Simply Haiku: An E-Journal of Haiku and Related Forms
November-December 2004, Volume 2, Number 6
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  Shisan: Autumn Equinox      
  autumn equinox ...
a figure at the window
of an empty house 		David Burleigh  
  new neighbors content
swallowing soba from him 		Hirofumi Hatsuzawa  
  fife and drum
passing along
the shopping arcade 		Tateshi Tsukamoto
  
 
   
  my daughter wanting to ask
how we fell in love 		Hiroshi Tamura
  
  hands move together
over the clock face
by the winter moon		 David  
  a tengu somersaults in Mt. Takao
May peace prevail! 		Tateshi  
 
   
  on an aged tree
blossoms once more appear,
the tree doctor		 Hiroshi  
  birds vanish into the cloud
leaving a blue emptiness 		Hirofumi  
  setting up mergers
establishing new teams
baseball chaos 		Tateshi  
 
   
  for the grilled eel
such a tipsy waiting period		 Hiroshi  
  suddenly awake
in an unfamiliar room
dreaming of you 		David  
  over the stone temple steps
a cat's long stretch		 Hirofumi  
         
 

Composed on the occasion of the fourth Global Renku Memorial
23rd of September 2004
led by Hiroshi Tamura

 
 

tengu: a mischievous goblin with a long nose
soba: the sharing of this dish of noodles symbolizes enduring friendship

  
 

Kiyomizu Temple, Ando Hiroshige