
Year 2023 : from January 16th to 31th

Le jour s'allonge
un peu plus de citron
dans mon thé
Le Coucou du Haïku, 2023-01-29 - peinture Angela Moullon
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A rare haiku where, in response to external weather, something other than sugar is added. Also, this weather is actually a change in the length of the day (lightning) and not a temperature effect. The ... >>> la suite...
Isabelle Lamant Meunier
Aubervilliers France
lingering fog
a song
I can't quite remember
brouillard persistant
une chanson
dont je ne me souviens pas bien
Facebook, 2023-01-20
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Atmosphere haiku where the author talks about memory problems through a foggy weather (similarity). Occultation (psychological) or beginning of memory loss (archetype of the Fall)? The speech leaves a ... >>> la suite...
Paul David Mena
Wayland, Massachusetts USA
"Quoi de neuf"
Facebook me demande
Entre deux averses de pluie
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An interesting haiku because it confronts two worlds: the virtual (Facebook) and the real (rain). But also two places: here and there (Facebook). Note that the structure in 2+1 works better than if it ... >>> la suite...
Latifa Oudouhou
Ouarzazate Maroc
first snow . . .
next to the new calendar
a clean slate
première neige . . .
à côté du nouveau calendrier
une ardoise vide
Facebook, 2022-12-31
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Haiku of similarity between the snow (empty of details) and the empty slate (of things to do). Note that the speech only acquires its meaning at the very last word, forcing the reader to re-evaluate t ... >>> la suite...
Carol Raisfeld
Atlantic Beach, New-York USA
la punaise morte
enterrée peu à peu
- pluie martelante
Un Haiku par jour, 2023-01-29
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Haiku of weighty atmosphere carried by the archetype of the Death. One feels the burial to be accomplished. The atmosphere is assisted by the weather, rather harsh (like the speech). To note the pause ... >>> la suite...
Laurence Faucher-Barrère
Perpignan France
matin de grisaille
bien seul à se lever
mon store
Facebook, 2023-01-27
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Haiku with a banal discourse if it is not its organization placing the subject at the extreme end in order to provide the reader with a surprise. To note also an implicit personification which makes p ... >>> la suite...
Elsa Querne
Pontault Combault France
début de l'Avent -
le lilas n'a pu retenir
sa dernière feuille
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The success of this discourse is based on a shift in meaning at its extreme end. A surprise that also forces the reader to re-evaluate the discourse despite the fact that it seemed clear at the end of ... >>> la suite...
Damien Gabriels
Leers France
deep winter
the sound of gran’s
knitting needles
coeur de l’hiver
le bruit des aiguilles à tricoter
de mamie
Twitter, 2023-01
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Haiku with a thick but not heavy atmosphere. Here, it is silence that is the core of the discourse, even if it is not named and only appears with its disturbance by the sound of knitting needles. Note ... >>> la suite...
Mona Bedi
Delhi India
cool darkness—
waking to the hum
of the fridge
obscurité froide—
réveillé par le bourdonnement
du réfrigérateur
Bottle Rockets, #34, 2016
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A very strange haiku. One could have the impression of a nightmare inside a refrigerator. We are dealing here with possible multiple readings due to a superposition of fragments of discourse. L1: wher ... >>> la suite...
Nicholas David Klacsanzky
Seattle USA
moon song
grandma sings the baby
a first lullaby
chanson de la lune
grand-mère chante au bébé
une première berceuse
Twitter, 2023-01-19
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The semantic core of the discourse is based on the archetype of the Cycle (Lunation, Life) but also of growth (Moon, baby). The mention of the moon links the story to the "Cosmos", here in the primary ... >>> la suite...
Marilyn Ward
Scunthorpe , Lincolnshire UK
autumn twilight
on my fingers the resin
of a cypress sprig
crépuscule d'automne
sur mes doigts la résine
d'une branche de cyprès
in Blithe Spirit 32.4
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Haiku with the discourse carried by the archetype of the Fall, here the end of the day, of the summer, of the wounded or cut branch of the cypress. It also appeals to several sensations: the Light whi ... >>> la suite...
Daniela Misso
Italia
first cool night
smell of pipe tobacco
in the stairwell
première nuit fraîche
odeur de tabac à pipe
dans la cage d'escalier
in Blithe Spirit 32.4
Daniela Misso
Italia
lingering frost
the unspoken words
between us
gelée persistante
les mots non prononcés
entre nous
Twitter, 2023-01-1
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A haiku is qualified as a weather haiku when it associates the described atmosphere with the physical sensations of an external situation. The author calls up these sensations to illustrate the atmosp ... >>> la suite...
Eavonka Ettinger
Long Beach, CA USA
not letting go
of mum's palm
the coriander leaves
ne pas laisser s'échapper
de la paume de maman
les feuilles de coriandre
Twitter, 2022-12-24
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Haiku whose strength lies in the juxtaposition L1-L2 and L3. The reader will wonder about the connection between the two elements and this is what will produce the strength of the discourse. A figure ... >>> la suite...
Nair Dapayan
Silchar, Assam India
Translated into English with the assistance of www.DeepL.com/Translator (free version)