Haiku about Winter (31)

雪女また踊りけり風の笛

yukionna   mata odorikeri   kaze no fue

snow fairy

dancing again -

the whistling winds

響きけり冬将軍の高笑ひ

hibiki keri   fuyushogun no   takawarai

echoing -

the laughter of

 General Winter

- Hidenori Hiruta



Haiku about Winter (30)

冬の堀雁住む宿となりにけり

fuyu no hori   gan sumu yado to   narinikeri

sweet home

for wild geese -

wintering moat

久保田城越冬の雁堀に住む

Kubotajo   ettou no gan   hori ni sumu

Kubota Castle -

wild geese wintering in

the moat

- Hidenori Hiruta

Haiku about Winter (29)

久保田城凍れる堀の静まりぬ

Kubotajo   kooreru hori no   shizumarinu

Kubota Castle -

the moat turns frozen

into silence

「詩の国」や雪のきらめく城下町

Shino kuni ya   yuki no kirameku   joukamachi

The Land of Poetry -

snow shines in

the castle town

- Hidenori Hiruta

Haiku about Winter (28)

雪の坂至るところは矢留城

yuki no saka   itaru tokoro wa  yadomejo

the snowy slope

leading there -

Armistice Castle

松が枝に白雪映ゆる矢留城

matsugae ni   hakusetsu hayuru   yadomejo

snow shining

white in pine branches -

Armistice Castle

－　Hidenori  Hiruta