雪に柩積木のごとく重ねおく –宇多喜代子
Coffins in the snow
piled up like bricks
–Uda Kiyoko
土の上を利根は流るる蛇は渡る –武田伸一
Atop the soil
Knowledge flows
A snake passes over
–Takeda Shin’ichi
湖畔亭にヘヤピンこぼれ雷匂ふ –西東三鬼
In the lakeside pavilion
Her hairpin falls to the floor
The smell of thunder
–Saitou Sanki
NOTES: Poems taken from the Gendai Haiku Association’s Database. Please visit their Web site at www.haiku-data.jp.
戦争へゆくかも知れぬ落葉焚く
–東京三
I may be going to war
Fallen leaves
kindle the fire
–Higashi Kyouzou (Higashi Kyôzô)
煙草も砂糖もない店のガラス壺の埃
–栗林一石路
Out of cigarettes and sugar
Dust in the store’s glass jar
–Kuribayashi Issekiro
手と足をもいだ丸太にしてかへし
–鶴彬
My hands and my feet
were disassembled and
replaced with logs
–Tsuru Akira
退却が待ち遠しい銃をかついでいる
–中山仮面坊
Waiting for the order to retreat
Rifle on my shoulder
–Nakayama Kamenbou
塹壕に一つ認識票光る
–西東三鬼
In the trench
a dog tag
catches the light
–Saitou Sanki
NOTES:
Higashi Kyouzou (or Kyôzô) was another pen name for Akimoto Fujio (秋元不死男).
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