Haiku by Ikeda Sumiko (池田澄子)

my favorite thing in life
when the start of winter
feels like spring

生きるの大好き冬のはじめが春に似て

snake berry
I always forget to look
at the leaves

蛇苺いつも葉っぱを見忘れる

the coming of spring
has come again
crocodile jaw

また春が来たことは来た鰐の顎

no less significant
than I am
rainy season mushrooms

わたくしに劣るものなく梅雨きのこ

everyone
stones on the ice
of the lake

ひとびとよ池の氷の上に石

hiding the sun
sunlightsunsunflower

日輪を隠す日光日日草

spring wind
words become sound
and disappear

春風や言葉が声になり消ゆる