The Mainichi - Best of 2025

ceasefire — the sky blooms with fireworks

Dec. 27, 2025

Comment: After a ceasefire, celebratory fireworks fill the sky. The word “blooms” captures the transformation — explosions that once brought destruction now create beauty and joy. The irony is sharp: similar lights and sounds in the sky, opposite meanings. For those who endured bombardment, the celebration may carry complex emotions, but the haiku simply presents the moment — the sky reclaimed, violence replaced by festivity, at least for now.

Haiku in English – Best of 2025 by The Mainichi Shimbun, Japan’s national daily.

https://cdn.mainichi.jp/vol1/2026/03/23/20260323p2a00m0et003000q/0.pdf?1

https://pjcaislamabad.org.pk/2026/03/24/haiku-of-hifsa-best-of-2025/

The Mainichi, 2026

lengthening the shadow
of mom's cane ...
autumn sun

The Mainichi, Haiku in English: Sept 19, 2026
https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20260825/p2g/00m/0su/041000c

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war ruins--
not a single window left
for the moon

The Mainichi, Haiku in English: Aug 20, 2026

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20260730/p2g/00m/0su/044000c

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cold moon
the lily pad
without a lily

The Mainichi, Haiku in English: July 22, 2026
https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20260630/p2g/00m/0su/032000c

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the first giggle
of a new born --
blossom wind

The Mainichi, Haiku in English: March 13, 2026

https://mainichi.jp/.../arti.../20260227/p2g/00m/0su/025000c

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exhaling
my loneliness
winter fog

Selected by Dhugal J. Lindsay

The Mainichi, Haiku in English: Feb. 18, 2026

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ceasefire --
dandelion seeds drift
through the fence

Selected by Dhugal J. Lindsay

The Mainichi, Haiku in English: Jan. 17, 2026
https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20251225/p2g/00m/0su/024000c

The Mainichi Japan, 2025

ceasefire --
the sky blooms
with fireworks


Published in The Mainichi Japan, December 27, 2025  

https://mainichi.jp/.../arti.../20251125/p2g/00m/0su/034000c