2016 Sixth Haiku Meeting: June 11
Moderator: Crystal Brunelli
daily routines
relax me at this age
seventy-two
Masako Omaki
blue sky
clears my gloom
rainy season
Masako Omaki
kingfisher on a twig
waiting long for the chance
dived in--SPLASH
Katsuhisa Nakagawa
baby acorn
blown off its mother tree
wears faded flower crown
Katsuhisa Nakagawa
green foliage
a white horse jumps
his black mane fluttering
Hideo Ebihara
past the tunnel
flowers of paulownia floating
in midair
Hideo Ebihara
stripes of rip currents
woven in Tsugaru Straits—
summer clouds
Kazuo Takayanagi
lilac smiling—
a foreign student
by Clark bust
Kazuo Takayanagi
May breeze
missing those good days
in my youth
Kiyoshi Sugita
fine day
no cloud in the blue sky
where’s the forecast rain?
Kiyoshi Sugita
the eyes the eyes
beam at flowery
peonies
Maki Hatanaka
a swallowtail resting
in the shade of leafy trees
--ombra mai fu--
Sachiko Kondo
bear warnings
in my village
the rainy season
Sachiko Kondo
waveringly
white butterfly
its color wafting in the garden
Motoko Satoh
“speak” “speak”
chirping in the morning sky
to whom, do you?
Motoko Satoh
Welcome!
birds in the Tiergarten joyful
summer clouds towering
Ikken Ikemoto
encyclopedia research:
cumulonimbus vs
mushroom cloud
Ikken Ikemoto
laying out
summer clothes
chanson in the background
Michi Umeda
early summer
suddenly, at noon
the automaton clock
Michi Umeda
crowd of parasols
lined around the Museum
Jakuchu Exhibition
Takashi Ikari
here comes the season
unconsciously people
drawn to fountains
Takashi Ikari
summer dress-up—
in the sleeves, breeze
all-embracing
Juichi Masuda
a swam of ants—
young and old, proceeding
Great Buddha in Nara
Juichi Masuda
Obama in Hiroshima
with paper cranes he folded
May 27, 2016
Yasuhiko Shirota
breezy May dusk
Obama finalizing his speech
“the start of our own moral awakening”
Yasuhiko Shirota
a couple of butterflies
touching to sing merrily
a silent song
Midori Tanaka
“Bath is ready.”
says the automatic voice
lavender sachet in tub
Midori Tanaka
lingering twilight
flaunting their blue hue—
hydrangeas
Michiko Murai
grandmother’s parasol
only I
still remember
Michiko Murai
traveling the deep green
looking for the mystery
the folk narrator
Takeo Hanaoka
unintelligible folks
Are we all Japanese?
Tohno in deep green
Takeo Hanaoka
verdure around-
butterflyer in the reopened pool
recovering three years’ absence
Masaaki Oka
my writing
dedicated to Blyth’s tombstone
lily still remaining
Masaaki Oka
evening dew
blue cosmos on the table
hydrangea blossom
Yuzu Sugita
my sickle moon
mirrors yours
wherever you are
Yuzu Sugita
dawn of
pig-to-human transplants
yes
the stomach digesting pork
Yasuomi Koganei
towering thunderheads
on the horizon—
his travel to G-Zeros
Yasuomi Koganei
autumn sky blue
original Sanada family
Unnojuku
Osami Kawasaki
spring wind breathes
into the green
the kids concert
Osami Kawasaki
cool in the rainy season
a hazy railway track's
perspective
Hiroshi Utano
spring melancholy
turning my wrist
the time disappears
Hiroshi Utano
summer swallow
grandchildren go away
gradually
Tenshi Sakai
the corner of the mouth lifting
ladies chatter
under the green shadow
Tenshi Sakai
cardinal, not a
black cat crossed my path
good luck?
Stephen M. Block (USA)
Ravel cords resound
in my head – haru same
resounds on my hat
Stephen M. Block (USA)
the time passes –
the daddy longlegs
still in its web
Tomislav Maretić Croatia)
indoor pool –
a relaxed swim through
the music
Tomislav Maretić Croatia)
Come ranocchia
in una pozzanghera
allegra salto
Anna Mencarelli (Italy)
Like a frog
jump cheerfully
in a puddle
Anna Mencarelli (Italy)
Sotto la gronda
un volo di rondini
un altro nido
Anna Mencarelli (Italy)
Under the gutter
a flight of swallows
another nest
Anna Mencarelli (Italy)
playing children
the poisonous berries
are nearly ripe
Hanne Hansen (Denmark)
rainy day in June
happy that my roof is new
drip, drip, drip, drip!
Royal T. Fruehling (Hawai'i. USA)
walking in the park
I know all the dog owners
and their dogs by name
Royal T. Fruehling (Hawaii, USA)
mon coeur bat
au rythme du shinkansen
je vois LE Fuji
Janick BELLEAU(Canada)
my heart beats
at the shinkansen rhythm
I see THE Fuji
Janick BELLEAU(Canada)
route des vins
entre montagnes et forêts
un champ de lavande
Janick BELLEAU(Canada)
wine road
between mountains and forests
a lavender field
Janick BELLEAU(Canada)
metro station
a butterfly opens
a girl's mouth
Simone K. Busch (Germany)
birthday ...
fireflies come out
to mate
Simone K. Busch (Germany)
chirping frogs
and children’s soft breathing
overnight camp
Crystal Brunel