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Haiku poems composed during the Spring in the Heart of Japan tour April 2007
Neatly paved pathways
Stringing their most sacred shrines
We walk for red fruit
(voted best haiku)
Japanese translation of winning haiku
(to come shortly)
Warm choco croissants
A latte sipped, tour escape
Rewards of playing hookie
Covered mouth, hushed smile
Butterfly batting lashes
She walks in and pleases
Hot fog of scooped bowls
Bubbling over a splash
Two giggles we share
Linzi Liebman
Skyward the bus climbs
Museum in the mountain
Beauty all around
Petals blow in the breeze
Delicate pink blossoms float
Fleeting season ends
Futon on the floor
Buckwheat pillow for your head
Sleep comes easily
Nancy Liebman
Ice blossoms drift down
To be reborn in the earth
It's time to go home
Fish eyes down my throat
I'm not quite ready for tea
Gel blobs still haunt me
Judy Liebman
Screaming boys and girls
Flirt with deer in Nara
Sonorous bell tolls
A feast for the eyes
All this, but no bread left
At the Miho today
The bells are silent
But the Shandong statue smiles
Echoes of the past
In morning darkness
Snug as a bug in a rug
Under my futon
On a warm spring breeze
The sweet scent of strawberries
Reminds me of you
Bob Heffill