Simply
Haiku: An E-Journal of Haiku and Related Forms
November-December 2004, Volume 2, Number 6
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Steve
McCarty: Haiku
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| a different spring |
murabito to |
| than villagers see? |
chigau haru kana |
| a temple pilgrim |
tera no kyaku |
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| (a winner of the UNESCO International Haiku Contest on Cultural Diversity,
published in the World Culture Report 2000) |
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| Oharu-san slides |
mushiatsui |
| Down the sultry |
ukiyo o suberu |
| Floating world |
Oharu-san |
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| Mainichi Daily News |
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| To young leaves |
wakaba ni wa |
| The world seems |
eda ni sekai ga |
| To spin on a branch |
mawaru yau |
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The Japanese version was published
in the national Asahi Haidan. |
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| II. Unpublished Haiku |
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| Before the rainy season |
sekibutsu no |
| Tears of the Stone |
namida ga materu |
| Buddhas can wait |
tsuyu no mae |
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| The blue heron |
aosagi ya |
| Preening its heart |
mune o tsukurou |
| White feathers fly |
shirahamai |
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| A distant foghorn blows |
muteki yobi |
| A midsummer night's call |
kiteki no kodama |
| A train whistle echoes |
natsu no yoru |
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| So desolate the wind |
sabishii na |
| Blowing down the mountain |
aki no sora kara |
| From the sky in fall |
yamaoroshi |
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| Snowy moat |
hakuchou no |
| Ducks as if |
ko ni naru kamo ya |
| Baby swans |
hori no yuki |
Steve
McCarty is a Professor at Osaka Jogakuin College and President of the