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Originally posted on Vento del giorno: Artwork by Mai Thu vento di terradove vanno le nuvolea dire addio? land windwhere do the clouds goto say goodbye?

Originally posted on Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi): 葦牙の水のつぶやき忘れ潮　　　　佐藤鬼房　　　　 ashikabi no mizu no tsubuyaki wasurejio ??????????? reeds’ young buds ??????????? water’s mumble ??????????? at the remaining tide ??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? Onifusa Sato from “Haiku Dai-Saijiki” (“Comprehensive Haiku Saijiki”), Kadokawa Shoten, Tokyo, 2006 Fay’s Note：Onifusa Sato (1919-2002)? ‘ashikabi’ (reed’s bud) is a spring kigo.

Originally posted on Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi): 卒業すどの子もみんな活火山　　小池つと夢　　　　 sotsugyô su dono ko minna kakkazan ??????????? graduation… ??????????? all the children ??????????? are live volcanos ??????????????????????????????????????????????? Tsutomu Koike from “Shûchakueki” (The Last Stop), haiku collection of Tsutomu Koike, Gendai Haiku Kyokai (Modern Haiku Association), Tokyo, 2019 Fay’s Note:?? Japanese school year ends in…