Today's Haiku (1)
translated by Fay Aoyagi
translated by Fay Aoyagi
December 26, 2008
yuki no yama muon no taki no kakarikeri
snow mountain
a waterfall hangs
without the sound
Tsutae Hihara
(from "Shikun" ("Bamboo") (Haiku Collection of
Tsutae Hirara), Fransu-Do, Tokyo, 2008)
yuki no yama muon no taki no kakarikeri
snow mountain
a waterfall hangs
without the sound
Tsutae Hihara
(from "Shikun" ("Bamboo") (Haiku Collection of
Tsutae Hirara), Fransu-Do, Tokyo, 2008)
January 1, 2009
shimo fukaku akebono iro no kai urare
deep frost--
sea shells in the color of a dawn
at the storefront
Yukiko Nagai
(from "Hoshikoi" ("Star Love") (Haiku
Collection of Yuriko Nagai), Fransu-Do,
Tokyo, 2006)
shimo fukaku akebono iro no kai urare
deep frost--
sea shells in the color of a dawn
at the storefront
Yukiko Nagai
(from "Hoshikoi" ("Star Love") (Haiku
Collection of Yuriko Nagai), Fransu-Do,
Tokyo, 2006)
January 3, 2009
minato itsu tsumini ni touki chi no kemono
frosting port--
animals from a far-away land
in the cargo
Yasuko Tsushima
(from "Tenshi" ("Ths Sky") (Haiku Collection
of Yasuko Tsushima), Fujimi Shobo, Tokyo,
2007
minato itsu tsumini ni touki chi no kemono
frosting port--
animals from a far-away land
in the cargo
Yasuko Tsushima
(from "Tenshi" ("Ths Sky") (Haiku Collection
of Yasuko Tsushima), Fujimi Shobo, Tokyo,
2007
January 13, 2009
bara to moufu yoru o tazuneteyuku zaseki
roses and blanket--
a seat on the way
of visiting the night
Yasuko Tsushima
(from "Haiku Shikii" ("Haiku Four Seasons,"
a monthly haiku journal) December 2008
Issue , by Tokyo Shiki Shuppan)
bara to moufu yoru o tazuneteyuku zaseki
roses and blanket--
a seat on the way
of visiting the night
Yasuko Tsushima
(from "Haiku Shikii" ("Haiku Four Seasons,"
a monthly haiku journal) December 2008
Issue , by Tokyo Shiki Shuppan)
January 14, 2009
kagami kara betsu no onna ga kurisumasu
another woman
from the mirror...
Chistmas
Otoka Kitami
(from "Haiku Shikii" ("Haiku Four Seasons,"
a monthly haiku journal) December 2008
Issue , by Tokyo Shiki Shuppan)
kagami kara betsu no onna ga kurisumasu
another woman
from the mirror...
Chistmas
Otoka Kitami
(from "Haiku Shikii" ("Haiku Four Seasons,"
a monthly haiku journal) December 2008
Issue , by Tokyo Shiki Shuppan)
January 18, 2009
ichigatsu ya tsukue ni nomi no hitosoroi
January--
a set of chisels
on his desk
Miyako Yamashita
(from "Ten'I" January 2009 Issue
(membership magazine of "Providence," a
haiku group led by Dr. Akito Arima), published
by Ten'I Haiku Group, Tokyo, Japan
* This haiku, one of 30 haiku of "Kano Busshi"
(That Sculptor of Buddhist Statues) which won
the First Place of Ten'i Special Haiku contest
in 2008.
ichigatsu ya tsukue ni nomi no hitosoroi
January--
a set of chisels
on his desk
Miyako Yamashita
(from "Ten'I" January 2009 Issue
(membership magazine of "Providence," a
haiku group led by Dr. Akito Arima), published
by Ten'I Haiku Group, Tokyo, Japan
* This haiku, one of 30 haiku of "Kano Busshi"
(That Sculptor of Buddhist Statues) which won
the First Place of Ten'i Special Haiku contest
in 2008.
January 19, 2009
gu o toeba kage no unazuku kareno kana
a shadow nods
when I ask about my foolishness
withered fields
Shingo Kanamura
(from "Kikunamasu" (Vinegered
Chrysantemums), haiku collection of Shingo
Kanamura, Kadokawa Shoten, Tokyo 2007)
gu o toeba kage no unazuku kareno kana
a shadow nods
when I ask about my foolishness
withered fields
Shingo Kanamura
(from "Kikunamasu" (Vinegered
Chrysantemums), haiku collection of Shingo
Kanamura, Kadokawa Shoten, Tokyo 2007)
January 20, 2009
kasei dete namako shokushu o nobashikeri
after leaving Mars
a sea cucumber stretches
its tentacles
Kyoko Uchimura
(from "Ten'I Net Kukai" January 2009
(Internet Kukai of Ten'i Haiku Group, Japan;
http://haikunet.info)
kasei dete namako shokushu o nobashikeri
after leaving Mars
a sea cucumber stretches
its tentacles
Kyoko Uchimura
(from "Ten'I Net Kukai" January 2009
(Internet Kukai of Ten'i Haiku Group, Japan;
http://haikunet.info)