Year 2022 : from December 1st to 15th
late-night train
the mother's lullaby
for everyone
train de fin de soirée
la berceuse de la mère
pour tous
Mann Library’s Daily Haiku.
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The train, at night, is a motif very loaded with connotations: the Journey, the Night, the Safe Route... The discourse here, however, is about a limited journey (eliminating the journey). It is rather ... >>> la suite...
Hifsa Ashraf
Rawalpindi, Punjab Pakistan
unfolding
the story of a migrant
sea water foam
Published in The Heron's Nest, Volume XXIV, Number 4: December 2022
Hifsa Ashraf
Rawalpindi, Punjab Pakistan
bare tree
wrapped in the mist
the homeless man
arbre dénudé
enveloppé dans la brume
le sans-abri
Haiku Foundation Monthly Kukai, Nov 2022
Eléonore Nickolay
Vaires sur Marne France
La Samaritaine
le bling-bling
de son déhanché
Samaritaine
the bling-bling
of her lopsided posture
Facebook, 2022-12-09
Minh-Triết Phạm
Paris France
construction site —
even in the dark
the fragrance of lumber
chantier de construction -
même dans l'obscurité
le parfum du bois d'oeuvre
Published in Brass Bell: A Haiku Journal, 12/1/22. (Theme: night haiku.)
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The discourse of this haiku is based on smell, a sensation always rich in connotations and reminders of memories (see Proust's madeleine as an example). But the strength of the haiku lies rather in th ... >>> la suite...
Bill Waters
Pennington, New Jersey USA
after the holidays
the bitterness
of office coffee
après les vacances
l'amertume
du café du bureau
Week's Haiku Dialogue column of the Haiku Foundation
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A usual motif playing on the double meaning of the word "bitterness". It links two perceptions: one of atmosphere or situation, the other of taste. The originality of the discourse is that the situati ... >>> la suite...
John Pappas
Boston (MA) USA
lune froide ~
le lit de la voisine
plié dans le palier
Facebook, 2022-12-08
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The discourse here is based on an allusion; that is, the author speaks of a situation sufficiently known or by the reader to allow for an ellipse (shortcut). By putting L1 (cold) and L3 (finished use) ... >>> la suite...
Sarra Masmoudi
Tunis Tunisie
infos du jour -
je me brûle la langue
au premier café
L'art du haïsha, 2022-12-09
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Another coffee-related motif in this speech: the connection between the drink and the situation. Quite rare as an Interior versus Exterior opposition. It's more the physical than the "psychological" t ... >>> la suite...
Sébastien Revon
Irlande
traces de chocolat
sur les joues de grand-maman
jour de Pâques
in Saisir la brume
Monique Levesque
Baie Comeau, QC Canada
loin des guirlandes
des lumières des bureaux
~ vapeur de brume
Facebook, 2022-12-13
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Haiku with a discourse based on oppositions: Light (lights) versus Dark (mist), Heavy (buildings) versus Light (mist, steam), Anthropic (man-made objects) versus Nature (weather). A nice effect also l ... >>> la suite...
Anne Dealbert
France
moins de sucre
dans mon café
matin de neige
Facebook, 2022-12-13
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Haiku with the usual speech putting in relationship, sugar, cold outside and morning. Here, however, in a rare way, sugar is not used as a compensation but in similarity with snow. So, a haiku that ch ... >>> la suite...
Elsa Querne
Pontault Combault France
attendant le printemps
une envie soudaine
de rouge à lèvres
in Je pense à toi !, Collectif Françoise Maurice, Pippa 2021
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The archetypes of Color and Active Point are at work in this discourse. The author talks about herself but, fortunately, without quoting herself. She is in (implicitly and out (explicitly) of the spee ... >>> la suite...
Françoise Maurice
France
Du vert intense
en écossant les petits pois -
moment suspendu
in Je pense à toi !, Collectif Françoise Maurice, Pippa 2021
Sophie Alleigre
France
l'or froissé
d'une couverture de survie
sur la neige
in Je pense à toi !, Collectif Françoise Maurice, Pippa 2021
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A rare opposition between "gold" and "white", especially in this context. A rich image with connotations of joy and beauty used in a completely different context. That of a serious accident or a peril ... >>> la suite...
Monique Serres
France
nuit d'hôpital -
à la télé une émission
sur Soulages
in Je pense à toi !, Collectif Françoise Maurice, Pippa 2021
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The speech of this haiku relates to an atmopshere and especially on a personal impression expressed by a cultural allusion (black color of the paintings of the painter Soulages). It mimes; by the sens ... >>> la suite...
Michel Duflo
France
sous son masque
juste pour elle
le rouge à lèvres
in Je pense à toi !, Collectif Françoise Maurice, Pippa 2021
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Haiku with a minimalist discourse but just enough for the reader to reconstruct the situation with his or her experience or knowledge. It is carried by several strong archetypes: Life, Color (red is i ... >>> la suite...
Coralie Creuzet
Laroque-des-Albères,Pyrénées-Orientales France
longues nuits
sous le plafond immaculé
l'ombre des infirmières
in Je pense à toi !, Collectif Françoise Maurice, Pippa 2021
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A very exact discourse on this strange atmosphere of the nights in the hospital. To note the way of saying it with an important distance between the shadows and the people. The end (shadow) further ac ... >>> la suite...
Naeja
Domerat France
Translated into English with the assistance of www.DeepL.com/Translator (free version)