Haiku by Bret Wooldridge

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snow globe

the barometer drops

at my approach

drop down menu

retelling my side of it

sans serif

cold snap

the puddle

installs a window

dappled sunlight

her red hair turning

on and off

diary

my cheap pen skips

a few details

Serengeti

still half in shadow

the sunlit zebra

gift wrap

the scissors glide

through snow flakes

performance review:

the supervisor misspells

"improvement"

MOMA

the rain in the painting

comes to a stop

Ford theater tour

the mirror John Wilkes Booth

straightened his tie in

blue denim sky

a contrail

unzipping it

door jamb

watching her

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night lobby

the escalator

dredging up darkness

glass elevator

we descend with

the snowflakes

so dangerous

it’s locked in a cage

human heart

incessant barking

at the end of the leash

haiku dogma

laundry day

bleach for the clothes

I sinned in

minor key blues

sounding slightly better

slightly out of tune

surrounded by antlers

her forest dream

shudders to an end

 

 

Bret lives on 40 acres of sagebrush in Northern Nevada. In addition to his haiku interests, he plays guitar for a country band and bumps around the desert in a 4WD.

 

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My Spring Verse in "Hedgerow"

Many thanks to editor Caroline Skanne for including my haiku in Issue #149 of “Hedgerow: a journal of small poems”! haikua ssp

My Haiku at "Dawn Blossom Club"

Glad to share some of my haiku published at Dawn Blossom Club for the Bright Words Project, a series dedicated to literature that is inspired by positive feelings. Here you can read the rest. haikua ssp

Two Haiku of Mine in "Leaf - Journal of the Daily Haiku"

I’m exhilarated to see two of my haiku in “LEAF – Journal of the Daily Haiku” Issue 7.   haikua ssp

My Pilgrimage Haiku in "Sense & Sensibility"

Big thanks to Patricia Carragon for publishing my haiku in the August issue of “Sense & Sensibility”. haikua ssp

My Short Poems in "Haiku Pause"

Huge thanks to Mariya Gusev for including my haiku on the theme “Global Change” in Issue 2 of “Haiku Pause”. haikua ssp

My Haiku in "Password"

Thanks a million to Melissa Allen for including two haiku of mine in issue 2.2 of “password: the journal of very short poetry”. Grazie mille a Melissa Allen per aver incluso due miei haiku nel numero 2.2 di “password”, una rivista dedicata alla poesia brevissima. haikua ssp apsv

My Summer Haiku in "Shadow Pond Journal"

I’m grateful to editor Katherine E Winnick for featuring my summer haiku in Issue V of “Shadow Pond Journal”. haikua ssp

 

My Summer Haiku in "Sense & Sensibility"

I’m grateful to editor Patricia Carragon for publishing my summer haiku in the June issue of “Sense & Sensibility”. haikua ssp

Haiku by Denisa Hanšutová

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

 

your rain on my pane —

how easily you show me

what's below my dust

low tide —

all the pieces

I've abandoned

like succulent leaves

I preserve my better self

for worse days to come

late spring jogging —

the midge found its way

into my deadly eye

weeping willow —

another lonely soul

touches her old bark

black, no sugar

he says, turning to

his sweetheart

Saturday morning

she talks dirty to him —

the whole list of chores

 

rainy afternoon —

who builds the most

powerful weapon

 

A lecturer of English from Slovakia, Denisa Hanšutová has been trying her hand at haiku and senryu since November 2024.

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My Winter Haiku in "Chrysanthemum"

Mille grazie alla curatrice Beate Conrad per aver incluso un mio haiku bilingue nel numero 34 di “Chrysanthemum” insieme alla sua traduzione in tedesco. Many thanks to Beate Conrad for including my bilingual haiku in Issue#34 of "Chrysanthemum" along with her translation into German. haikua ssp apsv

My Spring Poetry in Haiku Column's Daily Best

Big thanks to Nagata Mitunori for selecting my short spring poems for inclusion in Haiku Column’s Daily Best! Grazie mille a Nagata Mitunori per aver selezionato le mie poesie brevi di primavera e averle inserite tra le migliori del giorno di Haiku Column!  haikua ssp apsv

