Winter - 冬

Brrr. It's so cold.  But one good thing about winter is that spring is around the corner, to think optimistically.

おお寒い、寒い。でも冬のいいところは春の来るのが鼻の先と、これ楽観的見地。

12/17/19

Winter in April - 冬卯月

Winter in April, 

The bus is never arriving.

Street trees are dying.

冬卯月

バスはどこやら

目に枯れ木。

March in New York

The sun's gentle smile
softens the traces of snow
with a whiff of spring.

Streets shimmer in drizzle
under city lights and headlights.
The spring hesitates.

March 2014

Snow again

More snow but fluffy

floating rather than flying

and singing spring’s near.

Hot day 炎天

犬三頭　暑さに舌だし　三番叟

The Ring Cycle

The Ring lost and found
Wagner’s gods rage until dawn --
Ravish us to death.

Amaryllis

Facing the cold sky
amaryllis in pretty pink
sings brightly it’s spring.

冬空に
春歌うピンクの
アマリリス

Winter haiku

Days are longer but
ominous is the shadow
of the winter bush
日が延びて
いまだあやしい
木陰かな

A woman wrapped in fur
hurls a fir tree at curbside
a frosty morning
霜の朝
ツリー投げ捨てる
毛皮女史

Wind chlll at zero
waiting is so much longer
standing for the bus.
零下の夜
バス待つ時間の
長いこと

December closes
art in the museums drowns in
the sea of shoulders
肩の波に
絵画溺れる
晦日かな

Furs on Madison
suddenly in December
the first freezing day.
突然の
厳寒に毛皮
マディソン街

December now

Leaves around my feet
race with me frolicking
the northerly wind

北風に
落ち葉まつわる
足のもと

Under the bright blue sky
black overcoats everywhere
winter is icomen in

青空に
コートは皆黒
今や冬

12.01.11

Autumn sky 秋空

Blue sky reflected
bright on the glass skyscraper
autumn in New York.

秋空の
ビルに眩しい
ニューヨーク。

Gingko 銀杏

Gingko bright yellow
five days ago is now bare
ready for winter.

黄に映える
銀杏もはだぬぎ
冬支度。

September

A breeze after storm
feels September and it is.
Kids are back in school.

Heavy snow in NYC - ニューヨークの大雪

Like white cowrie shells
those snow-covered cars in tow
inching along the street.

列をなす
雪負う車は
子安貝。

Spring arrives

Yellows in the park
crocus daff’dill forsythia,
they light up my soul.

Early March

Snow in March flutters,
melting as it falls; it makes
my coat all too black.

Cold wind on the cheeks
is not making me shiver.
Spring is almost here.

Slush

Slush wet and gray gleams
under the Manhattan sky
like mother-of-pearls.
02.01.05

Happy New Year

Snow falls silently -
everyday is New Year's Day
for my sleeping cat.
01.08.10

おめでとう

外は雪
猫は毎日
寝正月。

The Year's End 2009

The year is ending:
a blink in the calendar's
prestidigitation.