音たてて畳を歩く夜の蜘蛛 中村 遥
oto tatete tatami o aruku yoru no kumo
making sounds
it walks on tatami
a night spider
Haruka Nakamura
from Haidan, (Haiku Stage) a monthly haiku magazine, February 2019 Issue, Honami Shoten, Tokyo
音たてて畳を歩く夜の蜘蛛 中村 遥
oto tatete tatami o aruku yoru no kumo
making sounds
it walks on tatami
a night spider
Haruka Nakamura
from Haidan, (Haiku Stage) a monthly haiku magazine, February 2019 Issue, Honami Shoten, Tokyo
蟇歩く到り着く辺のある如く 中村汀女
hiki aruku tadoritsuku be no aru gotoku
a toad walks
as if it had
a place to reach
Teijo Nakamura
from Haiku Dai-Saijiki (Comprehensive Haiku Saijiki), Kadokawa Shoten, Tokyo, 2006
Fay’s Note: Teijo Nakamura (1900-1988)
金魚連れ帰る家々よく見せて 阪西敦子
kingyo tsure kaeru ieie yoku misete
I bring back goldfish
showing them a full view
of houses on the way
Atsuko Sakanishi
from Kingyo (Goldfish), a haiku collection of Atsuko Sakanishi, Furansu-dō, Tokyo, 2024
占ひ師不在の夜の海月かな 早田駒斗
uranaishi fuzai no yoru no kurage kana
no fortune teller
here tonight
a jellyfish…
Komato Hayata
from Haiku Shiki (Haiku Four Seasons), July 2023 Issue, Tokyo Shiki Shuppan, Tokyo
夏星やあるだけの鰭立てて来よ 飯島晴子
natsuboshi ya arudakeno hire tatete koyo
summer stars−
with many fins as they have upward
and come!
Haruko Iijima
from Haiku Shiki (Haiku Four Seasons), July 2023 Issue, Tokyo Shiki Shuppan, Tokyo
Fay’s Note: Haruko Iijima (1921-2000)