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

Haiku about Winter (27)

ブナの木と共に矢留の雪見かな

buna no ki to   tomoni Yadome no   yukimi kana

snow viewing

with beech trees -

Armistice Castle

矢留城雪に輝くブナの道

Yadome jo   yuki ni kagayaku   buna no michi  

Armistice Castle -

the beech path brightens

in snow

―　Hidenori Hiruta

Haiku about Winter (26)

久保田城千代の松が枝雪に映ゆ

Kubotajou   chiyo no matsu ga e   yuki ni hayu

Kubota Castle -

everlasting pines brighten

in snow

陽光や輝く雪の松の枝

youkou ya   kagayaku yuki no   matsu no eda  

the sunbeam -

snowy pines brighten

branch to branch

―　Hidenori Hiruta

Haiku about Winter (25)

 

客迎ふ石灯籠や雪帽子

kyaku mukau  ishidourou ya  yuki boushi

stone lantern

welcomes visitors -

snow hat

 

冬の池音一つなく冴え渡る

fuyu no ike  oto hitotsu naku  saewataru 

winter pond

makes no sound -

something cool

 

―　Hidenori Hiruta