春の野はまだかりぬひのひかりかな 松本邦吉
haru
no no wa mada karinui no hikari kana Matsumoto,
Kuniyoshi
season
word: haru no no / field in spring
spring field ——
still just the basting stiches
of light
Kai's Comment
「かりぬひのひかり」とはなるほど。
Indeed, “basting stiches of light” is a good choice.
水切りの鋏の音や春の鼓動 大塚哲也
mizukiri
no hasami no oto ya haru no kodô
Ôtsuka, Tetsuya
season
word: haru / spring
the sound of scissors
cutting flowers in water ——
heartbeat of spring
雛壇の奈落に掛けて緋毛氈 佐々木まき
hina
dan no naraku ni kakete himôsen Sasaki,
Maki
season
word: hina dan / tiered hina doll stand
a scarlet cloth
covering the emptiness
of the hina
doll stand
子規読みて一つ食せり桜餅 柴田清栄
shiki
yomite hitotsu shokuseri sakuramochi Shibata,
Kiyoe
season
word: sakuramochi / rice cake wrapped
in cherry leaves
after reading Shiki
tasting one rice cake
wrapped in cherry leaves
風音の中に眠れる巣箱かな 三玉一郎
kazeoto
no naka ni nemureru subako kana Mitama, Ichirô
season
word: subako / nested box
sleeping
in the sound of wind
a nested box
目を閉ぢて見る一本の桜かな 三玉一郎
me o tojite
miru ippon no sakura kana Mitama, Ichirô
season
word: sakura / cherry blossoms
closing my eyes
a single cherry tree in bloom
is what I see
初蝶のいつしかふたつ嵐山 氷室茉胡
hatsushô no
itsushika futatsu arashiyama Himuro, Mako
season
word: hatsushô / first spring
butterfly
the first spring butterfly
at some point becoming two ——
Arashiyama mountains
Kai's comment
悠然たる心。
A calm state of mind.
流し雛ゆづれぬ恋のありにけり 木下洋子
nagashibina
yuzurenu koi no arinikeri Kinoshita, Yôko
season
word: nagashibina / paper dolls
floated downriver on March 3rd
paper dolls set adrift ——
there is a love
that will not yield
Kai's comment
情の強い感じ。
Passionate emotion.
朝靄の底をゆすりて白魚かな 曽根崇
asamoya no
soko o yusurite shirao kana Sone,
Takashi
season
word: shirauo / whitebait
shaking the depths
of the morning mist
whitebait
しやぼん玉吹き終へて空あらたなり 岡崎陽市
shabondama fukioete
sora aratanari Okazaki, Yôshi
season
word: shabondama / soap bubble
soap bubbles
after the blowing has stopped
the sky becomes fresh
