Cappadocia:
rainbow of balloons descend
tempting sharpened rocks
Stephen M. Block (USA)
salute, July 4
fireworks and whoop-de-do
birthday, U.S.A
Royal T. Fruehling (Hawai'i. USA)
droplet of dew
in the summer sunlight---
the life of a man
Vasile Moldovan (Romania)
sera ventosa
l’ubriaco e l’albero
avanti e indietro
Antonella Filippi (Italy)
windy evening
the drunk and the tree
to and fro
Antonella Filippi (Italy)
no one knows
where to go
a line of ants
Juichi Masuda
hydrangea
breath of air from sea
path in ancient city
Momo Nishimura
the aura
of hydrangea
in an infant’s smile
Tenshi Sakai
home from school
my daughter plays
school
Rob Scott (Stockholm)
Star Festival
“tanzaku” bamboo bending
with one more wish
Yuzu Sugita
rucola leaves
bitter but alas, loved
by bugs too
Junko Saeki
under the wisteria
parking
his wheelchair
Midori Suzuki
our chorus concert over
“Kampai” in chorus
over summer dishes
Hitoshi Ichinose
sleepless night
I trace my mother’s life
Kamikochi
Masako Omaki
Nagara River—
cormorant fishing flickering
in bonfire light
Masaaki Oka
white lotus blooming
I mourn a friend’s passing
memories amassing
Michiko Murai
red hot rallies
performed in the pure white
of Wimbledon
Ikken Ikemoto
endless white birches
under the midnight sun
--endless thoughts
Midori Tanaka
a lull in the rainy season
plodding—just plodding
in the park
Kiyoshi Sugita
wild monkey snarling
on summer grasses “Please let me pass”
pleads my husband
Sachiko Kondo
central station
in the twilight—
suspended dreams
Yasuomi Koganei
evening paper reads
“Extensive rain damage in Kyushu”
chilled wine arriving with prosciutto ham
Yasuhiko Shirota
back from his funeral
--my share of the berries
gone with the birds
Hideo Ebihara
from the cape
no ship in sight
only the breeze and horizon
Takeo Hanaoka
wedding in rich verdure
already
missing his daughter
Michi Umeda
watergushingafterwaterthe
neverendingchaseofthewaterfall
Takashi Ikari
Kumamoto floods
calling a one-time pupil
now 74
Shinya Ogata
every window in the train
a hundred colors
of hydrangea
Motoko Sato
returning to Hase Dera
hydrangeas
linger in the shade
Judy Halebsky (USA) (Tokyo)
light green
a graceful Mt.Wakakusa
quiet
Osamu Kawasaki
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