Ladybird Haiku

when the time comes...

2007-01-10T18:52:00.000+01:00

... one has to move on. you can now find me here .

i'll still keep the old blogs up but no more posting here.
you're welcome to visit crows&daisies, though.

2007-01-09T22:32:00.000+01:00

zvok helikopterja
sraka obstane
ob krtini

2007-01-08T23:12:00.000+01:00

zimska jasa
marjetice
edina belina

2007-01-07T22:11:00.000+01:00

izvir
par dreves
drži teren

2007-01-06T21:24:00.000+01:00

zimski veter
nagovarja trsje
naj odda semena

(different word order in the slovenian version)

2007-01-05T21:48:00.000+01:00

zablodela štorklja
zvok letal ki pristajajo
in vzletajo

what is a stork doing in a winter haiga, you might ask. well, not much since this is not about winter, it's about solitude, which was the assigned theme for the WHR submissions. and this haiku happened to be selected the best in the themed category (ok, i'll stop now).

more good news

2007-01-05T20:40:00.000+01:00

this is hardly news anymore, but the new issue of the World Haiku Review has been a success for my blogging buddies masago and bill as well as for me (especially considering i hadn't been writing haiku for more than six months when these works were submitted). masago's haiku was editor's joint best of the best choice for the issue and bill's work is profusely represented in all categories. congratulations to both of them.

below are my two haiku selected into best ten in the general and kigo (leaves changing colour) categories respectively, this time with slovenian translation:

first chill
a spider weaves his web
under the neon light

prvi mraz
pajek si spleta mrežo
pod neonsko lučjo

***

grey morning
the first yellow birch leaf
behind the wiper

sivo jutro
prvi rumen brezov list
za brisalcem

2007-01-04T22:18:00.000+01:00

zima brez snega
pod svežo gomilo
rumen cvet

2007-01-03T21:53:00.000+01:00

zadnji pogled
na sončni zahod --
vrane v vrhovih dreves

2007-01-02T21:21:00.000+01:00

jutranja megla
prgišče javorjevih semen
pred vhodom

2007-01-01T19:44:00.000+01:00

novoletni sprehod
rahel dež škropi
na pot

2006-12-31T21:23:00.000+01:00

na novi poti
ščebet napolni
golo drevo

i would like to thank all the visitors of my little virtual world for making my blogging venture such a pleasant experience. hope to see you all in 2007.
HAPPY NEW YEAR!

2006-12-30T21:57:00.000+01:00

konec leta
gruljenje spremlja
lebdeč puhek

2006-12-29T23:06:00.000+01:00

pozno delo
vrane preletijo mesto
ob sončnem zahodu

2006-12-28T22:46:00.000+01:00

večerna zarja
poskušam ne misliti
na njegov poljub

(the slovenian version of this senryu is slightly different in meaning)

2006-12-27T22:48:00.000+01:00

odmor za malico
pol lune se vzpenja
skozi gole veje

christmas party (haibun)

2006-12-26T22:29:00.000+01:00

ok, this is pretty rough but i'm posting it anyway.

boxing day. the weather is mild, overcast, but clouds are gradually breaking. i turn into the forest and slightly uphill, heading towards one of my favourite spots. i pass a few fungi and a small heap of rabbit droppings along the way. by the edge of the forest some daisies still turn their white faces towards where the sun is supposed to be. frost has spared them so far. i hear a buzzard calling but don't see the bird.

a faint shaft of sunlight breaks through the clouds and a reflection catches my eye. there, stuck in the fork of a tree, a glass! and just below, another one. i explore further. an empty bottle of an unidentified liquor, a spent firework. there must have been a party last night.

fireworks
the dog shivers
in my lap

***

štefanovo. vreme je blago, oblačno, a oblaki se postopoma trgajo. zavijem v gozd in rahlo navkreber, namenjena k enemu mojih najljubših prostorov. ob poti naletim na nekaj gobic in kupček zajčjih iztrebkov. ob robu gozda nekaj marjetic še vedno obrača svoje blede obraze proti mestu, kjer naj bi bilo sonce. slana jim je še prizanesla. slišim klice kanje, a ptice ne opazim.

bled pramen sončne svetlobe se prebije skozi oblake in odsev mi pritegne pozornost. tam, zataknjen v rogovilo drevesa, kozarec! nekoliko pod njim še eden. raziskujem naprej. prazna steklenica neznane pijače, iztrošena raketa. očitno je bila tu sinoči zabava.

ognjemet
pes trepeta
v mojem naročju

2006-12-25T23:00:00.000+01:00

božični dan
posajeni ileks požene
drobne bele cvetke

back to regular posting...

2006-12-24T21:21:00.000+01:00

sveti večer
grlici delita
drevo s srako

another off-schedule post

2006-12-24T16:10:00.000+01:00

they say you should think very carefully before making a wish for it may come true. i expressed a wish in yesterday's haiku/haiga and this is what we got today:

i hope this one didn't fulfil my quota for this year :)

anyhow, i wish you all the right wishes.

merry christmas everyone!

and now for something completely different

2006-12-24T11:20:00.000+01:00

This post is of no relevance whatsoever, I'd just like to share a stoopid joke I heard or read some time ago…

Somewhere in the infinite depths of the universe two planets meet.

“Hello!”
“Hi there. Long time no see.”
“You don’t look too well. What’s up?”
“Don’t ask. I got humans.”
“Aww, that’s bad.”
“Yeah…”
“But don’t be too concerned. It only lasts a couple of million years.”

2006-12-23T22:09:00.000+01:00

želim da sonce
ne bi posijalo...
praprot v ivju

2006-12-22T22:55:00.000+01:00

zimski solsticij
detel trka
na drugo drevo

2006-12-21T17:43:00.000+01:00

tanka skorja
ledu na luži
zamegli odseve...
zaman čakam
na njegov klic

2006-12-20T20:36:00.000+01:00

the december free format shiki monthly kukai winner - my way...

zaprašena školjka
besede, ki mi jih je
šepetal na uho