大気圏に入りて流星火の棒に 神谷宣行
taikiken
ni irite ryûsei hi no bô ni Kamiya,
Noriyuki
season word: ryûsei /
shooting star
a shooting star
entering the atmosphere
a shaft of flame
Comment by Hasegawa Kai:
燃える流星を力強く描いた。迫力あり。
The blazing shooting star is described vigorously.This haiku has power.
鷹柱すなはち龍のあらはるる 村松二本
takabashira
sunawachi ryû no arawaruru Muramatsu,
Nihon
season
word: takabashira / group of hawks
rising on an updraft
group of hawks
rising on an updraft
a dragon
Comment by Hasegawa Kai:
これも鷹柱を力強く描いた。
This describes the “takabashira” very vigorously.
糠床に里のあれこれ十三夜 安藤久美
nukadoko
ni sato no arekore jûsanya Andô, Kumi
season word: jûsanya /
the thirteenth night moon
[Note] “Nukadoko”:
bed of salted rice bran used for pickling
hometown vegetables
in the salted rice bran ——
moon of the 13th day
Comment by Hasegawa Kai:
「里の」が入ったので、こまやかな句になった。安藤さん、この調子で。
“ Hometown” makes this haiku refined. Ms. Andô、you should continue in this way.
お大師といつときの夢秋昼寝 齋藤茂
odaishi to ittoki no yume aki hirune Saitô,
Shigeru
season
word: aki hirune / a nap in autumn
[
Note] odaishi: Saint Kôbô
a moment of a dream
with Saint Kôbô
nap in autumn
Comment by Hasegawa Kai:
夢の中でしばし弘法大師といっしょだった。はかないが幸福感がある。
Ｉn the dream he was with Saint Kôbô for a time. It is fleeing, but there
is a feeling of happiness.
大凡の人はつれなし烏瓜 古味嵯楓
ôyoso
no hito wa tsurenashi karasuuri Komi,
Safû
season
word: karasuuri / a Japanese snake
gourd
almost everyone
is indifferent
a Japanese snake gourd
Comment by Hasegawa Kai:
おおよそ見向きもされない烏瓜。
Hardly anyone will have an interest in Japanese snake gourds.
広げたる小さき毬に実が三つ 原田たか子
hirogetaru
chiisaki iga ni mi ga mittsu Harada,
Takako
season
word: mi / fruit, nut
three nuts are
in the small
open chestnut burr
Comment by Hasegawa Kai:
描写が的確。
This is a precise description.
一つ鳴き一つは骸ちんちろりん 池桃汰
hitotsu
naki hitotsu wa mukuro chinchirorin Ike,
Tôta
season
word: chinchirorin / a pine cricket
one chirps
another is a corpse
pine crickets
Comment by Hasegawa Kai:
死はそこにある。ちんちろりんは松虫。
Death lies before one’s eyes. Chinchirorin is the sound pine crickets
make.
—October , 2013-
封筒にアサガホノタネ空に風 松本邦吉
fûtô ni asagao no tane sora ni kaze Matsumoto, Kuniyoshi
season
word: asagao/ morning glories
seeds of morning glories
in the envelope
the wind in the sky
さかしまに干されて真赤唐がらし 岩井善子
sakashima
ni hosarete makka tôgarashi Iwai,
Yoshiko
season
word: tôgarashi / red pepper
aired upside down
turned bright red
the chili pepper
Comment by Hasegawa Kai:
「さかしま」で赤が鮮やかに。
“Upside down” has made the red color bright.
立ちながら棒となりたる案山子かな 山本しほ
tachinagara
bô to naritaru kakashi kana Yamamoto,
Shiho
season
word: kakashi / scarecrow
to become a stick
while standing
a scarecrow
いまさらにどうでもよろし敬老日 山本しほ
imasara
ni dôdemo yoroshi keirôbi Yamamoto,
Shiho
season
word: keirôbi / Respect for the Aged
Day
at this point
not worth bothering about
Respect for the Aged Day
大仏の背中は小春日和かな 北側松太
daibutsu
no senaka wa koharubiyori kana Kitagawa,
Matsuta
season
word: koharubiyori / warm autumn
weather
the back
of the Great Buddha
autumn warmth
吾も縫はん長寿の夢の菊枕 佐々木まき
a mo nuwan chôju no yume no kikumakura
season
word: kikumakura / pillow stuffed
with chrysanthemum petals
I too will make a pillow
of chrysanthemum petals
dreaming of longevity
金木犀夜は夜の香りただよへり 安藤久美
kinmokusei
yo wa yo no kaori tadayoeri Andô,
Kumi
season
word: kinmokusei / a fragrant olive
night of fragrant blossoms
the scent of night
hangs in the air
見張るひよ啄むひよやひとつがい 澤田美那子
miharu
hiyo tsuibamu hiyo ya hitotsugai Sawada, Minako
season
word: hiyo / brown-eared bulbul
one bulbul on the watch
one bulbul pecking
together are a pair
秋寂ぶや朝つぱらから鴉鳴き 角野京子
akisabu
ya asappara kara karasu naki Kadono,
Kyôko
season
word: akisabu / autumn deepens with
desolate feeling
autumn deepens desolately ——
since early morning
a crow has been crying
Comment by Hasegawa Kai:
鴉の声に「秋寂び」を感じている。
The poet senses the desolate feeling of autumn in the voice of a crow.
十六夜や憂いも消えて母の前 齊藤茂
izayoi
ya urei mo kiete haha no mae Saitô,
Shigeru
season
word: izayoi / the sixteenth night
moon
on the night after the full moon —
before my mother
worries disappear
蟷螂の恋より広野枯れはじむ 古味瑳楓
tôrô
no koi yori hirono karehajimu Komi,
Safû
season
word: kareru / wither
since the time of mantis love
the grassy plain has begun
to wither
朝霧の里より届く今年米 木下誠
asagiri
no sato yori todoku kotoshimai Kinoshita,
Makoto
season
word: kotoshimai / this year’s rice
this year’s rice
arrives from the village
with morning mist
今年酒白髪となれる夫と酌む 三木桂子
kotoshizake
shiraga to nareru tsuma to kumu Miki,
Keiko
season
word: kotoshizake / this year’s sake
this year’s sake
with my husband
whose hair has turned gray
よろこびをもう一つぶや葡萄食ふ 岡崎陽市
yorokobi
o mô hitotsubu ya budô kuu Okazaki,
Yôichi
season
word: budô / grapes
one more
bite of joy
eating grapes
木漏れ日や椎の実はまだこぼれぬか 上村明美
komorebi
ya shii no mi wa mada koborenu ka Uemura,
Akemi
season
word: shii no mi / an edible acorn
sunlight filtering through trees —
has the acorn
not yet dropped ?
