Japanese plants in HAIKU

Top Spring Summer Winter



Autumn is my favorite season.


Asagao ( Morning glory )

(Asagaoya nigorisometaru iti no sora)  Hisajyo

Above morning glories in bloom
find the sky of the city cloudy
with hustle and bustle
Ine no hana( Flowers of rice )

( Tookuhodo hikaru tansenIne no hana )
  Nobuko Katura


A single-track train
goes through flowers of rice fields
the farther,the more glitterying


Hagi ( Bush clover )

( Hagi no kaze nanika sekaruru nani naran)
  Syuuousi


In the wind of bush clovers--
wondering who can find out
why in such a hurry
Kikyou ( Chinese bellflower )

( Kitikouya otoko mo yogoretewa narazu)
  Hakyou


Pure and beautiful
like Chinese bellflowers
You shouldn't be dirty either