Haiku about Summer (28)

湧き出づる青嵐の水鳥海山

wakiizuru  seiran no mizu  torimiyama

green wind

rises in the spring -

Mt. Chokai

ブナ青し森のそまびと浴しけり

buna aoshi  mori no somabito  yokushi keri

green beech trees -

the woodman bathes in

the forest

- Hidenori Hiruta

Haiku about Spring (30)

古池やツツジに見とれ映し出す

 furuike ya        tsutsuji ni mitore        utsushidasu

the old pond

gazes azalea in rapture -

the reflection

麗らかや古池の鯉たわむれる

uraraka ya   furuike no koi  tawamureru

bright spring weather -

carp sporting in

the old pond

- Hidenori Hiruta

Haiku about Spring (29)

先駈けや菜の花開き野を照らす

sakigake ya  nanohana hiraki  no wo terasu

forerunners -

rape blossoms lighten

the fields

由利原の菜の花畑輝けり

yurihara no  nanohanabatake  kagayakeri

rape blossoms

shine in the fields -

Yurihara Plateau

- Hidenori Hiruta

Haiku about Spring (28)

夢の国下野人形残りけり
yume no kuni   shimotsuke hitogata   nokori keri

the dreamland
sustains itself
Shimotsuke dolls



とこしへや祖母の人形微笑みり
tokoshie ya   sobo no  hitogata  hohoemi ri

everlasting ―
that is Grandma's doll
smiling



― Hidenori  Hiruta

Haiku about Spring (27)

参禅の窓の向かうに椿咲く

sanzen no  mado no mukoh ni  tsubaki saku

Zen practice ― 

camellias blooming

through the window

 

落椿読経に暮れる禅寺かな

ochitsubaki  dokyoh ni kureru  zenji kana

 

camellia flowers dropped ―

night falls in chanting

Zen temple

 

―　Hidenori Hiruta

Haiku about Spring (26)

氷解く鯉の目覚めの動きかな

koori toku  koi no mezame no  ugoki kana

ice melted ―

carp awakened

to move

残雪や木々の伸びる日近くなり

zansetsu ya  kigi no nobiru hi  chikaku nari

the last snow ―

the day nears for trees

to stretch themselves

― Hidenori Hiruta　

Haiku about Spring (25)

先駆けて春を告げるや福寿草

sakigake te  haru o tsugeru ya  fukujuso

the herald of spring

appearing ―

Far East Amur adonis

別名は雪の花なり福寿草

betsumei wa  yuki no hana nari  fukujuso

another name

snow flower ―

Amur adonis

 

  According to the Korean Movie & Drama Database HANCINEMA,  Far East Amur adonis  is written as 福寿草 (fukujuso） in Chinese characters, which means the plant of luck and longevity.

Please check out the following blog, and you will know about this plant better.

http://www.hancinema.net/adonis-herald-of-spring-39328.html

―　Hidenori Hiruta