Category Archives: Haiku Poem

cold creeps in I put on my socks two layers It’s gotten really cold over the past week.　I’m sensitive to the cold, so my feet always freeze really quickly. Even though true winter is still a ways off, it’s reached … Continue reading →

一斉に風になびいたススキ群 いっせい に　かぜ に なびいた　ススキ ぐん grassy clump bending all at once in the wind – Nakamura Michiko – English by Chay Schiller みちこ

道すがら秋のタンポポ応援歌 みちすがら　あき の タンポポ　おうえんか autumn walk we cheer each other up dandelion – Nakamura Michiko – English by Chay Schiller みちこ

秋の葉で地を塗る風や森の道 あき の は で　ち を ぬる かぜ や　もり の みち forest road wind and colored leaves paint the earth – Nakamura Michiko – English by Chay Schiller みちこ

dazzling light– and his eyelids closed to great applause Today, a patient we’ve had for over a month afflicted with a serious disturbance of conscious closed his eyes in response to a penlight shone in his face to check his … Continue reading →

thoughts are spoken without a single word eyes tell stories Although it is very difficult for patients afflicted with aphasia to form words, their facial expressions can say a lot. Particularly, they can communicate their thoughts by looking at you … Continue reading →

Ruminations on English, Japanese, and haiku. English and Japanese have completely different vocabularies and grammatical structures. Everyone knows this. Yet what not many are aware of are the imprints that words and thought patterns leave on our minds. Those of … Continue reading →