[monostich]

incessant rain I translate my body from Latin

regn uden ophør jeg oversætter min krop fra latin

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… and when the Earth settles a femur flute plays ”In-a-gadda-da-vida”

… og når Jorden falder til ro spiller en femurfløjte ”In-a-gadda-da-vida”

Important document

Reading Max Verhart's article in the recent ed. of Modern Haiku (42.2 summer) I searched the web for "The Matsuyama Declaration". This is very important and upfifting reading if you're - as I am - a bit annoyed and fed up with the eternal discussion of the rules of haiku.

There seems to be, as in most convert's circles, a tendency to be more Japanese than the Japanese themselves. This is an akward "movement" in that respect, that "they" seem to adhere to haiku rules long abandoned - or reformed - by the Japanese haijin themselves. In broad terms.

Of course there are the same disagreements around haiku in Japan as there are in the West - more or less. But, from what I can sense, there is a broader sense of how all the (sub-)genres of haiku taken together is haiku. Haiku is a many-branched river, but all of the water is part of the overall stream ...

Read this document and learn how (some) Japanese think about haiku in the West in the 21. Century.

Read The Matsuyama Declaration here

[muddy pool / mudret pyt]

a young boy
like a muddy pool -
on and on this path of aging goes


en ung dreng
som en mudret pyt -
alderens sti bli'r ved og ved

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(built on Nagata Kooi's poem found on "The Matsuyama Declaration")

haiku

this man
a homeless echo – ravens
play a part in this


denne mand
et hjemløst ekko -
ravne spiller ind her

[spirit animal / åndedyr]

multiply by 2.54 -
my spirit animal
is a snail


gang med 2,54 -
mit åndedyr
er en snegl

[empire / emperie]

a new empire -
the boy knows nought about his history
but can say: ”fuck you, bitch”


et nyt emperie -
drengen ved intet om historie
men kan sige ”fuck dig, bitch”

[monostich]

rhododendron rhododendron I am almost a train

rhododendron rhododendron jeg er næsten et tog

[tuna burial / tunbegravelse]

full moon trivia -
a tuna is buried
in hundreds of tin cans


fuldmåne trivia -
en tunfisk begraves
i hundreder af dåser



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(a revision)

[poppy capsules / valmuekapsler]

poppy capsules -
psalm 51 creates lumps
in a steady horizon


valmuekapsler -
salme 51 laver klumper
i en rolig horisont

[Monday appointment / mandagsaftale]

a Monday appointment -
the Western wind takes off
with the roses


en mandagsaftale -
vestenvinden tager af sted
med roserne

[white peonies / hvide pæoner]

white peonies -
who casts the shadow
that is me?


hvide pæoner -
hvem kaster skyggen
som er mig?

[encircled by swallows / omringet af svaler]

encircled by swallows
my house stands breathing
yellow


omringet af svaler
står mit hus og ånder
gult

[blushing moon / rødmende måne]

not counting ladybugs -
I dress and undress
beneath a blushing moon


tæller ikke mariehøns -
jeg klæder mig af og på
under en rødmende måne

[beneath Zenith / under Zenith]

beneath Zenith -
a drop of water dissolves
the word ”Dear”


under Zenith -
en dråbe vand opløser
ordet ”Kære”

haiku

going upwards
I become even bluer -
a saxophone solo


mens jeg går opad
bliver jeg stadig mere blå -
en saxofon solo

haiku

lights from a festive city -
the glass-face I wear
during rockslides


lys fra en festende by -
glasansigtet jeg bærer
ved stenskred

*

temporary relief -
while the pears ripen
I'm stuck on Earth


midlertidig lettelse .
mens pærerne modnes
sidder jeg fast på Jorden

haiku

NaHaiWriMo prompt June 3, 2011: space travels or space in general

NaHaiWriMo emne 3. Juni 2011: rumrejser eller rummet generelt


moon landing -
I scratch my ear
with a plastic soldier


månelanding -
jeg klør mit øre
med en plastiksoldat


*


Voyager -
the loose bulb
behind the sun


Voyager -
den løse pære
bag solen


*


ghost of Laika -
no lampposts
beyond Eris


Laikas spøgelse -
ingen lygtepæle
efter Eris

(Eris: the 10th planet of our Solar System)


*


ghost of Laika -
a yuhangyuan hides
his lunchbox


Laikas spøgelse -
en yuhangyuan gemmer
sin madkasse

(Chinese astronauts are called yuhangyuans. One of them ate dog meat in space: http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=c10_1273802366)


*


mirrored universe -
I house a solar system
behind my belly button


et spejlet univers -
jeg huser et solsystem
bag navlen


*


earth walking -
I wonder if the Celestials
televise this


jordvandring -
gad vide om De Himmelske
sender dette

"when the man comes around" or "how to bribe Death"

knick-knacks -
I bribe off Death
with a glass ballerina


tingeltangel -
jeg bestikker Døden
med en glasballerina

*

knick-knacks -
will Charon settle for
a plactic gondol?


tingeltangel -
vil Charon være tilfreds
med en plastikgondol

*

red glass dolphin -
will this be a treat
for Yama


rød glasdelfin -
ku' den være en godbid
for Yama

*

before Styx I pause
remebering
I can't use Visa


foran Styx standsler jeg op
kommer i tanker om
at Visa ikke du'r

*

I argue:
I haven't got reservations -
Charon's toothless smile

jeg påpeger:
jeg har ikke pladsreservation -
Charons tandløse smil

*

born and reborn -
Charon's helpers snatches
my purse

født og genfødt -
Charons hjælpere stjæler
min pung

*

making a deal
Charon accepts a delay
if I can sing like Cash

I will make you hurt
we sing in a duet -
I'm the 2. voice



indgår en aftale -
Charon giver ekstra tid
hvis jeg kan synge som Cash

I will make you hurt
synger vi i duet -
jeg tager 2. stemmen

*

throwing a bone
for Anubis to catch -
eternity spent in limbo


kaster et ben
som Anubis kan gribe -
lever evigheden i limbo