2016 Second Haiku Meeting: February 13
Moderator: Crystal Brunelli
chocolates appear more on TV
than news of negative interest
end of winter
Masako Omaki
bright life in new house,
now blurring
in one year
Masako Omaki
dusk approaching
the sound of a rake
“sit up straight”
Michiko Murai
almost within reach
Orion
a shield glitters
Michiko Murai
withered garden
only red berries of Nandin
in a genial smile
Hideo Ebihara
The New Year days
sounds of geta clatter
visiting their family shrines?
Hideo Ebihara
basking in the afterglow
fallen camellias
my remaining years
Sachiko Kondo
the days
get shorter in winter
running through my later years
Sachiko Kondo
crescent moon
above the Palace
frosty night advancing
Ikken Ikemoto
Peynet painting
newly on her wall—
Valentine’s Day
Ikken Ikemoto
chirping
crossing my garden
a couple Japanese white-eyes
Motoko Satoh
a bough into ashen sky
will tomorrow bring
snow?
Motoko Satoh
a break
in the winter cloud
Tokyo’s limitless sky
Michi Umeda
a rice cake burned
fond thoughts
of my departed husband
Michi Umeda
buying roasted sweet potatoes
on my way home
unconsciously my step quickens
Takashi Ikari
adopting negative interest rate
inviting Japan
successfully to spring?
Takashi Ikari
sweet Amazake
remember suddenly
mother’s face
Takeo Hanaoka
dry wind
stooped in shadow
we two walking
Takeo Hanaoka
only economic topics—
rendezvous
on February 14,2016
Yasuomi Koganei
in the winter morning—
pressmen’s breath and plum blossoms
filling the juvenile court yard
Yasuomi Koganei
driving license--
flawless inside my shirt pocket
despite washing by machine
Masaaki Oka
direct detection of
gravitational waves as predicted by
Einstein a century ago
Masaaki Oka
Tokyo—
anpam navel is
pickled cherry blossom!
Kazuo Takayanagi
signs of spring—
around my garden
carrying young plants
Kazuo Takayanagi
dragon descending
dragon ascending
winter now
Stephen M. Block (USA)
＊Inspired by a screen painting by Sotatsu
first dream -
it was something beautiful,
but I forgot
Tomislav Maretić (Croatia)
crow on a branch--
enjoying the last rays of sun
on a winter day
Tomislav Maretić (Croatia)
doughnuts delivered--
our work-place face masks
drop in a jiffy
Tomislav Maretić (Croatia)
year: 2016
people everywhere prepare
for "monkey business"
Royal T. Fruehling (Hawai'i, USA)
ramo sbiancato
dal dondolio delle onde –
le mie vecchie ossa
Antonella Filippi ( Italy )
whitened branch
by the waves’ swinging round -
my old bones
Antonella Filippi ( Italy )
capelli radi –
in casa indugia ancora
il freddo invernale
Antonella Filippi ( Italy )
thin hair –
the winter cold still lingers
in the house
Antonella Filippi ( Italy )
I panni stesi
nel gelo del mattino
son stoccafissi.
Anna Mencarelli ( Italy )
laundry hanging
in the morning frost
stockfish.
Anna Mencarelli ( Italy )
camellia
she found her lost words
"Thank you"
Yuzu Sugita
sweet wind mail
waves answering
daffodils
Yuzu Sugita
well fed, well cared
am I on a splendid boat？
--wind glittering
Midori Tanaka
first step
from hibernation
--scent of plum blossoms
Midori Tanaka
crane figure
well-sliced raw fish in a plate
fugu-sashi dish
Juichi Masuda
icicles
just drop me a cut
from the morning sunlight
Juichi Masuda
ice crystal
on the window glass
what carat diamond？
Juichi Masuda
predawn sky still black
plum blossoms glow white
beneath the crescent moon
Crystal Brunelli (USA)