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This time on Poetry Pea we’re looking at haiku in Europe, specifically Germany, asking these questions:
- How has haiku evolved since world war 2
- What influenced that development
- What was the inner emigration movement
- What does German haiku look like today
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There is an essay to accompany this two part podcast. You can find it here
English versions of the poems read today.
fallen blossom
returning to the branch?
ah, no—a butterfly
Moritake, Tr. David LaSpina
when the cherry trees blossom
many memories return
to the soul
Bashō trs von Rottauscher trs Patricia McGuire, from Ihr Gelben Chrysanthemum
many various things
come to mind
cherry blossoms
Basho trs Jane Reichhold, Reichhold Jane, Bashō the complete haiku
what infinite loneliness!
only the chirping of the cicadas
penetrates the rock
Bashō trs von Rottauscher, trs Patricia McGuire, from Ihr Gelben Chrysanthemum
loneliness
seeping into the rock
cicada’s voice
Bashō trs Jane Reichhold, Reichhold Jane, Bashō the complete haiku
Lonely birch, golden leaves.
White clouds in the blue
Narrow path to infinity
Karl Kleinschmidt trs Patricia McGuire, from Der schmale Weg , 200 dreizeilige Gedichte (Haikus). Linz, Kulturamt: 1953
blooming rose
a miracle that can never be grasped
the foreshadowing of the divine
Flandrina Von Salis, Trs P and H Massey, from Mohnblüten 1955
lead grey sky
and nothing but a seagull
as a silver arrow
Flandrina Von Salis, trs Patricia McGuire, from Mohnblüten 1955
bright water sprays
over the old mill wheel–
it turns again
Imma von Bodmershof, Trs Patricia McGuire, from Haiku 1962
the flame tree
freezes under the snow and loses its red
in the white moor
Carl Heinz Kurz, trs Patricia McGuire,
Her kiss an echo
of the plums from the fridge,
so sweet and so cold
Uli Becker, trs Patricia McGuire, from Frollein Butterfly : 69 Haiku
Good Friday weather
sunny and clear. The cross throws
powerful shadows
Conrad Miesen, trs Patricia McGuire, from Vierteljahresschrift der Deutschen Haiku-Gesellschaft 17. Jg. – Nr. 64 März 2004
remaining deadly serious
despite my grimaces:
the lady newsreader
Daniel Dölschner, Trs Patricia McGuire, from Vierteljahresschrift der Deutschen Haiku-Gesellschaft 17. Jg. – Nr. 64 März 2004
spring morning
lightly
climbing the stairs
Martin Berner, trs Patricia McGuire, from Vierteljahresschrift der Deutschen Haiku-Gesellschaft 17. Jg. – Nr. 64 März 2004
late autumn
dew drops heavy
on grass blades
Deborah Karl-Brandt, Germany, Autumn Moon, 2023
war news
a pair of kites
makes its rounds
Martin Berner, Chrysanthemum #31, 2023
Nessun Dorma
the tenor spirals
into the applause
Friedrich Winzer, Chrysanthemum #31, 2023
