sleeping
in Norwegian Wood
white sheets
ノルウェーの森の眠れる白シーツ
brass instruments smell of winter vegetables
金管楽器は冬野菜の匂い
I think of my sister a camellia falling in twilight
姉と想えり薄朝の落椿
skin forming on the milk Easter
牛乳に膜張っている復活祭
a sunflower standing tall
overwhelming loneliness
ひまわりの直立圧倒的なさみしさ
deeper and deeper
into myriad green leaves
Eros theory
万緑の奥へ奥へとエロス論
among cherry blossoms in full bloom
an ammunition depot
満開の桜の中の弾薬庫
losing sight
of a white butterfly
on the nuclear reactor
原子炉に蝶の白さを見失ふ
the red sunset smells like colored pencil
夕焼けは色鉛筆の匂ひせり
light makeup
on the girl looking down
into the antlion pit
地獄蟻のぞく少女の薄化粧
returning wet
with evening blossoms
a fire engine
夕桜濡れて戻りし消防車
the wind always comes first
field of pampas grass
風いつも先に来てゐる芒原
near body temperature the rainfall around Bon
体温に近き雨降る盆の頃
the globe’s
Siberian blue . . .
February
地球儀のシベリア青し二月かな
Samon Yamamoto (b. 1950) won the 17th Gendai Haiku Association New Face Award in 1999. Inspired by the haiku of Shuji Terayama, he started composing his own around the age of 30. He became a member of “Chihyo” (“Earth’s Surface”) in 1995 and received the 5th Chihyo Prize. His poetry collections include Collected Stars and Scars (星痕集) and Occultation (星蝕). Source:
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