Haiku about Spring (19)

On the afternoon of March 27, I visited the temple named Shouhei-ji （勝平寺） near my house in Akita-city （秋田市）.

In the graveyard is an image of Buddha, which was built recently for those who died leaving nobody to look after their graves.

Visiting there, I found snowflakes wandering over the image of Buddha.

I felt as if each snowflake is the spirit of the victim killed by the earthquake and tsunami on March 11.

I also felt as if the spirits are crying in tears over Buddha, and Buddha did too.

Buddha

praying for spirits

in tears

精霊に涙の仏陀祈りけり

seirei ni namida no budda inori keri

Buddha

praying for survivors

in tears

仏涙や残りし者の幸祈る

butsu rui ya nokorisi mono no sachi inoru

―　Hidenori Hiruta

Haiku about Spring (18)

On March 1, I wrote the following haiku for the first haijinx issue of 2011.

My haiku were selected and published in haijinx Ⅵー１．

Please check them out at the haijinx homepage: http://www.haijinx.org/.

綱引きや川春潮を引き寄せる

tsunahiki ya kawa shunchou wo hikiyoseru

tug of war

the river draws the tide

of spring

シャボン玉宇宙船へと春の夢

shabondama uchuusen heto haru no yume

blowing bubbles

towards the spaceship

spring daydream

蛭田　秋稲

Shuutou Hiruta

Haiku about Spring (17)

The spring evening sun sometimes makes a miracle, creating a world of beauties and wonders.

My haiku is written about such a fantastic scene.

The setting sun

brightens spring waters

masterpiece

春水や夕日輝き絵となりぬ

Shunsui ya yuhi kagayaki e to narinu

The setting sun

paints pine woods dark

spring shadow

松林夕日の描く春の影

Matsubayashi yuhi no egaku haru no kage

―　Hidenori Hiruta

Haiku about Spring (16)

Here in Akita the spring sunlight has begun to shine beautifully everywhere.

We really welcome the coming of spring, relieved from the hard long winter.

Spring current

smiles in the sunlight

the Northern River

北の川春の流れや微笑する

Kita no kawa haru no nagare ya bishou suru

Spring angler

catches the sunlight

the Northern River

北の川春光を釣る漁師かな

Kita no kawa shunkou wo tsuru ryoushi kana

―　Hidenori Hiruta