A Room of My Own: Covidsomnia Haiku

Two Hundred and Forty-Second Entry, Coronavirus Poetry Diary

distant sirens

break the predawn stillness

Covidsomnia

Added: Two Hundred and Forty-Third Entry

one crow on the wire now three more variants on the rise

Added: Two Hundred and Forty-Fourth Entry

heat shimmer

a spike-studded virus

branded on my door

Note: The haiku is a prequel to the following poem:

Asians all look the same...

yet, with the sharpness of an eagle's eyes, this white man still manages to hone in on the most vulnerable and defenceless.

an uptick

in new variant cases

another

Asian-looking old man 

knocked to the muddy ground

In the dark tunnel of my daymare with no light at its end, I dash to and fro, but settle nowhere. I can feel a bull's eye on my back.

The Blo͞o Outlier Journal, 2, Summer, 2021 

Chen-ou Liu

Butterfly Dream: Forest Stillness Haiku by Marshall Hryciuk

English Original

forest stillness
a flickering
bird-song

Asahi Haikuist Network, September 20, 2013

Marshall Hryciuk


Chinese Translation (Traditional)

森林的寂靜
短暫
的鳥鳴聲

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

森林的寂静
短暂
的鸟鸣声


Bio Sketch

Marshall Hryciuk was born in Hamilton, Ontario,  a steel-town in Canada and began writing short poems about nature before he knew they could be called haiku. He took a B.A. in Philosophy 65 km down the road at The University of Toronto and was President of Haiku Canada from 1990 -1998. 

One Man's Maple Moon: Stillness Tanka by James Chessing

English Original

the stillness inside
the stillness of snow
falling on snow
nothing left to try
but the letting go                              

Member's Choice Tanka, Ribbons, 7:4, 2011

James Chessing


Chinese Translation (Traditional)

內心的寂靜
雪花飄落
的寂靜
除了放手不管
沒有任何方法可嘗試

   
Chinese Translation (Simplified)

内心的寂静
雪花飘落
的寂静
除了放手不管
没有任何方法可尝试


Bio Sketch

James Chessing's profession is clinical psychology.  He is in his fifth decade writing haiku, and he published his first tanka in 2006.  His poems have appeared in many of the leading journals and anthologies, and he had the good fortune to place first in the 2010 Tanka Society of America Contest. 

Butterfly Dream: Stillness Haiku by kjmunro

English Original

wind blows in blows out stillness

Chrysanthemum, 12,  October 2012

kjmunro


Chinese Translation (Traditional)

風吹進吹出寂靜

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

风吹进吹出寂静


Bio Sketch

Born & raised in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, kjmunro moved to the Yukon Territory in 1991. She is a member of Haiku Canada, and volunteers with The Whitehorse Poetry Society. She is currently working on a poetry manuscript.