H April, 2025
(The English-Speaking Union of Japan-Haiku Programme)
down to the valley
the deer's resounding roar
goes on and on
w dół ku dolinie
tubalny ryk jeleni
trwa i trwa
Girls' Day
we dust the carpets
in doll's house
Święto Dziewczyn
odkurzamy dywany
w domku dla lalek
Hinamatsuri (雛祭り), also called Doll's Day or Girls' Day, is a religious (Shinto) holiday in Japan, celebrated on 3 March of each year. Platforms covered with a red carpet–material are used to display a set of ornamental dolls (雛人形, hina-ningyō) representing the Emperor, Empress, attendants, and musicians in traditional court dress of the Heian period.
frosty morning
I put a darning mushroom
in a sheep wool sock
mrożny poranek
grzybek do cerowania
wkłada w skarpetę
wild strawberries
grandson and grandma
both bent low
poziomki
i wnuczek i babcia
pochyleni
spring cleaning
my roommate spider
takes a backseat
wiosenne porządki
mój współlokator pająk
wycofuje się
leaf mould
the rhinoceros beetle
goes to rest
kompost z liści
na spoczynek podąża
chrząszcz rohatyniec
fresh snow
the bullfinches flock
on the rowan
świeży śnieg
gile gromadzą się
na jarzębinie
potatoes harvest
a bluish smoke floats
over pastures
wykopki
niebieski dym snuje się
na pastwiskach