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WHCjapan - Haiku

 

 

Haiku
selections by Yasuomi Koganei, Editor

 

aki tomoshi shoka ni kyuusei eiwa jisho

Autumn lamp
an old English-Japanese dictionary
maiden name

 

susuki no ho kaze no ikou ni sakarawazu

Swaying to and fro
obedient to the winds
silver pampass grass

 

mado goshi ni oto naki hanabi nagame yaru

Dining with you
-through the hotel window
soundless fireworks

 

namae nado akasanu doushi tuki wo matu

Strangers to each other
waiting for the moon
in silence

       

eshaku nomi kawasu rinjin aki fukashi

Deepening autumn
-neighbors only nod
"Good evening."

 

(Ms) Michi Umeda
Tokyo, Japan
(a member of MIFA)

 

 




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