wisteria flowers
have bloomed deep
in my calves
ふくらはぎの深さに藤の花咲けり
pizzicato firefly
pizzicato firefly
ピッチカート蛍ピッチカート蛍
summer fish
more silent
than silver
夏の魚銀色よりも静かなり
the sound of collapse within it
canna lily
その中に崩落の音花カンナ
yellow leaves fall
when the light
is too heavy
黄落す光が重たすぎるとき
mothers smile
in shades of morning glory
母たちは朝顔色にほほえみぬ
a form
that defies itself
lightning
自らに逆らうかたち稲光
spring birds
strumming
the horizon!
春の鳥水平線をつまびくよ
in the wolf’s eyes
a medieval wind
狼の目に中世の風ありぬ
the Aegean
Sea-colored wings
of the electric fan
エーゲ海色の翼の扇風機
the lake
freezes over
wing-dark
みずうみは凍てて翼の昏さかな
viewing cherry blossoms
still in human form
まだ人のかたちで桜見ています
I hold my breath
and stick the blade in the flesh
of Christmas Eve
息止めて聖夜の肉に刃を入れる
white balloon flowers
girls showing each other
their scars
白ききょう傷を見せ合う少女たち
asleep on a trip
I sound like a sheet of rain
旅に寝て我は一枚の雨音
it ends with you
it begins with cherry blossoms
どこまでがあなたどこからが桜
Milky Way
still dripping wet
over the town
銀漢はびしょ濡れのまま街の上
after the typhoon
the weeds and I
are all mixed up
野分あと草とわたくしと混ざる
fingertips
for music
spring stars
音楽のための指先春の星
spring evening–
shellwork
on the bandoneón
春宵やバンドネオンの貝細工
greeting each other
cheek to cheek
spring orchids
頬と頬つけるあいさつ春の蘭
South American birdsong
sun-scented
南米のさえずり太陽の匂い
in spring light
the blind man
starts to sing
春光の盲いの男歌い出す
taking off at night
Argentinian haze
in the window
夜の離陸窓にアルゼンチン朧
Popona Tsukino (b. 1965 in Nagano, Japan) is the pen name of Michiyo Kigawa. She moved to New York, USA, in 1992. She started writing haiku in 2002 after encountering renku, tanka, and haiku online. In 2004, she joined Kaitei and started studying under Tohta Kaneko. She went on to win the 43rd Kaitei Newcomer’s Prize in 2008. That same year, she participated in the NY Haiku Association and Hakobune (New York).
She is a member of many haiku associations, including Mame-no-Ki, and she has won many other awards, including the Mame-no-Ki Prize in 2009 and 2019, the 28th Gendai Haiku Association New Face Award in 2010, the 63rd Kadokawa Haiku Prize in 2017, and the Blue Earth Award in 2018. She is not only a member of the Gendai Haiku Association, but is also a representative of the Hoshi-no-Shima Haiku Association (formerly known as the New York Haiku Association).
Tsukino is married to the pianist Taka Kigawa.
Sources:
https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%9C%88%E9%87%8E%E3%81%BD%E3%81%BD%E3%81%AA
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