Category Archives: Haiku Poem

年月を重ね割れ目に水の地図 ねんげつ を　かさね　われめ に　みず の ちず Old streaks run across Water and Time, hand in hand Chinks in the concrete. In an old building I’ve seen, probably over 80 years old. The building has clearly seen better days as years … Continue reading →

湯煙の冬霧となる荒湯かな A hot spring even the steam is cold in winter. ゆけむり の　ふゆぎり と なる　あらゆ かな 尾池和夫（おいけかずお）　

声高く宴は踊る花見酒 こえ たかく　うたげ は おどる　はなみ ざけ Laughing bellies beneath the pinks and whites brown eyes dancing. (Description) Hanami party. Laughing and drinking. Mostly Japanese so brown eyes dancing from a little too much alcohol. All under the pink and white … Continue reading →

分別の瓦礫の山や冬の雨 Winter rain falls great heaps of rubble sorted by type. ぶんべつ の がれき の やま や ふゆ の あめ 尾池和夫（おいけかずお）　

飛び出した守宮発見かくれんぼ とびだした　やもり はっけん　かくれんぼ Prize egg found forgotten and refound freed baby gecko. When I was 5 years old, I used to play in the park next to my house. One day, I found a baby egg the size of an … Continue reading →

実習生牡蠣剝く技を修めとす Oyster peeling the apprentice performs with mastery. じっしゅうせい　かき むく わざ を　おさめ と す 尾池和夫（おいけかずお）　

煮凝や昨夜の話につづきあり With jellied fish let’s continue the stories. from last night. にこごり や さくや の はなし に　つづき あり 尾池和夫（おいけかずお）　

分水嶺過ぎたるしるべ時雨雲 Watersheds guide cloud-fallen drizzle journeys begin. ぶんすいれい　すぎたる しるべ　しぐれぐも 尾池和夫（おいけかずお）　

断層の南端はここ返り花 Warm winter day: flowers return to the strata’s south tip. だんそう の　なんたん は ここ　かえりばな 尾池和夫（おいけかずお）　

大雨を避けて車を停める策 おおあめ を　さけて くるま を　とめる さく Hard rain falls rushing car stops on the road avoids getting wet. Usually, I walk to class. However, today it was raining very hard, so the only way to avoid getting wet was to … Continue reading →