Japanese plants in HAIKU

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Hasu ( Lotus )

( Honobonoto hune osidasuya hasu no naka )
  Soseki Nathume

At dawn
shove a boat into the pond--
of lotuses		 Gekkabijin ( Queen of the night )

( Gekkabijin yoru no mukou ni umi no oto )
  Kazuo Sato

Queen of the night--
I could hear
the sound of waves


Yamayuri ( Goldband lily )

( Yamayuri o sasagete oyogikuru ko ari )
  Husei Tomiyasu

A boy coming swiming ,
he is holding
a goldband lily high 		Ajisai ( Hydrangea )

( Ajisai ni uma ga kao dasu maya no kuti )
  Hakusyu Kitahara

To a hydrangea
A horse put his head
out of the door of a stable