fayhaikuinJapanese

katakage ni tsudou nanii no supeingo

     from the nannies
     gathered in shade of greens
     Spanish

from Ten'I September 2000 issue
katakage (shade of greens) is a summer kigo.

gosenfu ni taki no aosa o utushikeri

     on the music sheet
     I copy blueness
     of the water fall

from Ten'I October 2000 issue
taki (water fall) is a summer kigo.

naisen no omoide kiku ya kurumigashi

   listening to his memory
   during the civil war--
   walnut cake

from Ten'I December 2000 issue

dairen wa chichi no ruutsu ya tamamatsuri

   Dalian is the root
   of my father--
   festival for the dead

from Ten'I December 2000 issue
tamamatsuri, literally means festival for the souls is a
summer kigo.

hosupisu ni keito amu haha futari ite

at the hospice
there are two mothers
knitting

from Ten'I January 2001 issue
keito amu (knitting) is a winter kigo.

koorasu o yakusu shuwa no te haru tonari

    moving hands
    interpreting the chorus--
    spring around the corner

from Ten'I January 2001 issue

nanakusa o omoidasezuni baburu basu

   I cannot remember
   the name of seven herbs--
   babbled bath

from Ten'I January 2001 issue
nanakusa (seven herbs) is a New Year Kigo.
According to the ancient tradition, people eat rice
porridge with special seven herbs on 7th day of New
Year, .

uo wa hi ni noboru ya koi no tobira aku

   fish up to the frozen surface--
   a door to new love
   opens

from Ten'I May 2001 issuere
printed in Dai Saijiki (Haru) (Comprehensive
saijiki, Spring volume) by Kadokawa shoten,
Tokyo, 2007
uo wa hi ni noboru (fish floats up to the frozen surface)
is a spring kigo. I like these obscure and endangered
kigo. This kind of kigo may not work in English, but this
haiku was selected the Best Haiku of this issue written
by kaiin (regular members).

shanikusai kondo wa akuma to odorikeri

    Mardi Gras--
    this time, she dances
    with a devil

from Ten'I July 2001 issue
re-printed in Dai Saijiki (Haru) (Comprehensive saijiki,
Spring volume) by Kadokawa shoten, Tokyo, 2007

joukaa o mata hiiteori neko no koi

    I pick up
    the Joker again--
    cat in love

from Ten'I June 2001 issue

hatatagami kimi o deriito suru botan

    thunder god--
    this button to delete
    you

from Ten'I September 2001 issue

taeru toka matsu toka nigate amanogawa

    I am not good at
    obeying or waiting--
    Milky Way

from Ten'I November 2001 isue

poketto ni rakkii penii haisenki

    a lucky penny
    in my pocket--
    August Fifteenth

from Ten'I November 2001 issue
haisenki literally means 'day to remember when
Japanese lost WWII, which is August 15, 1945'.

In 2000, I joined a haiku group Ten'I, led by Dr. Akito Arima and started writing haiku in Japanese, as
well.