World Haiku Series 2019 (24)

Haiku by Cherese Cobb

veiled
the bride clings to her bouquet
of forget-me-nots

ベールを被って

花嫁は忘れな草の花束にすがりつく

a spring wind
blew away
my shadow

春一番

私の影を吹き飛ばした

origami
my heart
folded in his hands

折り紙

私の心が彼の手に包まれた

thin ice
the moon
cracks under my feet

薄い氷

月が私の足下で砕ける

in a pond of stars
a frog
sings yesterday’s song

星の池で

蛙が昨日の歌を歌う

Día de los Muertos—
scrubbing our last conversation
from your headstone

命日―

あなたの墓石から私たちの最後の会話を取り除く

a thousand paper cranes—
the darkness in
their folds

千羽鶴―

折り目における闇

on the lapping shore
three suns
setting

波打ち寄せる浜辺で

三つの太陽が沈む

shades of winter…
a call for the part of me
that’s died

冬の陰…

機能が停止してしまった私の身体の一部へ呼び声

beautyberries
the first taste
is all I want

カリカルパ

最初の試食

私が欲しいものの全て

— Translated by Hidenori Hiruta

Biography: 

Cherese Cobb is a professional writer and photographer from Maryville, Tennessee. When she’s not pinning copy, she splits her time between family, nature, and cat-worship, and…