Today’s Haiku (July 31, 2019)

蝉たちの穴あいてゐて海が見ゆ　　高梨　章

semi tachi no ana aite ite umi ga miyu

holes made by cicadas

I can see

the ocean

                                                            Akira Takanashi

from “Shûkan Haiku” (“Haiku Weekly”) #393 11/2/2014  Issue, http://weekly-haiku.blogspot.com

Today’s Haiku (August 9, 2018)

原爆忌影にもなれぬ骨いくつ　　川崎益太郎

genbakuki kage nimo narenu hone ikutsu

A-bomb anniversary

how many bones

cannot become shadows

                                                      Masutaro Kawasaki

from “Haiku-kai” (“Haiku World,” a monthly haiku magazine), March 2017 Issue,  , Bungaku No Mori, Tokyo

Today’s Haiku (August 8, 2018)

籐椅子に骨のどこかが軋みをり　　増田真麻

tôtisu ni hone no dokoka ga kishimiori

            rattan chair

            somewhere in my bones

            creaking

                                                            Maasa Masuda

from “Haiku-kai” (“Haiku World,” a monthly haiku magazine), March 2017 Issue,  , Bungaku No Mori, Tokyo

Today’s Haiku (August 4, 2018)

雨蛙退屈で死ぬことはない　　　金子兜太

amagaeru taikutsu de shinu kotow a nai

            tree frog

            we will not die

            from boredom

                                                Tohta Kaneko

from “Haiku Dai-Saijiki” (“Comprehensive Haiku Saijiki”), Kadokawa Shoten, Tokyo, 2006

Fay’s Note:  Tohta Kaneko (1919-2018)   ‘amagaeru’ (tree frog) is a summer kigo.

Today’s Haiku (July 7, 2018)

かたつむりのびきつて空かるくなる　　山口風樹

katatsumuri nobikitte sora karuku naru

            a snail stretches

            all the way…

            the sky becomes light

                                                            Fuuki Yamaguchi

from “Haiku Shiki” (“Haiku Four Seasons,” a monthly haiku magazine), December 2017 Issue, Tokyo Shiki Shuppan, Tokyo