HAIKU
Spring
- with pouty lips, daffodils, to the sky, won't stop twittering温む陽におしゃやべり止めぬ黄水仙
- contest in the fields, master of yellow, tanpopo and nano-hana菜の花とタンポポの黄の色比べ
- freezing cold return, bouquets lose cheer, unlit flower shop鉢植えはしょげて花屋の寒戻り
- spring begun, last snow saying adieu, learn to live with farewell名残り雪別れも遠くなりにけり
- ring, ring, joy, fingertip touch, lily of the valleyすずらんを鳴らして楽し指の先
- all smiles baby, first spring comes around, two teeth dazzling white初めての春に笑った子の前歯
- arising in spring time, flowers in bloom, too happy to beあることがただうれしくて春の花
- gentle spring winds, to the people, smile, Eager to be春のよな心もちたくてため息
- be asleep in your pram, road to a bright future, shower of sakura blossom花吹雪祝福受ける乳母車
- hovering on a honeybee, richly-blooming garden, with many spring flowers choice蜜蜂も迷い箸かな花の群
- crying hardly at my back, silence is now, baby, warm spring candlelight疲れ泣く子を背負う背中春の暮れ
Summer
- open up all the windows, let warm wind blow, changing wardrobe for summer窓開けて風も一緒に衣替え
- pearls of rain, still stay in velvet leaves, of early spring sakura 雨残る葉桜居心地良くてかな
- under summer sky, waiting for the train, glare and blue on my watch駅で待つ腕時計にも夏の空
- season of new green leaves, screen on the river, millions of luaghter, floating葉の緑水面にウフフと夏の川
- sound of a rushing creek, filling my ears, coolness of hearing涼しさを届けるせせらぎ耳にあり
- eye-catching color, appealing umberella may, summer rain chose to pour夏の雨どの色傘に集うかな
- once griped, ding-dong clams, baby friendly percussionハマグリも楽器にされた子供の手
- beat of Japanese drum, night sky to roll, distant firework和太鼓の響き夜空に遠花火
- my hand on a strap, how old this is, moonlit summer nightつり革の手は老いてあり夏の月
- the end of summer, the end of chasing away mosquite, accelerating as time goes by蚊を追うもこれで終わりか夏の果て
- silence in moonlight, limited life cicada drones, presage of the end命尽く時を知ってか夜の蝉
Autumn
- falling in the river, aka-tonbo after aka-tonbo, flare up the stream (aka-tonbo = red dragonfly), 赤とんぼ触れる川面の夕べの炎
- countless poets adoring, harvest moon in starry heavens, brightness of no diminishing名月や詠み人多くも汚れなき
- lost in the vastness, of blue sky, of no milestone, screech of seagulls群れるのは空にはぐれて渡り鳥
- white chrysanthemum with brightness, of morning sunlight, may Buddha be appeared白菊や籠れる朝日仏の座
- electric wire, autumun wind hardly swing, shadow of motionless電線の影さえ重く秋の風
- ginkgo nut, ready for bombing , shouting joyous childrenぎんなんをあわてる子供の注意報
- pushing back my feet bottom, an acorn my son dropped, leaving little pain
pushing back my feet bottom, an acorn leaving little pain, mine or acorn's足裏を押し返してくる団栗一つ
Winter / New Year
- sharp-edged high-rises, polished with bule, wintry sky, vividly冬空や輪郭尖るビルの群
- prayer in blue expanse, with thousands of treetops, keyaki, yours (Keyaki = Japanese tree of the genus Zelkova)冬空に千手で祈る欅かな
- free hand, in the wintry air, higher up paper plane冬空や紙飛行機の自由あり
- how indifferent, high up in the sky, terrifying blueぞっとする冬晴れの蒼無関心
- firing autumn leaves, with buttefly wing, no more take-off, lamenting蝶の羽共に弔う落葉焚き
- autumn leaves, hard to leave, sunny shiny afternoon柔らかな陽射し落ち葉も去りがたし
- accent in the morning silence, worn-out broom on autumn leaves, back and forth枯葉履く箒聞くのみ夜明け頃
- on mountain path, in light snow falls, whose sign, red camellia冬つばき迷った山道道しるべ
- penetrating cold, chattering is enduring, little sparrows呼びあいて寒さ忍ぶか雀たち
- winter wind, chilly with tears, my gone mother, dreamed of亡き母の夢まだ凍むや目覚め時
- everlasting shadow play, silent snow dance, on night sky screen 初雪を窓辺の影絵と眠る夜
- my agony, hellfire, everlasting snow possibly not, extinguish it雪にさえ止まぬは僕の業火なり
- blanket of snow, alibi to lounge around, New Year's off雪化粧言い訳にして寝正月
- pull out in haste, lazily left radish overgrown, with spring approaching育ちすぎ大根引くや子も呼びて