domenica 17 marzo 2024

My Haiku and Senryu / I miei haiku e senryu in "Lothlorien Poetry Journal"

A very special thanks to Strider Marcus Jones for featuring ten haiku and senryu of mine on Lothlorien Poetry Journal along with perfectly matching images! Un ringraziamento speciale a Strider Marcus Jones per aver dato spazio a dieci miei haiku e senryu su Lothlorien Poetry Journal corredandoli di immagini che si abbinano alla perfezione! https://lothlorienpoetryjournal.blogspot.com/2024/03/ten-haiku-and-senryu-by-maurizio.html ssp apsv haikua

venerdì 15 marzo 2024

I miei haiku invernali / My Winter Haiku in "Synchronized Chaos"

Felice di vedere alcuni miei haiku invernali (in italiano e in inglese) sul numero di metà marzo di “Synchronized Chaos”. Elated to have some winter haiku of mine (in Italian and English) published in the mid-March issue of “Synchronized Chaos": https://synchchaos.com/winter-haiku-from-maurizio-brancaleoni/    ssp apsv haikua

Ecco alcuni dei mie preferiti / Here are some of my favourites:

 


mercoledì 13 marzo 2024

My Haiku Selected by Maria Wang for Haiku Garden's Weekly Best / Il mio haiku scelto da Maria Wang per i "migliori della settimana" di Haiku Garden

Grazie mille a Maria Wang per aver incluso il mio haiku tra i “migliori della settimana” (26 febbraio-10 marzo) del gruppo Haiku Garden! Huge thanks to Maria Wang for including my haiku in Haiku Garden’s Weekly Best (February 26-March 10)! ssp apsv haikua


domenica 3 marzo 2024

My Sonnet "Inscribed In Siltstone" in "Synchronized Chaos"

I’m very pleased to announce that my unconventional sonnet “Inscribed In Siltstone” about fossils and their obscure antiquity appears in the March issue of “Synchronized Chaos”. You can read it here. ssp

martedì 27 febbraio 2024

Haiku by Rufliyandhie Rambe

 All rights of the texts presented here remain with the author.


 

heat haze

corruption crimes very often involve a number of names


twittering

the witnesses' statements varied at trial


bee

he winced in pain on his speeding bicycle


nest

no more junk in the kitchen


twitter

a pair of eyeballs concentrated on a lens mounted on the gun


spring soil

residents were shocked by the discovery of the fetus


spring sea

the flow of information is never devoid of human trafficking issues


balloon

the little boy immediately picked up a rolled piece of paper that had fallen on the floor


first butterfly

my neighbor has returned from abroad having plastic surgery


chainsaw

the weeping willow was so close to the building


valentine's day

has my order arrived at her house?


soap bubble

my income is mediocre


spring light

the instructors painstakingly provide guidance to the farmers


spring soil

tear gas spray succeeded in dispersing the crowd's concentration


spring ballad

the courtroom is never empty of divorce cases


migration

electric cables along the road are covered in swallows


suminagashi
traces of the past stuck in his painting


rain
the clouds had been bribed with tons of salt


kite
many people want to be Superman


Heroes' Day*

warriors' wives live in rickety huts


*In Indonesia it is celebrated on November 10 to commemorate the 1945 Battle of Surabaya. haikua

 

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martedì 13 febbraio 2024

Two Poems by Amelia Rosselli (Translation by Maurizio Brancaleoni)

 

*All rights reserved. No part of the following translation may be reproduced in any form or by any means without prior authorization. For information, send an e-mail to mbmbrancaleoni@gmail.com.*

 

[Amelia Rosselli, “Le poesie”, Garzanti, p.520]

 

A face of yours does have human contours

a gesture of yours is really springlike and

a looking at me of yours is the first of the things


I think of when – in the vivid excelling

of the afternoon clouds – very slowly I

look for you.


And if dying is an everyday thing

your glance too has evil lights

and a sign of shyness or of love of yours


does nothing but delay the horror

of a day.

 

 

[Amelia Rosselli, “Le poesie”, Garzanti, p.612]

 

Hunger blew and it was extreme, the symptom

or the (singular) single fit of an extreme

passion, sincere – with its spreading


iconoclastic clothes on the ground and on the

sidewalk – of a lost value and remotely


what I’d have wanted to do. Sincerity

(oh fit of the last passion), sincere

it was, in its waking up at the forbidden hour


and in taking out, from each brush or toothpaste

what could be the good hour

the ungraspable moment now that the matter


is delicate; and you would count the hours, of a

possible prize of yours, and you would count the future

as if it were coins!

