Category Archives: Haiku Poem

(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 →

(Rebecca Rogan) Sunday lunch settling down in Sydney the new week is dawning くつろぎの日曜ランチシドニーで くつろぎ の　にちよう ランチ　シドニー で Back living in Sydney and loving it ! On April 30 I relocated from Toowoomba with Bali to Sydney. After settling in … Continue reading →

(Jim Woodhull) shoulder surgery long road to recovery awaits my wife 止まらないピリピリ痛む妻の肩 とまらない　ぴりぴり いたむ　つま の かた Seven weeks ago my wife underwent shoulder surgery. It was a torn rotator cuff. She had torn the muscles in her shoulder while pulling … Continue reading →

Collaborative Haiku Poem – ユキヒメドリの天気予報 (Yoko Kelley) spring snow forecast by juncos right on target 春の雪ジュンコの予報的中す はる の ゆき　ジュンコ の よほう　てきちゅうす I am little confused now, weather wise. Weather patterns change so frequently and drastically, warm spring temperature a few … Continue reading →