Haiku about New Year (20)

 

Haiku beyond Earth「天上俳句会」

Happy New Year 2026

 

The Year of the Horse

 

午年や天馬も祝ふお正月

umadosi ya  tenma mo iwau  o-shōgatsu

 

The Year of the Horse

Heavenly horse celebrates too

New Year's Day

 

It's been seven years since I started writing haiku about the zodiac animals. This year's zodiac animal is the horse. I was born in 1942, the Year of the Horse, so I'm a lucky horse year man this year.

Looking back on my memories of horses, I remember being deeply moved by a snow horse. I opened an album from 12 years ago and looked for photos of the snow horse. I also remember the title "Heavenly Horse."

Here are three photos I found.

 

 From February 15th to 16th, 2014, I participated in a haiku walk at the Yokote Kamakura Festival in Akita Prefecture, organized by the Japanese haiku group "Ten'I (Providence)," led by Dr. Akito Arima (1930-2020).

We composed haiku and held a haiku meeting after viewing kamakura in the 15^th evening and the Kamakura Festival in the 16^th morning.

The zodiac sign for 2014 was the horse, and Dr. Arima was born in 1930, the Year of the Horse, so he was a lucky horse year man that year. Me too.

That heavenly snow horse melted away and gone, but the marvelous snow horse image remains in my mind even today after 12 years.

 

　　　秋田国際俳句ネットワーク　

蛭田　秀法

Hidenori Hiruta

Akita International Haiku Network