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[[6 votes]]
today’s clouds
parents and
children
masoumeh= beauty
Kitamura= I never get fed up with looking at clouds in the sky, even for
a long time. Surprising! --likening clouds to parents and children!
I am sure the writer saw a heartwarming scene of friendly parents
and children.
Sone= I enjoy looking at clouds because they change into various shapes.
Clouds of parents and children―This must be fluffy spring clouds.
Yoshizawa= I suppose the writer has concerns with family bondage.
The clouds changing their shapes freely―I feel the writer’s gentle
affection for children and the whole family.
Nunuta= I can clearly imagine a scene in a children’s story. I feel
something poetic and gentle.
Iwamoto= I can sympathize with the tenderness of discovery in everyday
life.
##### This haiku is written by ryo
[[5 votes]]
old farm house
white to green hue -
changing seasons
Mykel Board= If I were the poet, I would eliminate the word hue for
a stronger haiku. But I still like the way the house becomes green
as, we guess, the season changes from winter to spring... and the
world outside also becomes green.
Kitamura= An old farm house stands still. Around the house I can see
trees with fresh green leaves and the wind is blowing.
Nakayama= I feel the beauty of nature at the time of change from
a snow scene to the green world of buds around the farm house.
I also hear the murmuring of a small stream.
Yoshizawa= Early spring, the time of budding, is at hand. I suppose
that from the scene I can enjoy the change of season.
Jun= The inter-relation among season, changing hue and the old farm
house brings about a strong picture of a passing of time.
This is further compounded by their appeal to difference senses
(physical and psychological).
##### This haiku is written by Mike Moran
[[4 votes]]
ruins
in rome
moss
Sato= The scene of ruins.
Kubdera= I feel that the moss has been living as long as the Roman ruins.
Nakamura= I like the comparison of the big ruins in front and small moss below.
The word “moss” makes an especially strong impression on me. In
addition the haiku sounds nice.
Kurosawa= I like this the best of all the haiku this time. I feel the moss is
very beautiful.
##### This haiku is written by Jun
[[4 votes]]
day’s end
brightly colored fishing boats
bottoms up
《Mykel Board》This haiku is great on many levels. There is the visual, where we can
see the bright colors in the fading light. Also we get a strong resonance between
the end and the bottom. Finally, bottoms up is the American English equivalent of
kampai! in Japanese. That has a feeling of, “work's over, let's go have a drink.”
I really love this one.
Yamazaki= The moment I read, I see the scene,
Taguchi=
ryo= The sandy beach where fishing boats were unloaded. The end of a day’s work.
##### This haiku is written by Gene
[[3 votes]]
blinding rain
a car’s tail lights
guide me home
Ananizu= Is it a heavy rain like a “guerilla” downpour? I remember I once drove
with lights even during daytime, with the help of the tale lights of the car in
front of me. I see the scene clearly and I am moved. The tension in a state of
emergency and the relief afterwards.
Taguchi=
Ian= What a relief after staring for an age at red lights and windscreen wipers
to be finally out of the car and into a warm house with all its comforts.
##### This haiku is written by Gene
[[3 votes]]
In the dead of night
A robin sings heartily
Under a street lamp
Sakuma= A cry of a summer bird at midnight under a street lamp --
the improper situation creates a strange atmosphere.
Yoshizawa= I would like to have a good night’s sleep, hearing a robin singing
heartily.
Akai= A robin singing in the dead of night, and a street lamp making me
imagine a gas lamp-- the strangeness.
##### This haiku is written by Ian
[[1 votes]]
in line at the post office―
the pimple
behind his right ear
Ian= This brought a smile to my face. In a long boring queue our attention focuses
on the people around us ----- especially on their imperfections.
##### This haiku is written by Mykel Board
[[1 votes]]
the sound
of gardener’s trimming―
food-searching cat
Kobayashi= This is a scene I saw while I was strolling.
##### This haiku is written by ryo
[[1 votes]]
The hollow brick's secret
A cluster of garden snails
Sealed in their shells
《Mykel Board》This one is a bit mysterious. If the garden snails are really sealed
in their shells, they must be dead. I could imagine a group of snails bricked up
by a mason, like a horror movie where someone is bricked up inside a wall.
Here, it's on such a small scale, someone might not notice it... unless s/he
had a poets eye.
##### This haiku is written by Ian
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