in the gas light
the silent outline of a fish
wheat harvest
ガス灯にしづかな魚影麦の秋
early summer dawn
the ocean’s muddy kneecaps
明易し海の濁りの膝がしら
sealing in
the heat haze
medicine wrapper
陽炎を封じ込めたる薬包紙
a film that ends
with the sound of waves–
spring haze
潮騒で終はるシネマや花曇
evening cicadas–
continued acceleration
of fixed form poems
蜩や加速続ける定型詩
now when we meet
canna lilies bloom
to the marrow of my bones
逢へばいま骨の髄までカンナ咲く
fatigue
like liquid crystal!
basking in the sun
液晶のごとき疲労よ日向ぼこ
when the pageant is over
seagulls deep inside my ears
野外劇止んでかもめが耳の奥
moonrise–
the pianist
like a wandering samurai
月の出や野武士のごとくピアニスト
Milky Way
slurping the easily loosened flesh
of the oyster
銀漢は裂けやすき肉牡蠣啜る
one by one
the tomb-like paving stones
spring migration
ひとつづつ墓碑めく舗石鳥帰る
the flask’s
lovely distillation
snow willow
フラスコの美（は）しき蒸留雪柳
beach rose–
a journal surveying
the clouds
玫瑰や雲を測量する日誌
evening cicadas–
please just give me
an outline of you
蜩や君の輪郭だけ下さい
start of summer
arms that feel
like oars . . .
はつなつの櫂と思ひし腕かな
when we meet,
the river
when we meet,
the Milky Way
いつ逢へば河いつ逢へば天の川
Ami Tanaka (b. 1970) is a haiku poet and a scholar of modern and contemporary German poetry. Born in Meguro City, Tokyo, she joined Kaitei in 1998, studying under Tohta Kaneko, and would go on to win the Kaitei Newcomer Award in 2001 and the Kaitei Prize in 2012. She also won the 24th Gendai Haiku New Face Award in 2005. She is a part-time lecturer at Aoyama Gakuin University and Jissen Women’s University. Tanaka is a member of the Gendai Haiku Association, the Haiku International Association, and the Japan Writers’ Association. In addition, she has reviewed haiku for several outlets, including the Asahi Shimbun and Kadokawa’s Haiku. Since 2018 she has been a member of Kaigen.
Sources:
https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%94%B0%E4%B8%AD%E4%BA%9C%E7%BE%8E
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