Category Archives: Haiku Poem

beds now empty searching for volunteers blood donations (Jim Woodhull) 献血所また増えてきた空きベッド けんけつしょ　また ふえて きた　あき ベッド When the first lockdown in Hawaii happened around April, the rules were very strict and there were few places that people were allowed to go … Continue reading →

my dreadful feeling a smiling nurse approaches the Covid test (Jim Woodhull) 検査中ほほえむナース涙出る けんさ ちゅう　ほほえむ ナース　なみだ でる Today, October 6, I did the Covid Virus test. I am renewing my Captain’s license and before I do the other health checks … Continue reading →

leaving the harbor our customers are back sunset tour (Jim Woodhull) 久しぶりボートのツアー海に出る ひさしぶり　ボート の ツアー　うみ に でる On Saturday, September 26th I finally had a boat tour! Looking at the Captain’s log book the last tour was on June 12th! … Continue reading →

unending lights slowly slither and weave island traffic jam (Jim Woodhull) 数珠つなぎライト這いずる道の川 じゅず つなぎ　ライト はいずる　みち の かわ Since the end of March there has been very few tourists here because of the quarantine regulations and also the people who live … Continue reading →

reaching to the sky bathed in royal colors Aloha Tower (Jim Woodhull) 王の色アロハタワーの贈り物 おう の いろ　アロハタワー の　おくりもの My wife and I go out for our evening walk almost every day and usually we like to go to the Aloha Tower … Continue reading →

life events record hundreds of times a day impersonal processing (Scott Gardner) 証明書ネットの処理は味気ない しょうめいしょ　ネット の しょり は　あじけない The new corona virus has affected my work. My work hasn’t changed. I still have to go to the office. But the public … Continue reading →

little black ball scared of her own shadow our special guest (Jim Woodhull) 怖がり屋黒毛の猫はお客さま こわがり や　くろげ の ねこ は　おきゃく さま About 10 years ago when my wife and I lived in our previous apartment we found an abandoned kitten that … Continue reading →

cotton puffs fill the Hawaiian skies Autumn is coming (Jim Woodhull) 綿の雲ハワイの空に秋が来る わた の くも　ハワイ の そら に　あき が くる The beginning of September is here and even though the summer season is still here there are slight changes already … Continue reading →

push pull breathe in out space confines (Ben Clark) 体操や自宅勤務のリフレッシュ たいそう や　じたくきんむ の リフレッシュ Like many people, I have been working at home. I seldom go out. That makes working out difficult. I am slowly trying to get more exercise … Continue reading →

traffic lights stare at empty streets below quiet Waikiki (Jim Woodhull) 空っぽの車道を照らす信号機 からっぽ の　しゃどう を てらす　しんごうき Because of the recent rise in the Covid virus the State of Hawaii will go into a 2 week shut down starting on August … Continue reading →