Haiku beyond Earth「天上俳句会」Haiku by Marshall Hryciuk in Canada (2)

clouds the shape of branches

―haiku journal from 2009 visit

to Japan’s Honshu and Kyushu Islands

　

Marshall Hryciuk

　

　

deep in the reeds of bamboos

persimmon leaf

red

　

竹林に柿の葉の赤奥深し

chikurin ni  kaki no ha no aka  oku fukashi

　

Matsushima

maple

shower leaves

pointed red

　

松島や紅葉のシャワー赤き先

matsushima ya  momiji no shawā  akaki saki

　

　

first glimpse of Fujiyama

great blue heron

lifts from the pond

　

池を立つオオアオサギや富士初見

ike wo tatsu  ōaosagi ya  fuji shoken

　

a thousand thousand

red maples

descending

Hakone mountain road

　

幾千本紅葉の箱根下りけり

iku-sen-bon  momiji no hakone  kudari keri

　

　

　

snow on every tuft

of pampas grass

one side only

　

房中に雪の薄や片面に

fusajū ni  yuki no susuki ya  kata-men ni

　

month of no lotus

Kenrokuen pond

filled with shimmering maples

　

（兼六園にて）

蓮の無き紅葉の池の師走かな

hasu no naki  momiji no ike no  shiwasu kana

　

　

　

three kites spiral

plumes of smoke

from Sakurajima

　

桜島噴煙に渦凧三つ

sakurajima  funen ni uzu  tako mittsu

　

　

　

as i sit

within my favourite gate

leaves start rattling

　

門内に座るや否やざわめく葉

mon-nai ni  suwaru-ya-ina-ya  zawameku ha

　

　

cascading

terraces

leaves all manner of red

blue SKY

　

青空に紅葉のテラス滝の如

aozora ni  momiji no terasu  taki no goto

　

as the Golden Pavillion

shimmers on the pond

darkness in the pines

　

松の闇池にきらめく金閣寺

matsu no yami  ike ni kirameku  kinkaku-ji

　

－Interpreted into Japanese by Hidenori Hiruta

　

　

This is a photo of Marshall Hryciuk and Karen Sohne, which was taken by Hidenori Hiruta at the Haiku International Association (HIA) symposium in Tokyo on November 28^th, 2009.

秋田国際俳句ネットワーク

蛭田 秀法

Hidenori Hiruta

Akita International Haiku Network