Tanka

Tanka

Hurry up to see her before my mum’s gone: Michinoku no Hahano inochi…

みちのくの 母のいのちをひと目見ん ひと目見んとぞ ただにいそげるMichinoku no Haha no inochi wo Hitome-min Hitome-min tozo Tadani isogeru To the Tohoku ...
Tanka

A romantic Tanka by the 75th Japanese Emperor: Se wo hayami Iwani sekaruru…

瀬を早み 岩にせかるる 滝川の われても末に 逢はむとぞ思ふSe wo hayami Iwa ni sekaruru Takigawa no Waretemo sueni Awamutozo omou swift on the rockap...
Haiku

A Gecko

a gecko’s laughingechos in moonlightglitters wander The English word “gecko” is always linked to the moonlight for me be...
Tanka

insomnia snow不眠の雪 – a Tanka Poem

silent night counting my solitude quiet and busy over the windowsill piling up insomnia snow しんしんと 更ける夜半に 目を覚まし さくさくつもる ...
Haiku

Haiku & Tanka Practice: My First English Book self-published

I have self-published some books in Japanese before, but this is the first time to publish a book in English. I am so ha...