JOŠKO ARMANDA

Nastupe uživo na radiju i televiziji pretpostavlja tiskanju svoje poezije. Poneki od njegovih haikua napisani su prije više od trideset godina. Objavljuje u časopisu Haiku te zbornicima za haiku u Hrvatskoj.

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Born in Split in 1943, he is a poet of Split’s Chakavian dialect. A painter and poet, his poetry has been published in literary magazines, collections and columns. He performs his poetry himself and prefers radio and TV performances to publishing books. He has been writing haiku for over thirty years, and publishes in the magazine Haiku and miscellanies issued on the occasion of the meetings of haiku poets in Croatia.

1. Vlastitu sjenu

krpi na vrelom žalu

rasušen ribar

A dried up fisherman

patches his own shadow

on a hot shore

2. Mutnim rukavcem

plovi u nepoznato

ukočen list

Down a muddy rivulet,

floating into the unknown ...

a stiff leaf

3. Uporno sipi ...

Iz kiše u kišu nijemo

prelijeću ptice

Raining stubbornly ...

The birds flying over

from rain into rain

4. Tih poput misli

osvijetli moju sobu

niotkud leptir

Silent like my thoughts

enligtning my room

a butterfly from nowhere

5. Stari marangun

o gušta šplanja drivo

za dičji bančić*

Old carpenter

planing the wood with joy

for a child’s craddle

6. Srebrnim mostom

povezalo je podne

zimske oblake

At noon

winter clouds are tied up

with the silver bridge

7. Pjena za krmom

odlazećeg broda

odmiče rivu

The wake

after a ship

away the shore

8. Cilu noć u dvor

ćakula stara špina

sa punim sićon**

Old faucet talks

with a full bucket

the whole night

9. Tačan ka leroj

nabada skalinadu

špic bagulina***

Exact as a clock

stabbing at the stony stairs

the walking stick’s top

10. Na mjesečini

u smrtnom zagrljaju

imela i hrast

In the moonlight

in a deadly embrace

the mistletoe and the oak

11. Razbudili su

plavi stubovi dima

smrzlo seoce

The blue pillars of smoke

waking up

a chilled village

12. Modri se

ljuta kopriva pod oblačkom

rascvale višnje

Blue is

hot nettle under the cloud

of the sour-cherry in bloom

Čakavski dijalekt /Chakavian Dialect

*stari drvodjelac / s radošću blanja drvo / za kolijevku

** svu noć u dvoru / stara slavina ćaska / s punim vjedrom

***točan kao sat / nabada kamene stube / vrh štapa

1. Haiku No. 7, Zagreb 1997;

2. Zbornik samoborskih haiku-susreta/Samobor Haiku Meeting Miscellany 2000;

3. Haiku br. 21/22, Zagreb 2004;

4. Kloštar Ivanić Haiku Meeting Miscellany, 2003;

5. Haiku u Dalmaciji, izbor - eseji, Matica hrvatska - povjereništvo Podstrana 2001, priređivač: Zlatko I. Juras;

6-7. Haiku Calendar/Rokovnik, Ludbreg 2001;

8-9. Haiku u Dalmaciji, izbor - eseji, Matica hrvatska - povjereništvo Podstrana 2001, priređivač: Zlatko I. Juras;