Haiku about Autumn (8)

I happened to see cosmoses blooming along the river bank in Akita and wrote haiku that day.

Let cosmos

bloom in their own ways

the wind blowing

風そよぐ咲けよコスモス爛漫と

Kaze soyogu sake yo kosumosu ranman to

The cosmos

expressing themselves ―

symphony

コスモスの表す世界調和かな

Kosumosu no arawasu sekai chowa kana

―　Hidenori Hiruta

Haiku about Autumn (7)

We have good harvest time all over Akita. This is one of the most beautiful periods here, just as the name of Akita （秋田） means 'Rice field in autumn'. ' 秋 (Aki)' means 'autumn', and ' 田 (ta)' means 'paddy field'.

Autumn hue

rising clear to eyes

paddy fields

秋色の目にさやかなる稲田かな

Shushoku no me ni sayaka naru inada kana

Abundant ―

waves of rice ears turned

clear golden

豊かさや黄金に染まる稲穂波

Yutakasa ya kogane ni somaru inaho nami

―　Hidenori Hiruta

Haiku about Autumn (6)

Chiyo-ni (Kaga no Chiyo)(千代尼 1703-1775) was a Japanese poet of the Edo period, widely regarded as one of the greatest female haiku poets.

She is perhaps best known for this haiku:

朝顔に釣瓶とられてもらい水

Asagao ni tsurube torare te morai mizu

morning glory!

the well bucket-entangled,

I ask for water

(trans. Donegan and Ishibashi)

My haiku are as follows:

With the sun

do morning glories rise

another day

日と共に朝顔立てる新たなり

Hi to tomoni asagao tateru arata nari

The storm gone

morning glories turn

deeper blue

嵐止む濃き朝顔の青さかな

Arashi yamu koki asagao no aosa kana

― Hidenori Hiruta

Haiku about Autumn (5)

Recently I found 'obana （尾花）', or Japanese pampas grass flowers called 'susuki (薄）', at the foot of Mt. Chokai　(鳥海山）, in Kisakata (象潟）, Akita.

First susuki flowers

trembling

the sea breeze

初尾花海風立ちてそよぎけり

Hatsu obana 　 kaifu tachi te soyogi keri

The sunset

turning them red

susuki flowers

入日影からだの染まる尾花かな

Irihikage 　karada no somaru 　obana kana

―　Hidenori Hiruta