Linking Haiku 5

Dec. 17, 1997

Watanabe

(Starting Haiku)

オリオンを息子も見ている露天風呂

orion wo musuko mo miteiru roten buro

In an open-air bath

I stare at Orion

My son, too

Jerry

(2nd Haiku)

A pattern of drops

on my son's back

where he can't reach

子の背なの水玉模様手届かず

kono sena no mizutama moyou tetodokazu

Davina

(3rd Haiku)

Relaxed in the bath

watching the stream rise I hear

"miaou" at the door

湯けむりに一日終わり猫が鳴く

yukemuri ni ichi nichi owari neko ga naku

Nakai

(4th Haiku)

I go to work

looking at my daughter

still asleep in bed

出勤に眠る我が子の顔を見て

shukki ni nemuru wagako no kao wo mite

Akinaga

(5th Haiku)

息白き部屋の片隅カギっ子よ

iki shiroki heya no katasumi kagikko yorone kana

A latch key child

waits for her parents from work

white breath in a nook

Kimura

(Ending Haiku)