一杓に一音春の立ちにけり 辻 桃子
isshaku ni ichion haru no tachinikeri
a sound
per ladle
spring begins
Momoko Tsuji
from Haiku Dai-Saijiki (Comprehensive Haiku Saijiki), Kadokawa Shoten, Tokyo, 2006
一杓に一音春の立ちにけり 辻 桃子
isshaku ni ichion haru no tachinikeri
a sound
per ladle
spring begins
Momoko Tsuji
from Haiku Dai-Saijiki (Comprehensive Haiku Saijiki), Kadokawa Shoten, Tokyo, 2006
座布団に猫のくぼみや春隣 大島雄作
zabuton ni neko no kubomi ya haru-tonari
a cat left a dent
on a cushion—
almost spring
Yusaku Ohshima
from Haiku, a monthly haiku magazine February 2022 Issue, Kabushiki Kaisha Kadokawa, Tokyo
邦題がとつてもいいの日脚伸ぶ 小池康生
hôdai ga tottemo iino hiashi nobu
“a Japanese title is
very good”
days get longer
Yasuo Koike
from Haiku, a monthly haiku magazine February 2022 Issue, Kabushiki Kaisha Kadokawa, Tokyo
風はもう冷たくない乾いてもいない 佐藤文香
kaze wa mô tsumetakumonai kawaitemoinai
the wind is
no longer cold
nor dry
Ayaka Sato
from Haiku, a monthly haiku magazine February 2022 Issue, Kabushiki Kaisha Kadokawa, Tokyo
春はすぐそこだけどパスワードが違う 福田若之
haru wa sugu soko dakedo pasuwaado ga chigau
spring is around the corner
but with a different password
Wakayuki Fukuda
from Haiku, a monthly haiku magazine February 2022 Issue, Kabushiki Kaisha Kadokawa, Tokyo