secchû no kusa ippon o tsue to shite

            one stem of grass

            in snow

            as my walking stick

                                                            Kiyoko Uda

from ‘Haiku,’ a monthly haiku magazine, December 2011 Issue, Kadokawa Gakugei Shuppan, Tokyo

Fay’s Note:  This haiku is from “Kioku” (“Memory”, a haiku collection by the poet), published in 2011

11/30/11 Tanka Translation 100 (Samio Maekawa) posted

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mô yukenu kamo shirenu mori yuki ga furu

            the forest

            I may not be able to go anymore

            snow falling

Kaseki Murakoshi

from “Haiku Shiki” (“Haiku Four Seasons,” a monthly haiku magazine) ,  December 2011  Issue, Tokyo Shiki Shuppan, Tokyo

kibukurete soroban-beta no kurashi kana

            bundled up

            in winter clothing

            my not-so-wealthy life

                                                            Ippo Ishikawa

from “Haiku Shiki” (“Haiku Four Seasons,” a monthly haiku magazine) ,  December 2011  Issue, Tokyo Shiki Shuppan, Tokyo

Fay’s Note:   Literal translation of ‘soroban-beta’ is ‘not good at the abacus.’

ano kyaku ga kuru to tokei ga mina kuruu

            with that guest

            all the clocks

            goes crazy

                                                Akihiko Esato

from “Haiku Shiki” (“Haiku Four Seasons,” a monthly haiku magazine) ,  December 2011  Issue, Tokyo Shiki Shuppan, Tokyo

Fay’s Note:   This haiku has no kigo.