Book of the Week – VERÃO: Haiku 2017/2018 edited by José Marins
According to José Marins: “Este documento é uma coletânea de 60 haikus sobre o tema do verão escritos por 10 poetas brasileiros. Os haikus abordam temas como calor, frutas típicas do verão, festas de final de ano e paisagens naturais comuns no verão.”
VERÃO: Haiku 2017/18 was published in 2018.
Following are selected poems from the book. If you are unfamiliar with Brazilian Portuguese, it is recommended to use Google Translate or another translation app, and convert to your preferred language:
fim de ano
também para o pinheirinho
um copo d’água
– Alexander Pasqual
—–
A noite é longa –
um ventilador embala
um velho cansado
– Araken Guedes Barbosa
—–
vida, um novelo –
a chuva de pedra hoje
lágrimas de gelo
– Edu Hoffman
—–
amizade antiga –
o cartão de Natal chega
com letra bonita
– José Marins
—–
Dia de ano-bom.
Os desejos se sucedem
também em segredo.
– Mário Zamataro
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Andarilho em dúvida –
os vaga-lumes e sonhos
dançam na noite.
– Nelson Savioli
—–
durante a chuva
as flores de flamboyant
também nas calhas
– Rose Mendes
—–
Até me senti
um hóspede de hotel.
Melão no café.
– Sergio Francisco Pechorim
You can read the entire book in the THF Digital Library and please share your favorite poem from the book with us.
Do you have a chapbook published in 2018 or earlier that you would like featured as a Book of the Week? Contact us for details. Haiku featured in the Book of the Week Archive are selected by the THF Digital Librarian Kenneth Pearson and are used with permission.
Comments (3)
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A bold and welcome initiative!
My Portuguese is now enferrujado but it was a treat to renew acquaintance with a different way of thought and idiom.
I particularly liked:
amizade antiga –
o cartão de Natal chega
com letra bonita
JOSÉ MARINS
an old friendship
the Christmas card arrives
in a beautiful hand
—
O cinto apertado,
esta noite, enfim, mais frouxo.
Ceia de Natal.
MÁRIO ZAMATARO
belt-tightening
tonight relaxed at last
Christmas dinner
—
and one you already picked out:
durante a chuva
as flores de flamboyant
também nas calhas
– Rose Mendes
during rain
the blooms of the flame tree
likewise in the gutter
Which, I think, is the best of the lot.
Great to see this. I know absolutely nothing about haiku in South America, so it’s really good to get an insight into what is going on.
Hi John,
If you want to know more I did an anthology and study on the subject called HAIKU FROM IBERIA AND BEYOND.
Best,
Danny Blackwell