Hinaruan Nana

hinaruan nana
ro mga buean
sa anang mga mata
***Johnette Downing
Source:http://www.geocities.com/bottlerockets_99/highlights.html#issue9

he kisses
the moons
from her eyes

--Johnette Downing

Owa't Ungang Mag-asawa

mag-asawang owa't unga
cake para sa kaadlawan
it ayam
***Melissa Spurr

childless couple
a birthday cake
for the dog

—Melissa Spurr
Source:http://www.tinywords.com/
Retrieved: May 28, 2008

Bukid sa Tag-ilinit

bukid sa tag-ilinit--
sa kada eak-ang
mas abu nga dagat
***Kobayashi Issa (David Lanoue, translator)


summer mountain--
with each step more
of the sea

***Kobayashi Issa (David Lanoue, translator)
Source:http://www.simplyhaiku.com/

Halin sa Ilong

halin sa ilong
ku dungganong bronsi ni Buddha...
sangka swallow

from the great bronze
Buddha’s nose...
a swallow!
***Issa
Source: http://www.worldhaikureview.org/1-1/lanoue1.shtml

Ligum Dueom

ligum dueom
mas abu nga makit-an
samtang nagadaeum
***Jim Kacian
Source: From his forthcoming book, Long After

moonless night
seeing more into it
as it deepens
***Jim Kacian

Sueat It Priso

sueat it priso--
maeapad nga bakante
sa tunga't mga bisaea
***Jim Kacian

prisoner's letter--
the wide spaces
between words
***Jim Kacian
From his forthcoming book, Long After

Mabituonanon

mabituonanon nga gabii mga sangag nga habilin it Big Bang
***Jim Kacian

starry night some noise of the Big Bang left
***Jim Kacian
Source: From his forthcoming book: Long After

Gapanamgo

gapanamgo
sa sueod it tueogang bag
it mga alibangbang
***Jim Kacian

dreaming
in the sleeping bag
of butterflies
***Jim Kacian
Source: From his forthcoming book, Long After

Ambon

ambon
hasta sa ang bueobuko
sa kahayag it buean
***Jim Kacian


ground fog
up to my ankles
in moonlight night
***Jim Kacian
Source: from his forthcoming book: Long After

Eubong It Unga

eubong it unga
ro buko't tupong nga kataas
ku lapida

***Jim Kacian

child's burial
the uneven heights
of the headstones

***Jim Kacian
Source: http://www.worldhaiku.net/poetry/eng/us/j.kacian.htm

Ingko Owa Ako Rito

ingko
owa ako rito--
lilacs
***H. Gene Murtha
Source:cherrypoetryclub@yahoogroups.com


as if
I wasn't there--
lilacs
***H. Gene Murtha

Mainit nga Sake

gainum it mainit nga sake
sa daan nga tasa--
mga handumanan ag panamgo

***Dr. Gabi Greve, Daruma Museum, Japan
Source:http://haikuandhappiness.blogspot.com/search/label/theory

drinking hot sake
from the old teacup -
memories and dreams

***Dr. Gabi Greve, Daruma Museum, Japan
Source:http://haikuandhappiness.blogspot.com/search/label/theory

Pinutos Nga Lawa

pinutos nga lawa--
owa't lugar nga euksuha't
paka
***Matz Bee

a stuffed pond -
no space for the frog
to jump in
***Matz Bee
Source:http://haikuandhappiness.blogspot.com/search/label/theory

Pamatii

Pamatii,
buko't ako ro pamatian
busay
*** Vincent Tripi, June 9, 1941-


To hear it,
not to hear myself,
waterfall
*** Vincent Tripi, June 9, 1941-

Mainit Nga Uean

mainit nga uean bag-o magsipeat ro adlaw
rang gatas tumubod kana
owa hikita
***Ruth Yarrow, September 15, 1939-

warm rain before dawn
my milk flows into her
unseen
***Ruth Yarrow, September 15, 1939-

Strike One!

gintan-aw it bater
ro anang taeapakan
"Strike One!"
***Cor Van den Heuval

the batter checks
the placement of his feet
"Strike One!"
***Cor Van den Heuval
Source:http://www.millikin.edu/haiku/writerprofiles/CorvandenHeuval.html
Retrieved: May 3, 2008

Sa Tunga't Season

in-between season
i follow the Mogami river
by riceboat
***Alan Summers

sa tunga it season
ginsunod ko ro Mogami river
sa paeay-baroto

Source: http://www.worldhaikureview.org/3-1/whf2002recollections_ajs.shtml
Retrieved: May 1, 2008