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Haiku poems composed on the Imperial Pilgrimage Tour
in Autumn 2003
Two hundred thousand
Mossy stones of live long lost
Cedars hide the past
(voted winner)
Toilet slippers on
Hello Kitty in the loo
Kawai … How cute
Buddhist or Shinto
Temple roofs curving skywards
Reaching to heaven
Mounds of mossy green
Reflected in the water
Time passes in thought
Cold slimy mushrooms
Blobs of tofu and sour plums
Yum, yum, yum, yum. Not
Seraphina Berry
"Drink, Drink" said the monk
Why not meditate with me?
Arabella ran a mile
The following haiku was written on the Odaigahara Plateau
Cascading waters
Spray obscures the bleached rocks
We clamber skywards
The following haiku was written on the Nakaheji Pilgrimage
Ghost pilgrims hide
Snakes slither away
The gaijin approach
Bob san is the man
He knows all about Japan
But can't produce geisha
Beware shoe police!
Tread on tatami you are dead!
Toilet slippers. Hai!
Martin Thompson
The following haiku was written at Taimadera Temple near Nara
Ghostly koto notes
Autumn leaves in the rain
Raindrops softly fall
The following haiku was written on the Odaigahara Plateau
Odaigahara
Trekkers, tourists, juxtaposed
An autumn leaf falls
The following haiku was written at Ryujin Onsen in Wakayama
Hot spring bath alone
Voices wafting in the night
Relief for tired legs
The Gut-buster Hill
Poetic in its naming?
Deep green mossy steps
Lydia Challen
Meet the mountain monk
His conch, he blows, we listen
Generous to all
The Kumano trek
Your heart pounding, legs burning
More stamps. Oops! poor crab
Half a world away
Home of Kobo Daishi
The smell of incense
Steve King