plum blossoms

remembering the scent

of the last spring

(Stardust, Issue 39, March 2020)

梅の花

香りを覚えている

去年の春の

winter solitude

a snowflake falls

then another

(Blithe Spirit, 30.1, March 2020)

冬の孤独

雪片が落ちる

それから、別の雪片

deserted town

only the rustle of leaves

carried by wind

(Seashore, Volume 5, November 2020)

さびれた町

葉のざわめきだけ

風に運ばれる

river moon

along the shore

a tiny water lily

(Hedgerow, #132, November 2020)

リバームーン

河岸沿いに

ちっちゃい睡蓮

castle ruins

forget-me-nots

among the old stones

(Frogpond, 43.2, spring/summer, 2020)

城跡

忘れな草

古い石の間に

nutmeg

the pungent smell

of the autumn woods

(Cattails, October 2020)

ナツメグ

刺激臭

秋の森の

coriander basket

the fresh green aroma

of late summer

(Chrysanthemum 28, fall issue, October 2020)

コリアンダーのバスケット

新緑の香り

晩夏の

already autumn

I would like to be a leaf

carried by the wind

(Third place, Neo classical haiku, World Haiku Review, September 2020)

もう秋

葉っぱになりたい

風に運ばれたい

chorus of leaves

the ancient song

of the wind

(Under the…