Haiku about Autumn (24)

干し柿や宝石のごと納屋飾る

hoshigaki ya houseki no goto naya kazaru

dried persimmons

embellish the barn ―

gems

干し柿や風と光に育まる

hoshigaki ya kaze to hikari ni hagukumaru

dried persimmons ―

raised by winds

and beams

Hidenori Hiruta

Haiku about Autumn (23)

日を浴びて柿熟しけり小鳥呼ぶ

hi o abi te kaki jukushi keri kotori yobu

persimmons

ripen in the sun ―

calling birds

甘柿やメルヘンの空現れる

amagaki ya meruhen no sora arawareru

sweet persimmons―

does the fairy tale sky

appear

Hidenori Hiruta

Haiku about Autumn (22)

日の光リンゴを照らす羽後の園

hi no hikari ringo o terasu Ugo no sono

the sunbeam

spotlights apples ―

the garden of Akita

ふじと言ふリンゴたわわに実りけり

fuji to iu ringo tawawa ni minorikeri

apples ripen

in abundance ―

named after Mt. Fuji

―　Hidenori Hiruta

Haiku about Autumn (21)

秋色の絵の如き山浮びけり

shushoku no e no gotoki yama ukabi keri

picture-like mountain

floating up

in autumn hues

新米を産みし稲田の憩ひけり

shinmai o umi shi inada no ikoi keri

new rice produced

paddy fields lie

in repose

―　Hidenori Hiruta

Haiku about Autumn (20)

豊かさや稲穂輝く丘の上

yutakasa ya inaho kagayaku oka no ue

how rich ―

ears of rice shine

in highland

慎ましや芒傾く丘の上

tsutsumashi ya susuki katamuku oka no ue

how humble ―

pampas grasses lean

in highland

―　Hidenori Hiruta

Haiku about Autumn (19)

秋色や高地の木々の楽しめり

shushoku ya kouchi no kigi no tanoshimeri

autumn colors ―

trees enjoy themselves

in highlands

秋色や低地の田畑きわだてり

shushoku ya teichi no tahata kiwadateri

autumn colors

paddy fields stand out

in lowlands

―　Hidenori Hiruta

Haiku about Autumn (18)

渓流魚床に集まり恋結ぶ

keiryuugyo toko ni ataumari koi musubu

stream fish

gather in the bed ―

love match

水落ちる別の世界やトンボ飛ぶ

mizu ochiru betsu no sekai ya tombo tobu

the water falls

into another world ―

a dragonfly

―　Hidenori Hiruta