 

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mercoledì 24 gennaio 2024

My Tree-Themed Poem in "Pure Haiku"

Thrilled to announce that my winter haiku prompted by a painting of three snow-ridden trees by Elisa Lang appears on “Pure Haiku” today. haikua ssp



venerdì 19 gennaio 2024

My Year-End Senryu in "Five Fleas" and "Scarlet Dragonfly Journal"

 haikua ssp



lunedì 16 ottobre 2023

Il mio haiku autunnale in "Memorie di una geisha"

Grazie infinite a Eufemia Griffo per aver pubblicato sul suo blog “Memorie di una geisha” il mio haiku autunnale con un’immagine a tema molto evocativa: https://eueufemia.wordpress.com/2023/10/14/una-selezione-di-haiku-di-autori-vari-12/

haikua apsv


domenica 15 ottobre 2023

My Haiku in "Scarlet Dragonfly Journal"

Glad to share my two haiku recently published in "Scarlet Dragonfly Journal".haikua ssp




mercoledì 27 settembre 2023

Intervista e haiku su "Memorie di una geisha"

Grazie mille a Eufemia Griffo per avermi ospitato sul suo blog di poesia “Memorie di una geisha” con un’intervista e alcuni haiku. haikua apsv

 

1) Presentati brevemente, indicando anche il tuo blog, se ne usi uno per pubblicare.

Ho cominciato a scrivere da adolescente e non ho più smesso, anche se nel tempo sono cambiate le forme e gli stili. Nell’ormai lontano 2011 pubblicai il mio primo componimento in un’antologia poetica cartacea a tema “La Notte”. Da allora, nel corso degli anni e con qualche iato, ho pubblicato diversi racconti, poesie e saggi in italiano e in inglese in varie antologie e riviste, sia in formato cartaceo che digitale.
Per quanto riguarda la mia attività di traduttore, tralasciando i primi acerbi tentativi, ho iniziato a dedicarmi alla traduzione in maniera più consapevole e professionale a partire dal 2012. Dopo la tesi triennale in Lingue e Culture, nel 2018 mi sono laureato in Scienze linguistiche e della traduzione alla Sapienza di Roma….



**Continua a leggere l’intervista e gli haiku**


domenica 24 settembre 2023

My Haiku in "Plum Tree Tavern" and "Five Fleas"

Kudos to Morgen John for continuing his father's work and keeping alive the renowned poetry blog Plum Tree Tavern. Here are my two haiku recently featured on the website: https://theplumtreetavern.blogspot.com/2023/09/the-snail-rooster.html    haikua ssp

 

...and big thanks to Roberta Jacobson for including my 'school haiku' in yesterday's selection for "Five Fleas": https://fivefleas.blogspot.com/2023/09/afternoon-of-september-23-2023.html

venerdì 8 settembre 2023

My Summer Haiku in "Asahi Haikuist Network"

Elated to share my summer haiku published in the prestigious Asahi Haikuist Network edited by David McMurray: https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/14993322    haikua ssp

giovedì 10 agosto 2023

Haiku by Laura Marino Trotta

 All rights of the texts presented here remain with the author.


the sky darkens

till it’s shut out —

stale bread


November in my bosom —

touching a new silence

of grey silk


autumn’s eyes —

long rainy roads

without a voice


flightless sky —

white notes of silence fall


I cultivate darkness

in the silence of my

vast garden


two lamps lit

in the evening —

the dark all around


silk rags

the memories in the night —

scattered coins


snowy fields —

a knot of silence

blocks my thoughts


flowing water —

the late autumn light

is gentler


wild plants

in the wall cracks —

motherless


pitch-coloured sky —

all the light behind

waits for the morning


distorted note —

surrounded by the sun

the empty chair


asphalt night —

voices in the silence

rust and wind


bitter almonds —

the lights under the tree go out


windows lit

on others' lives —

night all around


solo violin —

the wind bends the branches

towards autumn


the wind drops —

in solitude

the last wheat spike


flaxen sky —

I sow yellow primroses

between the wrinkles


winter kiss —

the snow falling slowly

between earth and sky


fallen veils —

sunsets in the eyes

on a grey wall


no more sky —

the heart confused by

asphalt meadows


in the dry grass

crows two by two —

lost memories

 

 

Laura Marino Trotta was born in Rome, she then moved to Florence to attend the Faculty of Agriculture and, subsequently, the Academy of Fine Arts and the Free School of Nude.

