Category Archives: Haiku Poem

winter brings cold rain the locals keep playing laughing loudly (Rebecca version) 雨と霧空まで届く笑い声 あめときり　そらまでとどく　わらいごえ (Michiko version) 笑い声冬空高く霧の雨 わらいごえ　ふゆぞらたかく　きりのあめ Winter on the Sunshine Coast of Australia: As it approaches the middle of winter the sub tropical feeling of the Sunshine Coast … Continue reading →

days grow short north shore regains its power autumn is coming (Jim version) 長い影波が戻ったやはり秋 ながいかげ　なみがもどった　やはりあき (Michiko version) 秋近し大波もどるノースショア あき ちかし　おおなみ もどる　ノースショア Even though it is still just the middle of August, the Autumn season is quietly approaching. It is coming … Continue reading →

days fall like leaves cell phone screams out its warning no day off for you! (Jim version) 大仕事電話が叫ぶ休みない おおしごと　でんわがさけぶ　やすみない (Michiko version) 電話鳴りボスの懇願休み飛ぶ でんわなり　ボスのこんがん　やすみとぶ Lately at my job there has been only two Japanese speakers so even though it is not … Continue reading →

my morning routine searching through the morning light ahh my Fuji san! (Jim version) 荷物積む見えるでしょうかああ富士山 にもつつむ　みえるでしょうか　ああふじさん （Kiko version) 暑き日に木陰に入り富士仰ぐ あつきひに　こかげ に はいり　ふじあおぐ (Shuzo version) 富士山を今日も見たくて家を出る ふじさんを　きょうも みたくて　いえをでる One of my favorite memories of living and working in Hadano was that … Continue reading →

leaving Tokyo gracefully winding river Hadano calls me flowers gently fall cicadas screech and scream thick blankets of heat (Jim version) 秦野呼ぶ土手の緑に蝉の声 はだのよぶ　どてのみどり に　せみのこえ (Kiko　version) 風そよぐ我を招くは秦野路へ かぜそよぐ　われをまねくは　はだのじ へ (Kiko　version) 蝉しぐれ花舞う川面霞かな せみしぐれ　はなまうかわも　かすみかな Even though I really liked living in Tokyo, at … Continue reading →

rice wrap green tight inside futon sleep warm upon tatami (Ben version) 寿司食べて布団で眠る海苔と米 すし たべて　ふとん で ねむる　のり と こめ (Michiko version) 畳部屋巻き寿司食べて布団敷く たたみ べや　まきずし たべて　ふとん しく When I was growing up in Iowa, every year the school district would select … Continue reading →

screaming in delight riding in the ocean’s hand private limousine サーフィンに乗れば延々別世界 サーフィン に　のれば えんえん　べっせかい The summer is coming to Hawaii and when that happens the south side of the island starts to have summer swells and that means that there … Continue reading →

２０１７年（平成２９年）５月１５日の葵祭り The Aoi Matsuri Festival in Kyoto. May 15, 2017 (The 29th year of Heisei era.) (Shuzo version) 我が友の　送りし平成　初夏の風 わが とも の　おくりし へいせい　しょか の かぜ (Jim version) pictures remind me parading timeless beauty Kyoto’s pride for all 　小学校時代の友人が、葵祭りの写真を送ってくれました。 葵小学校に通っていた頃、下鴨神社の境内や雑草に覆われた 糺の森のデコボコ道を暗くなるまで自転車で走り回ったものです。 … Continue reading →

climbing rain falls wind blows thoughts float haiku sinks down (Ben version) 雨降って俳句考え紙に着く あめ ふって　はいく かんがえ　かみ に つく (Michiko version) 雨降って俳句創作地固まる あめ ふって　はいく そうさく　ぢ かたまる I went to Enoshima in October of 2013. Unfortunately, on that day, October 2nd, the … Continue reading →

echoes of laughter the ocean welcomes her queen forgotten glory 笑い声栄えた船の浮き沈み わらいごえ　さかえた ふね の　うきしずみ In Honolulu Harbor there are some boats that nobody uses. They stay at the dock never to be taken out again. It is very sad because … Continue reading →