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
Dear Hiruta san:
返信削除I just found your poetry blog via the Akita International Haiku Network.
Moments keenly perceived and recorded.
I enjoyed the read and particularly liked the first ku.
Chen-ou Liu
thanks for this piece. There is a name of a flower I have been looking for. Can't recollect. It is a tree that bears the flower and the flower is not that delicate like bougainvillea or rose. It's more like lily... It is very common in Haiku... don't worry. I am just stuck. I enjoyed your pieces
返信削除Two lovely haiku, Hiruta-san. I'm sorry to have missed so many posts. I will try to work my way backward to read them. My children are in school now, and I hope to visit and to write much more often. Thank you for these haiku.
返信削除Dear Yousei Hime-san, nice to hear from you again. I hope that we will share poetic works with each other again. Thanks a lot for your comment.
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