風邪の神いつか眠りの神となり 岩井善子
kaze
no kami itsuka nemuri no kami to nari Iwai,
Yoshiko
season word: kaze / a cold
the god of colds
at some point
becomes the god of sleep
くわりん漬く夫の力を借りて漬く 待雪三恵子
karin
tsuku tsuma no chikara o karite tsuku Machiyuki,
Mieko
season
word: karin / Chinese quince
making pickles of Chinese quince
made with the help of
my husband
手加減が大事古家の障子張り 諏訪いほり
tekagen
ga daiji kooku no shôji hari Suwa, Iori
season word: shôji hari / to paper the
sliding door
a great deal of knack
is needed to paper the sliding doors
of the old house
亥の子餅亥の子十頭ねてゐたる 澤田美那子
inoko
mochi inoko jittô nete itaru Sawada,
Minako
season word: inoko mochi / Day-of-the-Boar mochi
Note: Inoko mochi is a rice cake cooked on inoko
(the day of boar).
inoko mochi
ten infant boars
sleeping
Kai's Comment
おもしろし。
Very funny.
水やりの水仙の芽のおぼつかな 加藤百合子
mizuyari no suisen no me no obotsukana Katô,
Yuriko
season word: suisen / daffodils
watering
the uncertain buds
of the daffodils
軽みには遠き境地や炬燵守る 曽根崇
karumi
ni wa tôki kyôchi ya kotatsu moru Sone, Takashi
season word: kotatsu / table over a heater with a hanging quilt that retains heat
too far away
the stage of lightness ——
warming in the kotatsu
Kai's comment
人間の現実。その嘆きが俳句になる。
This is human reality. The distress becomes haiku.
埋火や死ぬまで夢を追ふもよし 三木紀幸
uzumibi
ya shinu made yume o ou mo yoshi Miki,
Noriyuki
season
word: uzumibi / banked fire
banked fire ——
that will be all right too
chasing a dream till you die
Kai's comment
埋火で味が深くなった。
The haiku becomes profound with “banked fire.”
