Haiku by Hama Yoshijo (浜芳女)

in my weak stomach
comes the pain
of flower petals

弱き胃に花ひとひらの痛みくる

NOTE: Poem taken from the Gendai Haiku Association Web site: http://www.haiku-data.jp/

Haiku by Amemiya Housei (雨宮抱星)

the soul
leaving behind its shape
cicada shell

たましひのかたちを残し蟬の殻

Haiku by Hashi Kanseki (橋閒石)

on the way
to becoming a butterfly
900,000,009 light years

蝶になる途中九億九光年

earwax
dried fish guts
and radiant cherry blossoms

耳垢も目刺のわたも花明り

I’ve gotten worse
at crying
and peeling persimmons

泣くことも柿剥くことも下手なりけり

Two haiku by Matsumura Souseki (松村蒼石)

stone lantern
overgrown with weeds
a cat climbs on

草茂る石燈籠に猫のぼり

early autumn cool
quietly living life
butterflies mate

新涼のいのちしづかに蝶交む

A haiku by Matsumura Souseki

in the light
of the cold moon the darkness
of distant stars

寒月のひかりにとほき星の闇 　　松村蒼石

NOTE: Original Japanese-language poem taken from the Gendai Haiku Association Web site: http://www.haiku-data.jp/

A Poem by Taneda Santoka

when there are mountains I look at the mountains
when it rains I listen to the rain
spring summer autumn winter
and tomorrow will be fine
and last night was fine, too

山あれば山を観る
雨の日は雨を聴
春夏秋冬
あしたもよろし
ゆふべもよろし

NOTE: Original found here– http://terebess.hu/english/haiku/taneda.html