*February 24 (Japanese translation by / Traduzione in giapponese di Nagata Mitunori) (also published in the May issue of "Haikukai" / pubblicato anche nel numero di maggio di "Haikukai")

*February 25 (Japanese translation by / Traduzione in giapponese di Anikó Papp)

*February 26 (Japanese translation by / Traduzione in giapponese di Anikó Papp)

*February 27 (Japanese translation by / Traduzione in giapponese di Nagata Mitunori)

*February 28 (Japanese translation by / Traduzione in giapponese di Anikó Papp)

*March 4 (Japanese translation by / Traduzione in giapponese di Nagata Mitunori)
 

*March 5 (Japanese translation by / Traduzione in giapponese di Anikó Papp)

*March 6 (Japanese translation by / Traduzione in giapponese di Nagata Mitunori)

 

 

*March 7 (Japanese translation by / Traduzione in giapponese di Anikó Papp)

*March 10 (Japanese translation by / Traduzione in giapponese di Nagata Mitunori)

*March 11 (Japanese translation by / Traduzione in giapponese di Nagata Mitunori)

*March 14 (Japanese translation by / Traduzione in giapponese di Nagata Mitunori) (also published in the June issue of "Haikukai" / pubblicato anche nel numero di giugno di "Haikukai")

*March 15 (Japanese translation by / Traduzione in giapponese di Anikó Papp)

 

*March 16 (Japanese translation by / Traduzione in giapponese di Anikó Papp)

*March 20 (Japanese translation by / Traduzione in giapponese di Nagata Mitunori)

*March 22 (Japanese translation by / Traduzione in giapponese di Anikó Papp)

 

*March 23 (Japanese translation by / Traduzione in giapponese di Nagata Mitunori)

*March 24 (Japanese translation by / Traduzione in giapponese di Nagata Mitunori) (also published in the July issue of "Haikukai" / pubblicato anche nel numero di luglio di "Haikukai"). Moles turn into quails" is a seasonal phrase referring to one of the original Chinese sub-seasons, to wit, from 10th to 14th April, and it's supposed to express the sense of activity and liveliness of animals in this period of the year. “Le talpe si trasformano in quaglie” è un’espressione stagionale che fa riferimento a una delle sottostagioni cinesi originali, ovvero dal 10 al 14 aprile, e che mira ad esprimere il senso di movimento e vivacità degli animali in questo periodo dell’anno.

*March 25 (Japanese translation by / Traduzione in giapponese di Nagata Mitunori)

*March 26 (Japanese translation by / Traduzione in giapponese di Nagata Mitunori) 

*March 27 (Japanese translation by / Traduzione in giapponese di Nagata Mitunori)

*March 29 (Japanese translation by / Traduzione in giapponese di Nagata Mitunori)

*March 31 (Japanese translation by / Traduzione in giapponese di Nagata Mitunori)

 

*April 1 (Japanese translations by / Traduzioni in giapponese di Nagata Mitunori e Anikó Papp)

My Short Poems in "5-7-5 Haiku Journal"

Elated to have my short poetry featured in “5-7-5 Haiku Journal”! haikua ssp

*19th  March

 *27th March ("Setting a fishing weir" is my translation of the spring seasonal phrase「えり挿す」).

 *6th April

  *10th April

 *17th  April

My Two Haiku in "Cold Moon Journal"

Truly pleased to see a summer haiku and a spring haiku of mine in “Cold Moon Journal”.     haikua ssp

My Haiku in "Fireflies' Light"

I’m honoured to have three spring haiku in the April issue of “Fireflies’ Light”. haikua ssp

My Solipsistic Haiku in "Synchronized Chaos"

Grazie mille a Cristina Deptula per aver pubblicato i miei haiku in italiano e in inglese sul numero di aprile di "Synchronized Chaos"! Huge thanks to Cristina Deptula for publishing my haiku in Italian and English in the April issue of "Synchronized Chaos"! Potete leggerli tutti qui / You can read them all here: https://synchchaos.com/bilingual-haiku-from-maurizio-brancaleoni Di seguito due dei miei preferiti / Below are two of my favourites. haikua   ssp  apsv