Various work activities have followed one another over the years, while her search across multiple expressive possibilities and her commitment in the Third Sector have remained constant over time. haikua

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lunedì 7 agosto 2023

My Ku in "Haikuniverse"

Humbled and grateful to have my haiku published in “Haikuniverse”.   haikua ssp


lunedì 10 luglio 2023

My 'Bird Haiku' / I miei 'haiku sugli uccelli' in "Lothlorien Poetry Journal"

Thrilled to have a bunch of unconventional bird themed haiku (with a little homage to artist Muyassar Kurdi) published in 'Lothlorien Poetry Journal'. Una grande emozione vedere pubblicati alcuni miei haiku non convenzionali sugli uccelli (con un piccolo omaggio all'artista Muyassar Kurdi) su 'Lothlorien Poetry Journal'. haikua ssp apsv


**Read the haiku / Leggi gli haiku **

 


 

sabato 8 luglio 2023

My Haiku / Un mio haiku in "Shadow Pond Journal"

Elated to share a haiku of mine appearing in “Shadow Pond Journal”. Felicissimo di condividere un mio haiku pubblicato su “Shadow Pond Journal”. haikua ssp apsv

 


martedì 4 luglio 2023

My 'Itchy' Haiku in "Five Fleas"

Huge thanks to editor Roberta Jacobson for featuring my ‘itchy’ poem in “Five Fleas”.  haikua ssp

giovedì 29 giugno 2023

My June Ku in "Haiku Corner"

Delighted and honoured to have my haiku included in the Haiku Corner selection for Week 23 (5 - 9 June 2023). haikua ssp


 

mercoledì 28 giugno 2023

More Fabulous Haiku by Walter Penna


All rights of the texts presented here remain with the author.

 

20230513

now plagued by wordplay

punished by prompt plethora

prepare some proverbs

 

20230611

nor days nor nights - the...

endless life one is left with...

becomes one's phantom


20230420

avoid the street yet

now like Issa sweep the step

dust off 'Good mornings'


20230408

it is late so soon

from being early so long

let it feel timeless


20230416

Spring anoints blind hope

hands the texture of forest

bear witness turn sod


20230418

When Metaphor plays -

a Finnish farmhouse dance night

finishes at dawn


20230425

Little Collins Street

like dear Gertrude van Seltzig

cries out for haiku


20230609

linguists, linguini,

lingerie - long lists lean like

lizards licking lunch


20230419

feel for an orange

draw off peel that draws the eye

segment my pleasure


20230624

time stands still and waits

for our awareness to call

survey so-called once


20230610

Issa at Eastbourne -

oh for the sake of saké

let the mermaids see!

 

'Imagine'


20230427

slapped down like wet fish

some glisten lie caught complete

some ask with one eye


20230504

Issa's jasmine tea

cools untouched as he withdraws

into the same world


20230512

watch new life unfurl -

a sense of close remoteness

reaches into us.

 

'On ferns in Spring'



20230515

Time and man measure

the long shadow of the wind

where the grasses wave


20230514

walk to Seahouses

my inner Issa smells shell

as it becomes sand


20230516

with day's dark decease

beginnings and conclusions

linger in our dreams


20230518

no scat lays a trail

so go out the wrong entrance

get lost hurriedly


'In search of the Engine Room, Tottenham Hale'


20230526

a late night silence

slinks through the world's solitude

paws at weariness


20230603

post midnight quiet -

no early June revellers

are heard rejoicing


20230409

nest like no other

woven by Kobayashi

from his oldest broom


'WARNING - Contains haiku'


20230317

the corner unlit

needs mobile screen to assist

5-7-5 moments



Walter Penna, the Cornish poet resident in London considers himself Cornish European, writes haiku and other poetic forms. Influences – Bashô, Robert Frost, Ogden Nash, Hilaire Belloc, Chekov and Théophile Gautier among a lifetime of others. haikua

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venerdì 23 giugno 2023

My Orchid-Themed 5-7-5 in "Pure Haiku"

I’m grateful to “Pure Haiku” editor Freya Pickard for selecting my 5-7-5 written in response to the fourth picture clockwise in an orchid photo sequence by Jonathon B. Hoyt. Feel free to leave a comment with your thoughts here. haikua ssp




lunedì 12 giugno 2023

Una poesia di Donatella Maino


Offertorio


s'eleva ad offertorio

il sole d'alba,

s'insinua nella bocca,

apre la gola a liturgie segrete,

un elogio alla negazione:

un gioco inquietante di volti

mangiati dalla notte, colpiti alle spalle

dalla mia disperata voglia di salvarli.

muoio ogni giorno su navate incompiute

prendendo la forma di un libro profanato.

 

Donatella Maino



domenica 11 giugno 2023

I miei haiku in "Memorie di una geisha"

Felicissimo di essere ospite del blog internazionale “Memorie di una geisha” a cura di Eufemia Griffo nella selezione di haiku del 19 maggio e del 10 giugno.            haikua apsv

lunedì 29 maggio 2023

I miei haiku / My Haiku in 『楽園』 ("Paradise")

Onorato di annunciare la pubblicazione di alcuni miei haiku nella rivista giapponese 『楽園/ Honoured to have my haiku published in the Japanese journal 『楽園(Vol.3, No.1. April & May 2023): haikua ssp apsv


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