Haiku about Indian summer

Fortunately, I enjoyed Indian summer, and wrote haiku.

Jersey calf

posing on the grass

Indian summer

The calf's back

paralleling the mountain slope

autumn lea

I tried on translating these into Japanese, but it was difficult.

Instead, I translated them into Japanese in the form of tanka(短歌）, 5-7-5-7-7．

ジャージーの子牛のポーズ澄ましたり秋の草地で

日向に浴す

ja-ji-no

ko ushi no po-zu

sumashi tari

aki no sochi de

hinata ni yokusu

子牛の背山の斜面と並び立ち秋の草地にいと美しき

ko ushi no se

yama no shamen to

narabi tachi

aki no sochi ni

ito utsukusiki

― Hidenori Hiruta

Haiku about Swans

My haiku appeared on the Asahi Haikuist Network by David McMurray on November 6.

Its homepage is : http://www.asahi.com/english/haiku.

Swans depart

from the beech forests

yellow leaves

白鳥の発つﾌﾞﾅの葉や黄色染め

hakucho no tatsu buna no ha ya kiiro zome

I post another haiku of mine here.

Swans repose

in the beech forests

yellow leaves

ﾌﾞﾅの葉や白鳥憩ふ黄色染め

buna no ha ya hakucho ikou kiiro zome

Now, let me post two haiku by Mr. John McDonald, a Scottish poet.

He wrote two haiku about swans in his book titled 'TUIM TIN TASSIE (empty tin cup)'.

fou muin―

on the derk watter

a swan

full moon―

on the dark water

a swan

満月や暗い水面に孤白鳥

mangetsu ya kurai mizumo ni ko hakucho

swans preenin―

kinches

o a luvers' hank

swans preening―

loops

of a lovers' knot

羽づくろひ白鳥輪をかき恋結ぶ

ha zukuroi hakucho wa wo kaki koi musubu

― Hidenori Hiruta

Haiku about Autumn Leaves

My haiku appeared on the Asahi Haikuist Network by David McMurray on October 30.

Its homepage address is : http://www.asahi.com/english/haiku.

An old pond

reflecting red leaves

maple trees

古池に映る紅葉楓かな

furuike ni utsuru momijiba kaede kana

I'd like to post another haiku of mine here.

For red leaves ―

rambling in trees

narrow road

逍遙の奥の細道紅葉狩

shouyou no okuno hosomichi momijigari

Now, let me post haiku by some fellow haiku poets of mine.

hairst mornin ―

maple leaves

on a gean tree

autumn morning ―

maple leaves

on a cherry tree

秋の朝櫻木の上楓の葉

aki no asa sakuragi no ue kaede no ha

by John McDonald, a Scottish poet

autumn daybreak ―

sunlight blazing through

maple leaves

秋の明け紅葉眩む日の光

aki no ake momijiba kuramu hi no hikari

by Joshua Sellers, an American poet

discarded ―

wet leaves

the closest friends

我が友や見る人も無し濡れ落葉

waga tomo ya miru hito mo nashi nure ochiba

by Juhani Tikkanen, a Finnish poet

fallen leaves

these things of past days

up in smoke

昔日を煙と化する落葉かな

sekijitsu wo kemuri to kasuru ochiba kana

by Magyar, an American poet

―　Ｈｉｄｅｎｏｒｉ　Ｈｉｒｕｔａ

Haiku about Autumn

On October 14, I drove up '鳥海ブルーライン' , 'The Chokai Blue Line', which is a driving route to the half point of Mt. Chokai, 2236 meters high. There I took some pictures and wrote some haiku.

Autumn trees

making themselves up--

Mt. Chokai

秋の木木粧ひ始む鳥海山

aki no kigi yosooi hajimu Chokaisan

Autumn lakes

making room --

migrating birds

秋の湖渡る鳥あり憩ふ間に

aki no umi wataru tori ari ikou ma ni

―　Hidenori Hiruta

Haiku about Harvest

On October 14, I visited Kisakata, Akita, and drove up the hillside to Mt. Chokai, where rice was reaped and being dried up near the rice fields. I took some pictures of them and wrote haiku.

Harvest time --

ears of rice bathing

in the sun

収穫の日向に浴す稲穂かな

shuukaku no hinata ni yokusu inaho kana

On October 19, a Finnish poet, Mr. Juhani Tikkanen, wrote the following haiku:

Harvest time --

approaching winter

ready to celebrate

収穫時祝いを備ふ冬近し

shuukakuji iwai wo sonau fuyu chikasi

Mr. Tikkanen's haiku is shown in his blog 'TIKKIS'.

My haiku appeared on the Asahi Haikuist Network on October 16, whose address is http://www.asahi.com/english/haiku/.

Harvest moon

filling the vineyard hut --

the first wine

初ワイン名月葡萄小屋を照らしけり

hatsu wain meigetsu budou goya wo terasi keri

A Scottish poet, Mr. John McDonald, wrote the following scots haiku in his haiku book, 'FUME O PEAT REEK':

fou muin --

hystin

a freithy yill

full moon --

raising

a frothy beer

満月や泡立つビール醸し出す

mangetsu ya awadatsu biiru kamosidasu

―　Hidenori Hiruta

Haiku about Autumn Rice Fields

Harvest moon appeared on October 3. Now is one of the best periods in Akita.

Akita is written in Kanji characters, ' 秋 and 田 ' , each of which means 'autumn' and 'rice fields'.

Akita is used for the name of a city and a prefecture, so our prefecture, ' 秋田県' (Akitaken), has a lot of rice fields, and is famous for its good rice and various products and dishes from rice.

Rice fields are very beautiful now, and you can enjoy their beautiful sights on our website: http://akitahaiku.wordpress.com/.

My haiku and picture also appeared on the site.

天高し稲田見守る太平山

ten takashi inada mimamoru Taiheizan

Mt. Taihei

watching rice fields

autumn high skies

―　Ｈｉｄｅｎｏｒｉ　　Ｈｉｒｕｔａ

My Haiku on the Asahi Haikuist Network(October 2, 2009)

On October 2, four days ago, my two haiku appeared on the Asahi Haikuist Network by David McMurray.

Composing

ode for autumn wind

hermitage

侘び住い秋風に寄す詩作かな

wabizumai akikaze ni yosu sisaku kana

Pink cosmos

stay as my daughter

postlude winds

This haiku is very difficult to translate into Japanese, so I wrote tanka（短歌）　in Japanese first to explain the situations in the above haiku.

嫁ぐ子はコスモス眺む縁の先別れを奏す風の音かな

totsugu ko wa kosumosu nagamu en no saki

wakare wo sousu kaze no oto kana

Ｂｅｔｒｏｔｈｅｄ　ｄａｕｇｈｔｅｒ

admiring pink cosmos

on the veranda

the sound of winds

playing postlude

Please look into my haiku on the website: http://www.asahi.com/english/haiku/.

―　Hidenori Hiruta