Category Archives: Haiku Poem

playground by the sea gentle winds caress the land my home Hawaii (Jim version) 海が待ついつもそよ風ハワイ呼ぶ うみ が まつ　いつも そよかぜ　はわい よぶ (Michiko version） 島々に風の挨拶アロハ州 しまじま に　かぜ の あいさつ　あろは しゅう I am very fortunate to have been able to travel all over … Continue reading →

seeing the last jump Alaskan waters await see you next year (Jim version) アラスカへ旅立つジャンプまた来年 アラスカへ　たびだつジャンプ　またらいねん (Michiko version) 水しぶき一つ残して海の旅 みずしぶき　ひとつのこして　うみのたび I was very, very fortunate that on the last day of the Whale watching tours I saw a whale breach! There … Continue reading →

waiting cocoon wheels of progress turn building emerges (Jim version) 休閑地見る見るうちに新仕組み きゅうかんち　みるみるうちに　しんしくみ (Michiko version) 待ちわびて古びた土地は様変わり まちわびて　ふるびた とち は　さまがわり Next to the Ala Moana shopping center there is the Ward shopping center and the Ward theater complex. The ward theaters was … Continue reading →

sun dried pavement beauty rises from the dust new tourist mecca (Jim version) 放置されついに一新蘇生です！ ほうちされ　ついに いっしん　そせいです (Michiko first version) 荒れた地所変貌遂げて街開き あれた ちしょ　へんぼう とげて　まちびらき When I moved to Oahu over 31 years ago there was an area that was mainly old … Continue reading →

gracefully swimming misnamed gentle giant ocean’s prince (Jim version) 特殊客優しい巨漢鮫でしょう とくしゅきゃく　やさしい きょかん　さめでしょう (Michiko version) いかつい名もらって軽い身のこなし いかつい　な　もらって　かるい　み の こなし In the 31 years that I have lived and dove in Hawaii I have only seen a whale shark one time. That … Continue reading →

giant silver bird forever on the runway swimming passengers (Jim version) 銀の鳥ファーストクラスは浪人鯵 ぎん の とり　ファーストクラス は　ろうにんあじ (Michiko version) ターミナル魚を乗せた銀の鳥 ターミナル　さかな を のせた　ぎん の とり In 1989 Mid Pacific Airlines, an inter island carrier, went out of business. Atlantis bought two … Continue reading →

black empty eyes doomed to endlessly swim bittersweet beauty (Jim version) 海の王不敵で泳ぐ誇らしい うみ の おう　ふてき で およぐ　ほこらしい (Michiko version) ひたすらに海中で射る孤高の眼 ひたすらに　かいちゅう で いる　ここう の め Unfortunately the shark has a reputation for being evil and a fish that should be … Continue reading →

gentle ocean king deadly pink warning sign silent shark waiting (Jim version) 息止める広がるピンクイタチ鮫 いき とめる　ひろがる ぴんく　いたちざめ (Michiko version) 水面下ピンクに染めるイタチザメ すいめんか　ぴんく に そめる　いたちざめ Just this past week I got a big surprise. I saw my first whale for the season! Usually … Continue reading →

bully of the sea sharks tremble in fear cold blank eyes (Jim version) 黒い影魚の波旬冷たい目 くろいかげ　さかな の はじゅん　つめたい め (Michiko version) アジ来ればサメも怯えるいじめっ子 あじ くれば　さめ も おびえる　いじめっこ Seeing the big Aji from either the submarine or when diving can be a breath … Continue reading →

execution day surprising wave of sadness a final salute (Jim version) 海が泣く最後の旅路魚待つ うみ が なく　さいご の たびじ　さかな まつ After many attempts the fishing boat was finally taken off very early in the morning before the tour boats came and it … Continue reading →