短夜の蕪村書簡に無心ごと 山尾玉藻
mijikayo no buson shokan ni mushin-goto
short summer night
a request for money
in Buson’s letter
Tamamo Yamao
from Haidan, (Haiku Stage) a monthly haiku magazine, August 2016 Issue, Honami Shoten, Tokyo
短夜の蕪村書簡に無心ごと 山尾玉藻
mijikayo no buson shokan ni mushin-goto
short summer night
a request for money
in Buson’s letter
Tamamo Yamao
from Haidan, (Haiku Stage) a monthly haiku magazine, August 2016 Issue, Honami Shoten, Tokyo
全米が泣いた芭蕉の帰還かな 谷 雄介
zenbei ga naita bashô no kikan kana
entire America cried
the return
of Basho…
Yusuke Tani
from Haiku-kai (Haiku World), July 2017 Issue, Bungaku No Mori, Tokyo
麦わら帽子雲の切り取り線がある 宮崎斗士
mugiwara-bôshi kumo no kiritorisen ga aru
straw hat
it has a perforated line
of cloud
Toshi Miyazaki
from Sonna Ao (That Kind of Blue), haiku collection of Toshi Miyazaki, Rikka Shorin, Tokyo 2014
点眼や揺れるせかいをよこぎる蚊 田島健一
tengan ya yureru sekai o yokogiru ka
applying an eye drop—
a mosquito passes
the shaking world
Kenichi Tajima
from Tadanaranu Po (Unusual ‘Po’), haiku collection of Kenichi Tajima, Furansu-do, Tokyo 2017
雨粒を背負ひて蟻の立ちあがり 杉山久子
amatsubu o seoite ari no tachiagari
raindrop
on its back
an ant stands up
Hisako Sugiyama
from Izumi (Spring), haiku collection of Hisako Sugiyama, Furansudo, Tokyo 2015