2012 5th Haiku Meeting: May 12
Moderator: Catherine Urquhart
cold day of cherry blossoms --
walking to the station
my back getting warm
Momo Nishimura
May
suddenly, people everywhere
in lighter clothes, in lighter spirit
Junko Saeki
midnight cool
rain to snow
--is this spring?
Navita Kalra (Canada)
nothing more common
than a daffodil except
the first one in spring
Stephen M. Block (USA)
over the walls
of five-seven-five
a ceiling open to the sky
Stephen M. Block (USA)
after the hailstorm --
broken petunias spreading
their fragrance
Tomislav Maretic (Croatia)
boy's day --
looking at the photo album
of my deceased father
Tomislav Maretic (Croatia)
May twelve perigee
moon comes nearer to the earth
for a better look
Royal T. Fruehling (Hawai'i, USA)
Stablo starog
Lesnika podilzi
Mravlja jeza
Tatjana Debeljački (Serbia)
the old hazelnut tree
shivering
with ant chills
Tatjana Debeljački (Serbia)
prolaze oblaci
prolaze misli
srcem caj
Zoran Mimica (Croatian)
clouds passing by
thoughts passing by
- sipping my tea
Zoran Mimica (Croatian)
as if by magic
wasps vanish
leaving their elaborate home
Sachiko Kondo
able or not
to be a wicked woman?
flowering spirea
Juichi Masuda
behind purple hydrangea
touching up her face
--a rickshaw girl
Hideo Ebihara
many faces
many minds
shelter from a shower
Ikken Ikemoto
bubbles rising
inside each
a child’s dream
Michiko Murai
a miracle
in bloom
--transplanted wisteria
Hitoshi Ichinose
crossing the bridge
I am at one
with the spring breeze
Michi Umeda
thirty years to go
to match my mother’s life
--peach blooms
Masako Omaki
Shangri-la Tibetan temple
sky burial hill beyond
--birds into clouds
Midori Tanaka
“How about a drink?”
liquor shop owner sprinkles rice
for sparrows in a row
Maki Hatanaka
50 kids planting
50 trees with 50 smiles
--the fragrant breeze
Yuzu Sugita
shaking his hand
after 30 years of light
and darkness
Shinya Ogata
cherry petals falling
hands together I pray
for their souls
Takashi Ikari
Japanese azaleas
luckily away
from the tornadoes
Kiyoshi Sugita
chorus of frogs
the sudden breeze
of old days
Takeo Hanaoka
breezy garden
single banana plant leaf
beckons me in
Motoko Sato
in the floodlight
a bank-guard checking his pistol --
strong sirocco
Yasuomi Koganei
Tagore songs
flowing freely into my heart
--late spring
Masaaki Oka
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