2012 12th Haiku Meeting: December 8
Moderator: Catherine Urquhart
Weihnachtsmond
auf dem Gaensefeld
weidet der Wind
Simone K. Busch (Germany) (Tokyo)
Christmas moon
on the empty geese pasture
the winds browse
Simone K. Busch (Germany) (Tokyo)
cosmos flower
leaving its color to the wind
white… pink…
Momo Nishimura
amidst colorful leaves
a schoolgirl
in black stockings
Junko Saeki
krstarimo
mesecevim morima
vazduh slan
Tatjana Debeljacki (Serbia)
cruising
across the seas of moon
the air is salty
Tatjana Debeljacki (Serbia)
wind splintered branches
red and yellow leaves scattered
on the cracked walkway
Stephen M. Block (USA)
sera d'inverno
litigi all'osteria
per un Fante
Antonella Filippi (Italy)
winter evening
quarrels in the inn
over a knave
Antonella Filippi (Italy)
Numai omăt
pretutindenea omăt,
nimic altceva
Vasile Moldovan (Romania)
snow
everywhere snow,
nothing else
Vasile Moldovan (Romania)
geese and swans fly off
I sleep in the den
with the polar night
Sergey Pianov (Russia)
rosy morninglight
on the roofs of the palace
December snow
Hanne Hansen (Denmark)
sneezing, itchy eyes
airborne volcanic debris
awesome sunsets!
Royal T. Fruehling, Hawai'i (USA)
cotton snow...
snowflake shadows sweep
towards the streetlamp
Tomislav Maretic (Croatia)
if I could sweep away
your illness
as I do the dead leaves
Janick Belleau (Canada)
four years
on the road to the hospital
--gingko leaves falling
Midori Suzuki
turning the corner
heading for the care home
--ambulance in winter rain
Sachiko Kondo
end of 2012
election campaign much ado
about nothing
Michiko Murai
happiness
filling up, spilling over
--gingko leaves in December
Yuzu Sugita
colored leaves
peaceful moments
ancient pagoda of Nara
Masako Omaki
farewell old apricot tree
back to the ground now
--December gale
Motoko Sato
a growing mountain
of falling leaves outside her gate
--is the old lady ill?
Shinya Ogata
writing Christmas cards—
the beans simmering
in the silent night
Midori Tanaka
ginkgo fruit
shaped like grapes
soft as a baby’s skin
Tenshi Sakai
autumn holidays
ordering a bottle of wine
with lunch
Takashi Ikari
the scent of chrysanthemums
rambling in Sugamo Ginza
the elderlies in high spirits
Hideo Ebihara
choir of survivors
belting out the good old melodies
--year-end class reunion
Kiyoshi Sugita
unpicked persimmons
abound in the village
--no human warmth
Yasuhiko Shirota
first winter drizzle
the brisk steps
of illuminated news
Juich Masuda
the soft sunlight
mother and child frolicking
in the fallen leaves
Takeo Hanaoka
collapsed tunnel
and tsunami
menacing our safety
Masaaki Oka
this M7.3 aftershock
checking our evacuation speed
--this cold wind
Yasuomi Koganei
fatsia flowers silently
lighting up one corner
Asako Otomo
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