2015 Twelfth Haiku Meeting: December 5
Moderator: Crystal Brunelli
visit to the grave
I met childhood friend
leaves falling
Midori Suzuki
red apple
remembering my hometown
beautiful sky
Midori Suzuki
pocketful of ginkgo leaves
fingers scented in gold
another flashing memory
Yuzu Sugita
tunnel to eternity?
ginkgoes hiding blue sky
and her way
Yuzu Sugita
at dawn—
amid blooming sasanqua
the dead mother’s face
Michiko Murai
year’s end
I trace bygone memories
on fast-forward
Michiko Murai
at the end of alley
the single light
of a noodle shop
Michi Umeda
camellia in full bloom
there is someone
I want to see
Michi Umeda
shining lake water
full casts of swans on the stage
to present a play
Juichi Masuda
winter sprout
so little it only tickles
the bottom of the sky
Juichi Masuda
colored leaves
beyond the lens
kaleidoscope
Tenshi Sakai
being ill
not an invalid
peel a persimmon
Tenshi Sakai
my husband
sweeping leaves
a withered leaf fell on his shoulder
Sachiko Kondo
my daughter had her say
I held back from giving mine
December
Sachiko Kondo
short day in winter—
emperor dahlia looking down
upon the world
Yasuhiko Shirota
Hayabusa2
running through
Winter Milky Way
Yasuhiko Shirota
winter morning—
an old man on each end
of the sunny bench
Yasuomi Koganei
terror in Paris
on the bouquets and shoes
the north wind
Takeshi Hanaoka
large chrysanthemum
stretching their petals
sun-shine shortening
Takeshi Hanaoka
train of thoughts
varies
in falling leaves
Masaaki Oka
a potter
without politics
fighting for ceramics elegantly
Masaaki Oka
one last touch
I deceive myself
midwinter rouge
Maki Hatanaka
out of the market
dried red pepper in a sac
rustles
Maki Hatanaka
giving instructions
to write end-of-life note
shivering
Takashi Ikari
red dragonfly
flying methodically
remote-controlled?
Takashi Ikari
in Zen hall
bell for stillness
May breeze
Kazuo Takayanagi
returning from year-end Zen
the horizon
fills my sight and mind
Kazuo Takayanagi
dignified
cheering party playing
autumn reunion
Osami Kawasaki
riverbank morning
a white sun
a heavy fog
Osami Kawasaki
quoting the sky blue
a thicket of bare winter trees
brightened
Hiroshi Utano
autumn deepens
pecking sunlight filtering through the trees
a flock of pigeons
Hiroshi Utano
wine list
in Gothic lettering--
full moon over the Rhine
Ikken Ikemoto
my days
running away freely
lengthening shadows
Ikken Ikemoto
odyssey of migrants
into winter coldness
a crisis with a human face
Mineko Takahashi
a mixture of romance
with vexing violence
earthy life in flying nights
Mineko Takahashi
red maple
lit-up at night
this short life
Simone K. Busch (Germany)
roter Ahorn
beleuchtet am Abend
dieses kurze Leben
Simone K. Busch (Germany)
Christmas cookies
from a postal package
... homeland
Simone K. Busch (Germany)
Weihnachtsplätzchen
aus einem Postpaket
... Heimat
Simone K. Busch (Germany)
from aging farmers to
village gods--
heaps of silkworm cocoons
Junko Saeki
Ai, the cooler, not the heater,
was on--
tiny Chinese characters!!
Junko Saeki
naked trees
mother's rattling breath
over at last
Hanne Hansen (Denmark)
clenched fists
protesting summer’s passage
dried leaves
Stephen M. Block (USA)
a fine autunno
la prateria ghiacciata –
radi capelli
Antonella Filippi (Italy)
at the end of autumn
the frozen meadow –
thin hair
Antonella Filippi (Italy)
pioggia di foglie
la ruggine e l’oro
di altri ricordi
Antonella Filippi (Italy)
a rain of leaves
the rust and gold
of other memories
Antonella Filippi (Italy)
Le prime piogge
domani ritiriamo
gli ombrelloni
Anna Mencarelli (Italy)
The first rain
tomorrow we gather
the parasols
Anna Mencarelli (Italy)
Nel mio giardino
il ciclamino
ricorda il suo bosco
Anna Mencarelli (Italy)
In my garden
the cyclamen
recalls her forest
Anna Mencarelli (Italy)
.
moss pulls me
into the river
hunting coloured leaves
Midori Tanaka
on the neighbor’s steps
facing an empty street
four chrysanthemums
Crystal Brunelli