Thursday, 7 February 2013

3 haiku / 3 俳句




1



To see the sea neighbors fell all the old trees—the chestnuts!

ビューの為皆古木切り栗の実や



2


A litter of possums in circles groping in the last snow

雪の果てふくろねずみの子が模索



3


The scent—wiping tables—
the waitress leaves a fern

食卓を拭き羊歯を置き娘香や






(Tacoma 2003; Tamsui 2012; photos by D. Brink; many thanks to Prof. Horikoshi Kazuo for comments on earlier versions of the Japanese variations)





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