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Haibun-in-progress
WHEELS INTO WINGS . First breath of spring. Cycling down the Katsura River; wisps of green willows coming out. I’m winding through a stretch of illegal allotments when, descending from above towards...
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Translation Workshop
ふるさとに三日となりぬ葛の花 furusato ni mikka to narinu kudzu no hana Three days have passed At my dear old father’s house – Kudzu vine blooms. * kudzu vine: a climbing summer plant which is often found growing...
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Moonlight
Early this morning, the following haiku came to me from a moment of real experience. In a curious way, it struck me as meaningful, although I didn’t intend it to be. Has anyone else had this sort of...
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betrayal
snow whips full-blown cherrytrees - he finds a hole in his heart Filed under: Spring, Uncategorized, Workshopping
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Melting Snow
. A veil is shed From the distant Paps of Ohara: The jay knocks down More melting snow. (Mount Ogura, Kyoto, 11.2.11) Filed under: Haiqua, Winter, Workshopping
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My friend’s haiku
I went to my former apartment to have a talk with some residents there. It felt like old alumni meeting up. During our four hours of chat, one person asked me to translate her haiku. They are important...
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fire & water
. Now that the mountain Has burst into flame Begging the river Not to put it out. (Arashiyama, 28.11.13)Filed under: Autumn, Haipho, Workshopping
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a cirku for comments
(Kitasaga, Kyoto, 21.8.14) Click on the photo to enlarge and read the cirku. Questions: (1) Would the haiku have been better without the photo or (2) as a one- or two-liner rather than as a cirku?...
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Spring or not?
Here’s a haiqua penned today in Kitasaga. As it stands, does it evoke early spring… and, if so, why? Or should I tweak it/chuck it? Littered mud from big tyres along the track – a kite hunts lowFiled...
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