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As we bid farewell to Summer and move toward colder weather, we offer three haiku for you to enjoy–one from our Sister City’s famous poet and two from locals.
The first is from Masaoka Shiki, a famous poet from Matsuyama City, Sacramento’s Sister City. We celebrated him with a post in August, the month in which Haiku Day is celebrated in Japan.
The second is by Lena Fiore, a fan of JapanSacramento.com’s Facebook Page. Lena wrote, in a Facebook comment, that she had fun figuring out how to write haiku. Maybe you will too. We think you’ll relate to her haiku as much as we did, so please enjoy.
The final haiku comes from Frances Kakugawa, an author, teacher, and lecturer born in Hawaii, now living in Sacramento. You can often find her local appearances on our events calendar.
Three Haiku to Enjoy
By Masaoka Shiki:
The summer moon
There are a lot of paper lanterns
On the street
夏の月
提灯多き
ちまた哉
Natsu no tsuki
Chouchin ooki
Chimata kana
Photo credit: Sunflowers by Sofia Ornelas on Unsplash
By Lena Fiore:
Sacramento heat
Sweat is sticky on my skin
Trickles down my back
By Frances H. Kakugawa:
The sound of my shoes
Breaks the silence of the fog.
Forgive my entrance.
The trees move slowly
Against the cold morning skies…
Or is it the fog?
The sound of geta…
A Samurai’s swinging sword..
A silence, broken.
Haiku Credit: Frances H Kakugawa, www.francesk.org (web), http://franceskakugawa.wordpress.com (blog). See the photo that inspired the haiku on Frances’ blog.
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