Professor Alexander Dolin teaches Japanese Literature and Civilization Studies at Akita International University(AIU). He also writes haiku.
We would like to post haiku by Professor Alexander Dolin and his students, Mr. Brent Sanders, Ms. Lim Shi Qi and Ms. Madoka Shizukuishi.
Haiku by Alexander Dolin
秋田杉霜つく朝も青すぎて
akita sugi shimo tsuku asa mo ao sugi te
Cedars in the field
(Akita cedars) ―
even through the frost this morning
abundantly green!
夜深き闇に歌詠み猫の声
yoru fukaki yami ni uta yomi neko no koe
Darkness of the night ―
and my cat is chanting there
(waka) poems he composed…
Haiku by Brent Sanders
The sun will burn away
The magic twilight hour.
It is such a waste.
I wake before dawn
A silent world where only
The wind outside howls.
Haiku by Lim Shi Qi
Run to far way
Till your legs plead mercy
Till the seasons change
I stand on the hills
Why do I still not see you
Wonder are you real
Haiku by Madoka Shizukuishi
雪のよに溶ければいいのに宿題の山
yuki no yo ni tokere ba ii noni shukudai no yama
The piles of assignment
I hope they were snow, so that
they could melt away
歩めども歩めども遠いあなたまでの距離
ayume domo ayume domo tooi anata made no kyori
Look back to make sure
But still there is a long distance to you
Even I walk all day long
お気に入り窓の粉雪とホットチョコレート
okiniiri mado no konayuki to hotto chokore-to
My favorite winter
Breath is white and snow in sight
Sweetness of hot chocolate
雨降りに思い出すのは母の声
ame furi ni omoidasu nowa haha no koe
Memory in my heart
Mother’s voice calling me soft
One rainy day
あかね空コスモスゆれて君想う
akane zora kosumosu yure te kimi omou
Madder red sunset
Seeing a swaying cosmos; I ask
“How have you been?”
some interesting ones here hiruta san
thank you very much mcdonald san
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