summertime / lato

summertime
on her light-green hair
new highlights

lato
w jej jasnozielonych włosach
nowe pasemka

Haiku Dialogue 31.07.2019 - willow

plastic figure

Haiku Dialogue: What’s at Hand Finale. Here is my example of a tacky souvenir:

plastic figure –
on the holy water bottle
screw cap-crown

plastikowa figura -
na butelce z wodą święconą
zakrętka-korona

Haiku Dialogue: What’s at Hand Finale: a tacky souvenir 26.06.2019

mother's day / Dzień Matki

mother’s Day
in my scrambled eggs
broken shells

dzień matki
w mojej jajecznicy
pełno skorupek

Haiku Dialogue: What’s at Hand - a broken shell 19.06.19

Comment by Mona Williams:Marta Chocilowska’s mother’s Day offers an unmistakable image of childish love. She also lets us help put it together!

end of summer / koniec lata

end of summer
listening to the sea
in a glass bottle

koniec lata
wsłuchując się w szum morza
w szklanej butelce

Haiku Dialogue: What’s at Hand - a glass bottle

commented by Alan Summers: I love how the present participle which becomes a gerund really works here! I can imagine the end of Summer, or the end of a holiday season, and an empty bottle listening to each other. Wonderful!

 Haiku Dialogue: What’s at Hand Week 18 a weathered wall in this week

wartime pillbox
on a weathered wall
scribbled letters

wojenny bunkier
na zwietrzałej ścianie
coś nabazgrane 

Haiku Dialogue: What’s at Hand Week 18 a weathered wall 29.05.2019

an empty can / pusta puszka

an empty can
rolling across the street
my insomnia

pusta puszka
toczy się po ulicy
moja bezsenność

Haiku Dialogue: What’s at Hand Week 16 theme: an empty can 15.05.2019

comment by Pat Davis: The thing that struck me right away about Marta’s haiku was that it could be read with a break after Line 1 or Line 2 !

Comment by Alan Summers: Great last line ‘my insomnia’ and the decision to make it that last line really works well!
I love how the middle line isn’t designed to be a pivot line but it has the same effect on this reader (me)!
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But because there is no overt or telegraphed pivot line, the haiku is so much more powerful, than a comparison technique of comparing one thing against another.
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If there is ever an anthology out of the work posted by KJMunro and Craig Kittner, this is a definite one to be in there!
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a small coffin / trumienka

a small coffin
on father’s other arm
the mourning cloak

trumienka
na drugim ramieniu ojca
rusałka żałobnik

Comment by Guest Editor Craig Kittner:
"Marta Chocilowska tells us much with very little. By the words she chose, we can surmise that the narrator is holding onto her father’s other arm, and (since the coffin is small) that she is a child and the deceased is her sibling. The juxtaposition of this sad scene with the beauty of the aptly named butterfly provides a rich experience".

Comment by Alan Summers
Haiku Dialogue — What’s at Hand: theme : a colorful insect.

Antologia polskiego haiku funeralnego – Nieobecność / Polish funeral haiku anthology – Absence, June 2021

the sweltering heat / piekielny upał

Haiku Dialogue: What’s at Hand Week 10 - a threadbare blanket.

the sweltering heat . . .
on the old man’s shoulders
a threadbare blanket

piekielny upał
na ramionach staruszka
wyświechtany koc

Haiku Dialogue: What’s at Hand: a threadbare blanket 03.04.2019

outdoor lunch

outdoor lunch
a mooching stray goes off 
with my wings

lunch na zewnątrz
wałęsający się lump
kradnie skrzydełka

Haiku Dialogue: What’s at Hand . This week’s theme was a takeout menu 20.03.2019.

crooked tea bowl / koślawa czarka

crooked tea bowl—
the master’s favorite
of Raku workshops

(Raku ware  is a type of Japanese pottery traditionally used in Japanese tea ceremonies).

koślawa czarka—
mistrza warsztatów Raku
ulubiona

Haiku Dialogue: What’s at Hand 13.03.2019. This week’s theme was a favorite vessel.

a gypsy dancer / taniec cyganki

a gypsy dancer
the smooth coins jingling
on her hips

taniec cyganki
brzęk wygładzonych monet
na jej biodrach
Haiku Dialogue: What’s at Hand Week 4 (20.02.2019), theme " a smooth coin".

end of liaison / koniec związku

end of liaison
returned to the library
‘the art of loving’

koniec związku
zwrócona do biblioteki
‘sztuka kochania‘
Haiku Dialogue: What’s at Hand Week 3 - this week’s theme was a borrowed book.

soft light of dawn /miękkie światło świtu

soft light of dawn
on a velvet throw pillow
a newborn cat

miękkie światło świtu
na aksamitnym jaśku
koci osesek
Haiku Dialogue: What’s at Hand - a throw pillow 06.02.2019 edited by Craig Kittner.