below freezing and still the harmonica sounds like spring --Misaki Shiomi 氷点下でもハーモニカは春の音　汐海　岬 From Seki Shiro's Jiyūritsu Haiku Contest (theme: musical instruments), April 2024 #haiku #freeformhaiku #translation

my teacher's fingers wanted to be a pianist -Fumizuki 先生の指はピアニストになりたかった　文月 From Seki Shiro's Jiyūritsu Haiku Contest (theme: musical instruments), April 2024 #haiku #freeformhaiku #translation

now I'm swimming through a sea of green leaves --Mie Ito 今青葉の海を泳いでいます　伊藤三枝 From Kaikoh (海紅) #haiku #freeformhaiku #translation

bright May sky the doves a love song --Mie Ito 明るい五月の空鳩はラブソング　伊藤三枝 from Kaikoh (海紅) #haiku #freeformhaiku #translation

overlapping with my mother's voice the tofu vendor's bugle --Sanpo 母さんの声と重なる豆腐屋の喇叭　散歩 Runner-up in Seki Shiro's Jiyūritsu Haiku Contest (theme: musical instruments), April 2024 koubo.jp/article/26966 #haiku #freeformhaiku #translation

the path of my brother who quit the taiko drum --Hantokei (Counterclockwise) 和太鼓をやめた兄の進路　反時計 Winner of Seki Shiro's Jiyūritsu Haiku Contest (theme: musical instruments), April 2024 koubo.jp/article/26966 #haiku #freeformhaiku #translation

fooled me again says the rhododendron bright red --Satoshi Ishikawa また馬鹿やったのねとシャクナゲ明るい赤は　石川聡 From Kaikoh (海紅) #haiku #freeformhaiku #translation

a sky so blue tears come for no reason --Mie Ito こんなにも青い空訳もなくなみだ　伊藤三枝 #haiku #freeformhaiku #translation

slush winter daphne buds even now --Satoshi Ishikawa (@satoshi_iskw_p) 雪泥　沈丁の花芽いまにも　石川聡 from Kaikoh (海紅) #haiku #freeformhaiku #translation

feels like scooping with a torn paper scoop --Satoshi Ishikawa @satoshi_iskw_p 破れたポイですくうきもち　石川聡 From Kaikoh (海紅) #haiku #freeformhaiku #translation

playing with the moon as a pick --Satoshi Ishikawa 月をピックに弾く　石川聡 from Kaikoh (海紅) #haiku #freeformhaiku #translation

can't fall asleep to the drip drop of rain --Adachi Chieko 雨だれの音で眠れない　安達千栄子 From Kaikoh (海紅) #haiku #freeformhaiku #translation

ants keep marching toward the moonlight in the womb --Nishitai Kazuyoshi (b. 1972) 胎内の月光へと蟻がつづく　西躰かずよし #haiku #freeformhaiku #translation

removing the stethoscope from my ears I listen to the wind --Kimura Ryokuhei (1888-1968) 聴診器　耳からはづし　風の音きいてゐる　木村緑平 Note: Kimura worked as a doctor for coal miners. #haiku #freeformhaiku #translation

birthday I receive one of my favorite persimmons from the persimmon tree --Kimura Ryokuhei 誕生日好きな柿ひとつ柿の木から貰う　木村緑平 #haiku #freeformhaiku #translation

spitting red in the ice water I step out into the hot sun again --Iijima Suikodou 氷水の赤い唾吐きまた炎天を歩き出す　飯島翠壺洞 koorimizu no akai tsubaki mata enten wo arukidasu #haiku #freeformhaiku #translation