haikuspirit

A Hidden Pond-Anthology of Modern Haiku,
Kadokawa Shoten 1997
Translated by T Koko Kato and David Burleigh
ISBN: 4-04-883453-3
IMPORTANT

The sea stretching out
as far as one can see -
the blue sky of May

Hoshino Tsubaki (1930~)

Three great rivers
dividing the green paddy fields
of the Mino plain

Matsui Toshihiko (1927~)

Into an hear so huge
that we call it a lake
comes the cuckoo's cry

Takaha Shugyo (1930~)

The shades of darkness
become richer and deeper -
fireflies in a cage

Kato Minako (1925~)

Clouds so long ago,
and in order to recall them -
a summer hat

Omaki Hiroshi (1931~)

You human beings,
clothes all wrinkled at the back
from perspiration

Hayashi Sho (1914~)

Under a blazing sky
a snail in the distance -
the sail in my heart

Yamaguchi Seishi (1901~1994)

Getting back
not having been touched by
the scorching sun

Kamikura Utsuwa (1929~)

Mother in pale light,
wife in deep shadow -
the dogdays of summer past

Hasegawa Sogyo (1897~1988)

Serenity that
reaches right down the backbone -
a midsummer day

Mori Sumio (1919~)

In India

Being only a drop
between heaven and earth,
utterly naked

Usaki Fuyuo (1931~)

Just like a blast
of cooling air
a man comes

Iida Ryuta (1920~)

Sitting quietly
in the summer cool, waiting
for words to come

Hirose Naoto (1929~)

Only the window panes
of an elementary school
in the evening glow

Kato Shuson (1905~1993)

A spoon
at the bottom of the fountain -
summer has gone

Iijima Haruko (1921~)

"Finally the end of summer"
written down bad-temperedly
and then to bed

Imoto Noichi (1913~)