Category Archives: Haiku Poem

ハワイ時間７月２９日カムチャッカ半島沖地震の影響で津波警報が出ました。ジムさんはその時の事をハイクポエムにしました。船をワイキキ沖へ移動する時にジムさんが船上から撮影。ナコスファミリーのジム ウッドハルさんの報告です。シグナルで話しながらハイクポエムを作っています。（編集長 美智子） (Jim Woodhull) sirens rip the sky waves crash in the darkness beckoning harbor 港出る警報わめく津波かな みなとでる　けいほう わめく　つなみかな On Tuesday July 29th there was a tsunami warning for Hawaii. About 3:00 in the afternoon the alarms went off and … Continue reading →

(Jim Woodhull) gentle blowing wind ushers in a new season Spring has returned 咲いた花色の爆発春が来た さいた はな　いろ の ばくはつ　はる が きた The winter season is slowly ending here in Hawaii. Unlike other colder climates there is a bigger change between Winter … Continue reading →

(Rebecca Rogan) it’s a kind of magic stewing, steaming and bubbling hot my slow cooker at work 寝てる間に魔法を使うお鍋かな ねてるま に　まほう を つかう　おなべ かな My favourite pumpkin soup compliments of my slow cooker .. most evenings after returning home from a … Continue reading →

(Jim Woodhull) lights fill the night sky forty years of joy and awe holidays are here 　　 市庁舎にホリデーライト笑い声 しちょうしゃに　ホリデーライト　わらいごえ 2024 was the 40th anniversary of the Honolulu Lights. The lights and exhibitions are put up after Thanksgiving and they are … Continue reading →

(Jim Woodhull) Hawaiian sunset God’s own sunburst finish night time soon follows 神様の塗りつぶす空サンセット かみさま の　ぬりつぶす そら　サンセット For me, the sunsets in the winter in Hawaii are especially beautiful because the sun sinks into the ocean so there is almost always … Continue reading →

Collaborative Haiku Poem – 粗大ゴミ (Yoko Kelley) SO-DAI GOMI saved by internet and social media 粗大ゴミ　インターネットに救われし そだいごみ　インターネットに　すくわれし A SO-DAI GOMI, or a “coarse, bulky waste”, is a word expressing retired males who had nothing to do at home and became … Continue reading →

(Jim Woodhull) completely barren six year work in progress beautiful garden 何もないゆっくり植えた妻の庭 なにも ない　ゆっくり うえた　つま の にわ My wife and I have been living in our current apartment for a bout 6 years. When we first moved in we had … Continue reading →

(Rebecca Rogan) local discount market great value and give aways abound my bags overflow 割引の地元スーパー大人気 わりびきの　じもとスーパー　だいにんき Each Tuesday Bali has an early day from school and we go together to a local discount market to do shopping. This market is … Continue reading →

(Jim Woodhull) island fever returns weekend at the beach summertime is here 快活な夏の週末オアフ島 かいかつ な　なつ の しゅうまつ　オアフとう The weekends at the beach in Oahu in the summer are always very busy as not only are there many tourists, there are … Continue reading →

(Jim Woodhull) like rolling thunder waves furiously pound the beach surfers paradise 天国やビーチを攻める夏の波 てんごく や　ビーチ を せめる　なつ の なみ The summer swells have come to Hawaii with much force, On the south side of Oahu there has been big waves … Continue reading →