Category Archives: Haiku Poem

arrive Zengyo famous hearty reception great attention celebrity style welcome (Ben version) 地味の人善行に着き有名だ じみのひと　ぜんぎょう に つき　ゆうめい だ （Michiko version) 善行に出迎えられて著名人 ぜんぎょう に　でむかえられて　ちょめいじん I arrived in Zengyo and right away felt famous. Everyone seemed to know that I was coming and … Continue reading →

golden rays melt into the waves the seaside road 雲焼けて金色の波海の道 くも やけて　こんじき の なみ　うみ の みち Driving along the coast in Hawaii, the breathtaking sight of the glorious sunset grabs my attention. To the extent that I had to pull … Continue reading →

again return Japan new time familiar signs see old friend (Ben version) 和友達思い出深く変わらない わともだち　おもいでふかく　かわらない (Michiko version) ただいまと日本のふるさと友の街 ただいまと　にほんのふるさと　とものまち I returned to Japan to visit NACOS again for the second time. Although today is a different time and some things have … Continue reading →

handle with care ocean’s siren call new divers born (Jim version) 刺激的海の誘惑新ダイバー しげきてき　うみ の ゆうわく　しんダイバー (Michiko version) 憧れて用意周到ダイバーに あこがれて　ようい しゅうとう　ダイバーに One of the things in my life that I am so very thankful for is that I was able to … Continue reading →

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 →