野のはてへ耳すましゐる兎かな                            岡崎陽市

no no hate e mimi sumashiiru usagi kana      Okazaki, Yôshi   　　　　　　　　　　　　　       

season word: usagi / hare

toward the edge of the plain
straining its ears
a rabbit

ふるなかを一人づつゆく雪野かな                        岡崎陽市

furunaka o hitori zutsu yuku yukino kana                   Okazaki, Yôshi   　　

　　　　　　　　　　　                      season word: yukino / snowy plain

snowy plain —
walking through the falling snow
one at a time

岡崎さんの句には静けさが宿っている。その静けさはどこからくるのか、考えてみる。

Kai's comment: There is stillness in Mr. Okazaki’s haiku. I wonder where the stillness comes from.

産声や眠れる山を揺るがして                  三木紀幸

ubugoe ya nemureru yama o yurugashite                      Miki, Noriyuki

season word: nemuru yama / sleeping mountains

a newborn baby’s cry —
the sleeping mountains
shaken

枇杷の花蜂を夢中にさせてをり              　林弘美

biwa no hana hachi o muchû ni sasete ori                      Hayashi, Hiromi

season word: biwa no hana / flower of the loquat

flowers of the loquat
beguiling
the bees

白鷺の音もたてずに枯蓮                          米山瑠衣

shirasagi no oto mo tatezu ni karehachisu                     Yoneyama, Rui             

season word: karehachisu / withered lotus leaves

making no sound
a white heron in the pond
of withered lotus leaves

寒鰤の真白き腹をひらきけり    村松二本

kanburi no mashiroki hara o hiraki keri                        Muramatsu, Nihon

season word: kanburi / yellowtail caught during the cold season

cold season yellowtail
the white belly
slit open

誰それの命のはなし冬日向        池桃太

daresore no inochi no hanashi fuyu hinata                    Ike, Tôta          

season word: fuyu hinata / sunny place in winter

a sunny place —
stories of the lives
of this person and that

 



About Hasegawa Kai, Kim Komurasaki(the Shiki team)

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