初春の光や粥のつぶごとに                                    大山アラン

hatsuharu no hikari ya kayu no tsubugoto ni Ōyama, Aran

              season word: hatsuharu / new year, beginning of spring

 

new year’s morning light ——
on every single grain
in the rice porridge

 

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桜貝うみより生まれ花のいろ                                長井亜紀

sakuragai umi yori umare hana no iro                            Nagai, Aki

              season word: sakuragai / a shell the color of cherry blossoms

 

born of the sea
a sakuragai
the color of cherry blossoms

 

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この家もかの家も過去寒卵                                    柚木紀子

kono ie mo kano ie mo kako kantamago                         Yūki, Noriko

              season word: kantamago / egg laid in the coldest season

 

this house and that house
all have a past ——
egg laid in the coldest season

 

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崩れては星を吐き出す榾火かな                                          稲垣雄二

kuzurete wa hoshi o hakidasu hodabi kana                   Inagaki, Yūji

              season word: hodabi / embers

 

collapsing
spitting out stars
the embers

 

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すれちがふみな初春の笑顔かな                                          岡崎陽市

surechigau mina hatsuharu no egao kana                     Okazaki,Yōshi

              season word: hatsuharu / new year, beginning of spring

 

passing each other
everyone is wearing
a New Year smile

 

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獅子舞の口の中まで日本晴                                      木下誠

shishimai no kuchi no naka made nihonbare    Kinoshita, Makoto

              season word: shishimai / lion dance

 

even to the inside of
the mouth of the dancing lion
beautiful clear sky in Japan

 

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しばらくは棚に眠らす蜜柑かな                                          才上宏子

shibaraku wa tana ni nemurasu mikan kana Saijō, Hiroko

 

on the shelf
setting the oranges
to sleep for a while

 

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真新らな俎板に打つ薺かな                                    豊田喜久子

 massara na manaita ni utsu nazuna kana                   Toyota, Kikuko

              season word: nazuna / shepherd's purse

 

chopping
on the brand-new cutting board
shepherd's purse

 

 
About Hasegawa Kai, Kim Komurasaki(the Shiki team)

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