The 'I Heard a Voice Out of Nowhere' Award [Haiku Division] by Misty
I don't know who said it, but I can definitely hear it—the wandering 'I Heard a Voice Out of Nowhere' Award. First up is the Haiku Division.
Click here for information on the 'Out of Nowhere' Awards
I often end up reading text from Twitter or Note articles in someone's voice.
(It happens the other way around, too. Everyone calls it my 'Itako' medium act.) Anyway, based on the person's usual writing style, the image of their work, and their icon, I end up imagining their character or reading the text in a voice I already know.
I've even assigned specific voices to several of the 'Min-Hai' crew and regulars.
Of course, that goes for some of my favorite fans in the curling community, too.
(I'm keeping whose voice it is a secret, lol.) I might even be reading them with the wrong gender or age.
By the way, what about the voice for my writing style? If I analyze it myself, I think
'Ogi Mama' is the closest. (Haha) (If I write that, people will really read it like that forever!)
If you try to imagine Ogi Mama's voice while reading my articles,
you might be able to experience me 'hearing a voice' too. Tee-hee. It's not quite like that on Note yet, but on Twitter, it's definitely Ogi Mama.
But for me, 'hearing a voice' isn't just about the 'voice' itself.
It's a simulated experience of the scene from a drama, the images and atmosphere that the voice I'm reading speaks of, and even sounds other than the voice. (Actually, that's how it is.)
That's why all the winning works are pieces that appealed to my five senses.
Also, since this is the final tournament before the 'freeze,' I've made as many works as possible eligible for awards.
I haven't even counted how many there are. So, some voices overlap.
In particular, there are many by Junko Yamamoto of Hi-Fi Set, whom I also submitted.
(Maybe that happened because I was writing about Shun-Shun-Pon's songs.)
And they were all better works than the one I submitted.
Just one more thing (Is that Ukyo Sugishita?!)
As with all three divisions, this might be different from the authors' intent or purpose.
But this is just 'one way of taking it.'
Besides, I reset my reading for each tournament, and since I only hear the voice based on the text of the work, some authors might end up with the same voice.
Now, here are the results for the Haiku Division. (The voice I heard is in parentheses.)
For the same talent or actor, I've added notes if it's a specific character or voice. (Google it if you don't know.)
There are many works, so I've placed the certificates here first. I'd be happy if you could accept them.
Now, it's a customary event since the Lilac Cup. Everyone, join in!
From that famous Showa-era scene of a national sports broadcast, ready, one, two!
'HYO! SHO! JO!'
The winning works are in no particular order.
(I've been copy-pasting them into my draft as I hear them.)
Reading the Bible, hiding in the sickbed, the south wind
(Yukie Nakama / Miyako Yashiro)
※Sorry, this was mixed into my tanka draft (added later)
Counting the lantern plant flowers, Senso-ji Temple
(Yoshiko Nakada) ※This time it wasn't a dapper old man, but one of the two mainstays of Pre-Bato
Snails and wet household goods lined up on the road
(Itsuki Natsui) ※I definitely heard it.
On a hot day, a refreshing glass of beer
(Kotono Mitsuishi / or rather, Misato Katsuragi) ※Pfuahhh
Hydrangeas and my aging mother with a round smile
(Kenichi Endo / in narration)
Chocolate, a tie, Glico Pineapple
(Kazushige Nagashima)
On the writing desk, a cicada shell, a chirp at dusk
(Fumiyo Kohinata / Kyojo)
Kyoto trip, buying flowers, Tanizaki Memorial Day
(Ryo Tamura / not the Lonboo one, the actor one)
Byakuren flower petals leaping as a rabbit
(Keiko Takahashi / Aibou 'Renmyo' role)
A postcard with no words arrives, summer vacation
(Kang Hanna)
Surprise, a sunflower's Happy Birthday!
(Seiji Chihara)
The last bus 'getting off' light glows on a summer night
(Tsubasa Makoto)
Taking off her sandals, the girl becomes a bird
(Junko Yamamoto)
Holding hands, walking in silence under the scorching sun
(Yukie Nakama / NHK narration)
Distant thunder, the June persimmons are fragrant
(Dan Mitsu / Nomitetsu Honsen narration)
Living an ordinary life, grilling eggplants ordinarily
(Tsunehiko Watase / Keishicho Sosa Ikka 9-gakari)
Glancing at the canned beer, it's happoshu again tonight
(Yuriko Ishida)
Geometric mobile swaying in the summer afternoon
(Naoki Matayoshi)
Ham sandwich, a morning passing through the rose arch
(Fumika Hideshima)
The 'Getto' song of the schoolhouse, Okinawa Memorial Day
(Masane Tsukayama) *Actor and voice actor from Okinawa
'See you later,' with those words summer departs
(Yuki Amami / Maybe from BOSS?)
Summer swallows, the island's modern art museum
(Yutaka Matsushige)
Heartache flows down into the early summer sea
(Yoshie Ichige)
Asphalt scorching the city on a burning day
(Takaaki Enoki)
Closing the grave, the sutra chanting melts into the cicada chorus
(Toshiyuki Nishida)
In the evening calm, youth still lingers
(So Takei) *The phrasing 'youth still lingers' rather than 'still in my youth' is so characteristic
Overcoming memories of days gone by, summer arrives
(Fumiyo Kohinata / Kinkyu Torishirabeshitsu)
In the sky I watch with a friend, summer stars like grains of sand in the Ganges
(Takaya Kamikawa / Daichi no Ko) *Though the country is different, it's under the continental sky
Does it howl at the sun? Father's sunglasses
(Toru Watanabe / Chikyu Dramatic) *Among the performers, it was this voice.
White summer breeze, my child's shirt dancing by the window
(Junior Chihara) *Those who watch 'Pre-Bato' will understand.
Don't fall, fireworks, I'm not ready yet '—uh, um,'
(Kosei Miki) *The older brother who does the tsukkomi. The timing is perfect
First job complete, the sky is a rainy season sunset
(Haruka Fukuhara / Maiagare!)
These are the winners of my 'I Heard a Voice Unbidden' Award in the haiku category.
Phew, I'm absolutely exhausted (lol).
This time, too, there were nothing but magnificent 'voices'.
Thank you very much.
See you later.
May good things happen to you all.