Inspired by the EarthRise Rolling Haiku Collaboration, organized on the page of The Haiku Foundation, we decided to make a collection of translated haiku. We wanted to give our Bulgarian readers, who do not have sufficient knowledge of the English language, the opportunity to connect with the perceptions and visions of their friends from around the world.
Many poets replied to our invitation, and we are immensely grateful to all of you!
The collection grew bigger than we expected:
Международен ден на хайку поезията ~ International Haiku Poetry Day
A special thanks to our team of translators and proofreaders!
Thank you,
Tzetzka Ilieva (Vida)
диви люляци ~ wild lilacs 
advancing years– (Taj Mahal Review, Dec 2-14)
wildflowers take over
the garden
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receding wave…
crab holes breathe
the milky way
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Honourable Mention 13th Mainichi Haiku Contest 2009
Kala Ramesh
India
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rising sun . . .
in the dark rain forest
a hundred eyes
A Vast Sky –World Haiku Anthology, spring 2015
Kala Ramesh
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morning prayers
the rising sun between
my hands
..
Ambrosia Journal of Fine haiku – spring 2009
Kala Ramesh
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morning rush
a dewdrop dangles
the sun
.
Ambrosia- Journal of Fine Haiku Summer – 2010
Kala Ramesh
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Surya Namaskar as much as I can
Johannes S. H. Bjerg, Denmark
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first dawn alone–
the widow eats his half
of the orange
Alegria Imperial
First Place, free format category, Shiku kukai Sept 2013
Per Diem Daily Haiku, “Light and Dark”, December 2014, Per Diem Archive on the Haiku Foundation Website, and the Haiku App.”
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our breaths
suspended between skies—
monarch butterfly
Alegria Imperial
honourable mention
2013 Diogen Autumn Contest
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twilight rain
the blue heron mid-lake
somehow smaller
Alegria Imperial
Commended, Traditional haiku
The Haiku Foundation’s 2012 Haiku Now Contest
Under the Basho 2013
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My poem
on the tip of the pen.
Eager to moonrise.
Circumnavigation.
My Magellanic haiku
follows the daybreak.
Around the world.
A flock of haiku flying
toward the sunrise.
Overcast day.
Only the clock is knowing
about noon.
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Happy Haiku Day around the world! 🙂
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corn moon
the jackdaw shifts
its iris
.
Alan Summers
Asahi Shimbun (International Haiku Day April 17th 2015)
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rainbow flag
mother tiptoes around
the subject
Roberta Beary. USA/Ireland
Pub credits: cattails May 2014, editor’s choice award; Deflection (Accents Publishing, 2015)
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spring cleaning
finding who I was
stuck in the closet
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night train…
holding my thoughts
a little closer
Brendon Kent Southampton, England
Sonic Boom edition two April 2015
Happy International haiku day 😉
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empty birdnest-
the phone calls that never come
from my children
An Apology of Flowers.
2014
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Lovely Pine resin
Difficult to wash away
Savored suffering
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spring rain
silent conversation
under our umbrella
Moonset literary newspaper, vol 4 (2), Fall 2008
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longest day …
a dried flower
further dries
(Archana Kapoor Nagpal, Bangalore, India)
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village well —
women balance the sky
on their shoulders
Cattails haiku January 2015 Issue
(Editor’s Choice)
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a baton whooshes in C#
– First published in ‘Bones’ Issue 6
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singing bowl . . .
the time it takes to
hold the moon
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wiping his face
under the umbrella
an old man with books
–R.K.Singh
Mainichi Daily News, December 9, 2010 & Under the Basho. Vol.1, No.1, Autumn 2013
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never noticed
until she wiped her tears
the missing ring
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morning fill my nose
sun crisp linen, warm goose down
lilacs on your breath.
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starry night
a sparrow in the tree
without company
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in light of
wild violets…
nightcap
.
dawn chorus
the night shift spills out
into the street
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Good company
all along the road
the full moon so bright
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he knows me
by my maiden name—
October roses
(Modern Haiku, 2011, Carving Darkness, Red Moon Anthology 2011)
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lighting butter lamps
your death anniversary
what else can I do?
Frogpond Volume 33 Number 3, Fall 2010, Per Diem Archive: J. Galmitz and P. Pfleuger, Jr. 2011, Trends
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