うりずんのたてがみ青くあおく梳く –岸本マチ子
The mane of early summer
combed blue, so blue
–Kishimoto Machiko
大阪やラムネ立飲む橋の上 –伊丹三樹彦
Osaka —
Standing on a bridge
Drinking ramune
–Itami Mikihiko
菜の花や菜の花色の汽車がくる –貞永まこと
Rape blossoms —
The steam train arrives the color
Of rape blossoms
–Sadanaga Makoto
すこしづつ死す大脳のおぼろかな –能村登四郎
1
Dying little by little
Brain getting hazy
2
Death by degrees
Is the light in my brain
Dimming out?
–Nomura Toshirou
NOTES: Poems taken from the Gendai Haiku Association’s Database. Please visit their Web site at www.haiku-data.jp.