Simply Haiku: An E-Journal of Haiku and Related Forms
November-December 2004, Volume 2, Number 6
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  Shisan: This Persimmon Fall      
  Sekiguchi hut--
I encounter Basho
in this persimmon fall		 Shinku Fukuda  
  around the pond
dragonflies hover 		Kris Kondo  
  floating
soprano voices
of children's songs		 Sumiko Sudo  
 
   
  with hands alone
a bowl shaped so fine 		Yoshiko Ehara
  
  the cold moon
their heated discussion
goes on as day breaks		 Yoshiko Uchiyama  
  years have passed
waiting for the letter		 Sumiko  
 
   
  how I blushed
being hugged so under
the peak blossoms 		Yoshiko U  
  golden anniversary
in misty Venice 		Kris  
  bypass surgery
Japan trip
postponed 		Kris  
 
   
  after the news on the TV
sake tastes bitter 		Yoshiko E  
  placed at the cross roads
a Jizo wearing
red bibs		 Shinku  
  inviting cormorant fires
as evening shadows deepen 		Sumiko  
         
 

Composed on the occasion of the fourth Global Renku Memorial
23rd of September 2004
led by Professor Shinku Fukuda

 
  Jizo: a statue of the deity, protector of children and travelers
Sekiguchi hut: Basho's hermitage at Sekiguchi, Tokyo		  
 

Basho's Hut on Camellia Hill, Ando Hiroshige