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  • 'river is silent— / no trigger for the thaw, / suddenly starts talking' by Shinsaku Ashida
    28 September 2025

    river is silent—
    no trigger for the thaw,
    suddenly starts talking

  • 'an unfinished kanji / no one can understand it yet / halfway through life' by Shinsaku Ashida
    14 September 2025

    an unfinished kanji
    and one can understand it yet
    halfway through life

  • 'forget the wind / and sea of my hometown—/ still remember the dialect'  by Shinsaku Ashida. Art by Freepik
    11 August 2025

    forget the wind
    and sea of my hometown—
    still remember the dialect

  • 'humans —/dandelion seeds  under the sky / drifting in the wind'  by Shinsaku Ashida. Art by Freepik
    16 June 2025

    humans—
    dandelion seeds under the sky
    drifting on the wind

  • 'eyes stare / at me— / (for)getting my mask" by Tony Ginting.  Haiku first published on Asahi Haikuist Network 2 July 2021
    17 March 2022

    eyes stare
    at me—
    (for)getting my mask

  • 'Dividing like clam / and shell, I leave for Futami— / autumn is passing by.'  by Kuniharu Shimizu. Haiku by Matsuo Basho. Translated by Donald Keene
    17 June 2010

    Dividing like clam
    and shell, I leave for Futami—
    autumn is passing by

  • 'What do the waves bring? / mixed in with little shells, / bits of clover blooms.'  by Kuniharu Shimizu. Haiku by Matsuo Basho. Translated by Donald Keene
    16 June 2010

    What do the waves bring?
    mixed in with little shells,
    bits of clover blooms.


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