Author Archives: JimWoodhull

leaving Tokyo gracefully winding river Hadano calls me flowers gently fall cicadas screech and scream thick blankets of heat (Jim version) 秦野呼ぶ土手の緑に蝉の声 はだのよぶ　どてのみどり に　せみのこえ (Kiko　version) 風そよぐ我を招くは秦野路へ かぜそよぐ　われをまねくは　はだのじ へ (Kiko　version) 蝉しぐれ花舞う川面霞かな せみしぐれ　はなまうかわも　かすみかな Even though I really liked living in Tokyo, at … Continue reading →

screaming in delight riding in the ocean’s hand private limousine サーフィンに乗れば延々別世界 サーフィン に　のれば えんえん　べっせかい The summer is coming to Hawaii and when that happens the south side of the island starts to have summer swells and that means that there … Continue reading →

echoes of laughter the ocean welcomes her queen forgotten glory 笑い声栄えた船の浮き沈み わらいごえ　さかえた ふね の　うきしずみ In Honolulu Harbor there are some boats that nobody uses. They stay at the dock never to be taken out again. It is very sad because … Continue reading →

breath taking beauty boiling water screams in rage nature’s cruel balance 海たぎる絶景砕く唸り声 うみ たぎる　ぜっけい くだく　うなりごえ Sometimes in my job I will leave before the submarine in our skiff, which is like a speed boat to set up everything for the … Continue reading →

run away train wingless birds fill the skyline paradise sighs 楽園に羽のない鶴暴走車 らくえん に　はね の ない つる　ぼうそうしゃ In the last two years there has been a lot of construction in the Waikiki and Kakaako area. I can only watch as buildings … Continue reading →

lightning fast feathers knives slicing through butter taming the waves　　　　　　　　 風遊び大波を彫るスワンかな かぜ あそび　おおなみ を ほる　スワン かな 切れる波脇目も振らず風遊び きれる なみ　わきめも ふらず　かぜ あそび Whenever I see the sail boat races they all look so light and graceful and the big sales can … Continue reading →

free light show spilled orange juice a soft sigh Jim version 溜息や焼けている空また明日 ためいきや　やけている そら　また あした Michiko version 夢ごこち雲間を染めるライトショー ゆめごこち　くもま を そめる　らいとしょー On the end of January I had to work overtime on the shuttle boat as we were having pictures … Continue reading →

blank paper bright desires brand new chance Jim version ブランクメモ明るい希望新機会 ブランク メモ　あかるい きぼう　しん きかい Michiko version 年新た期待膨らむ可能性 とし あらた　きたい ふくらむ　かのうせい Since a new year has begun I was thinking of a Haiku poem that would show the idea of ” … Continue reading →

past pictures tug at my heart the sting of bittersweet Jim version 古いフォト優しい痛さ戻れない ふるい フォト　やさしい いたさ　もどれない Michiko version 琴線に郷愁を呼ぶ過去のフォト きんせん に　きょうしゅう を よぶ　かこ の フォト I was so happy to know that I would get to see current pictures of … Continue reading →

After writing my haiku on the moon I had the image in my head of a person who was bright on the outside but the opposite on the inside. This made me remember the Dead Sea. I was taught in … Continue reading →