na novi poti
ščebet napolni
golo drevo


i would like to thank all the visitors of my little virtual world for making my blogging venture such a pleasant experience. hope to see you all in 2007.
HAPPY NEW YEAR!

konec leta
gruljenje spremlja
lebdeč puhek

pozno delo
vrane preletijo mesto
ob sončnem zahodu

večerna zarja
poskušam ne misliti
na njegov poljub

(the slovenian version of this senryu is slightly different in meaning)

odmor za malico
pol lune se vzpenja
skozi gole veje

christmas party (haibun)

ok, this is pretty rough but i'm posting it anyway.

boxing day. the weather is mild, overcast, but clouds are gradually breaking. i turn into the forest and slightly uphill, heading towards one of my favourite spots. i pass a few fungi and a small heap of rabbit droppings along the way. by the edge of the forest some daisies still turn their white faces towards where the sun is supposed to be. frost has spared them so far. i hear a buzzard calling but don't see the bird.

a faint shaft of sunlight breaks through the clouds and a reflection catches my eye. there, stuck in the fork of a tree, a glass! and just below, another one. i explore further. an empty bottle of an unidentified liquor, a spent firework. there must have been a party last night.


fireworks
the dog shivers
in my lap

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štefanovo. vreme je blago, oblačno, a oblaki se postopoma trgajo. zavijem v gozd in rahlo navkreber, namenjena k enemu mojih najljubših prostorov. ob poti naletim na nekaj gobic in kupček zajčjih iztrebkov. ob robu gozda nekaj marjetic še vedno obrača svoje blede obraze proti mestu, kjer naj bi bilo sonce. slana jim je še prizanesla. slišim klice kanje, a ptice ne opazim.

bled pramen sončne svetlobe se prebije skozi oblake in odsev mi pritegne pozornost. tam, zataknjen v rogovilo drevesa, kozarec! nekoliko pod njim še eden. raziskujem naprej. prazna steklenica neznane pijače, iztrošena raketa. očitno je bila tu sinoči zabava.

ognjemet
pes trepeta
v mojem naročju

božični dan
posajeni ileks požene
drobne bele cvetke

back to regular posting...

sveti večer
grlici delita
drevo s srako

another off-schedule post

they say you should think very carefully before making a wish for it may come true. i expressed a wish in yesterday's haiku/haiga and this is what we got today:

i hope this one didn't fulfil my quota for this year :)

anyhow, i wish you all the right wishes.

merry christmas everyone!

and now for something completely different

This post is of no relevance whatsoever, I'd just like to share a stoopid joke I heard or read some time ago…

Somewhere in the infinite depths of the universe two planets meet.

“Hello!”
“Hi there. Long time no see.”
“You don’t look too well. What’s up?”
“Don’t ask. I got humans.”
“Aww, that’s bad.”
“Yeah…”
“But don’t be too concerned. It only lasts a couple of million years.”

želim da sonce
ne bi posijalo...
praprot v ivju

zimski solsticij
detel trka
na drugo drevo

tanka skorja
ledu na luži
zamegli odseve...
zaman čakam
na njegov klic

the december free format shiki monthly kukai winner - my way...




zaprašena školjka
besede, ki mi jih je
šepetal na uho

boast time

as many of my blogging friends already know,christmas has arrived early for me this year.

both my entries scored high in this month's shiki monthly kukai. in the kigo (the assigned season word for this month was "starry night") section my haiku came in second, and in the free format (the assigned theme was memories) section my haiku won the first place.

here's the kigo entry:

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starry night

the fox's eyes

in the headlights

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zvezdna noč

lisičje oči

v soju žarometov

projektni sestanek
dež preide v sneg
in nazaj v dež

zimska svetloba
odločitve, ki jih
nisem sprejela

decembrski poldan
dolga senca
mesarske muhe

sorry about the poor quality of the photo. the bird was quite far away and i can't be 100% sure but am quite certain that it was indeed a great crested grebe, the species i haven't seen in this area before.

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megla se umika
ponirek zaplava
k obsijanemu trsju

oblaki se zlivajo
prek zimskega neba
kot žareča lava --
dotik tvojih ustnic
ob moje

zimski zahod
tujec na avtobusu
se mi nasmehne

narasel potok
list se pojavi
nato spet potone

zimski dež
teža
njegovih besed

sivo pero
se dotakne tal --
konec jeseni

somrak
pajek čaka
pod lučjo

svež štor
pajek hiti
prek suhih let

strel iz puške...
race se razletijo
prek zimskega neba

luna nad strehami
ko bi vsaj rdeča luč
trajala dlje

štiri jabolka
še na drevesu...
začetek adventa

nizko
opoldansko sonce
hrošč hiti čez pot

quacking
from the river
a cat shakes his paw

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gaganje z reke
maček si otrese tačko