堅パンもまた悴んでゐるごとし                                三玉一郎

katapan mo mata kajikande iru gotoshi                         Mitama, Ichirō

              season word: kajikamu / go numb with cold

 

hard biscuits
also seem to be going numb
with cold

 

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二度寝する熊もあるらん春隣                                木下洋子

nidone suru kuma mo aruran harudonari                     Kinoshita, Yōko

              season word: harudonari / spring is next door

 

spring draws near
a bear also might be
going back to sleep

 

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熱き茶の身を通りゆく寒さかな                                澤田美那子

atsuki cha no mi wo tōriyuku samusa kana                   Sawada, Minako

              season word: samusa / coldness

 

the coldness ——
hot tea is flowing
through my body

 

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青空を歩いてゆかん春の土手                                夏井通江

aozora o aruite yukan haru no dote                           Natsui, Michie

              season word: haru / spring

 

on the river bank
beneath the blue spring sky
I will take a walk

 

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春はいま髪なびかせてとほりゆく                             伊藤昭子

haru wa ima kami nabikasete tōri yuku                         Itō, Akiko

              season word: haru / spring

 

spring
streaming through her hair
passes on

             

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エーテルを満たして宇宙冴え返る                                   加藤百合子

ēteru o mitashite uchū saekaeru                                       Katō, Yuriko

              season word: saekaeru / become cold again

 

brimming with ether
the cosmos becomes
cold again

 

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軽く筆触れて開眼雛作り                                         曽根崇

karuku fude furete kaigen hinazukuri                           Sone, Takashi

              season word: hina / hina doll

 

with the gentle stroke
of a brush eyes open
a hina doll

 

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種袋振れば喜ぶ音したり                                           豊田喜久子

tanebukuro fureba yorokobu oto shitari                         Toyota, Kikuko

              season word: tanebukuro / seed bag

 

with a shake
the seed bag makes a sound
of joy

 
About Hasegawa Kai, Kim Komurasaki(the Shiki team)

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