☆Square One☆

blue ceramic pot
stirrs in the alcove
roar of first thunder
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☆Kaori Taba☆

overslept
late for class
uneasy the whole day
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☆Mihoko Matayoshi☆

plum candy
little by little
melting
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☆David Friedmann☆

darkness
in the Borneo rain forest
cries bolder
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☆Kazuko Shibusawa☆

at dusk
through fewer plum leaves
a big mantis

an ant motionless
on the mossy stump
after the rain

dewdrops glitter
on the spider's web
a plum tree below

an old cat
walks calmly across
green elm street

a swallow gone
skimming
a peony and me

admiration
under
the blown cherry blossoms

cherry blossoms full
on the old trunk
a little lizard

magnolia blossoms
against the blue sky
white clouds too

out of the clouds
a stream of sunlight
leafless trees

a sunny spot
among the mountains
in the distance
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☆Stephen Lemoncello☆

dark morning
Milky Way across the sky
scraping the windshield
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☆Timmyboy Turner☆

through yellow leaves
cry of lone goose
flying north

green apple
hanging
from the old tree

crow stands alone
on the lifeguard's abandoned chair

from nowhere
little spider arrives
here
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☆Yukiko Honda☆

misty clouds
made from
sweetness of flowers

trees and flowers sway
in the comfortable breeze
me too
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☆Yuka Matsuoka☆

after the rain
a dewdrop reflects
the shining world
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☆Anne Maree Roworth☆

moss-covered pagodas
time accumulates
a heavy silence
　 ----------------- at Nikko
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☆Joann Klontz☆

high pitched squeals
across the playground--
thunderclap

the same hands
that shredded his book
folding origami
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☆John Sheirer☆

cool morning
neighbor making soft conversation
with her dog

fluttering in the breeze
her butterfly
earrings

thunderstorm
her voice
so young

netless soccer goal
the game winning shot goes on
rolling and rolling
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☆Akio Suzuki☆

dazzling sunlight
extends on the field
cheeks still chilly

Kiyomizu temple--
every face with a gentle smile
colored by red leaves

wreath swinging
above the station sign
glow of the setting sun

old statues in the dome
talking to us something
with organ sounds

traffic sounds
at midnight
rain again

falling-down petals
flying-up butterfly

over the chapel tip
stretching
silent vapor trail

rubbing my gloves
fingertips still cold
snowy platform

evening glow
river surface dotted with
wild ducks

two red leaves
stuck on the car body
rainy path

misty afternoon
footsteps from a distance
on piled leaves

water mills
scooping
fallen leaves

cluster-amaryllises
swaying between the rails
faint sound of a whistle

the rainy darkness
outside the train window
illumination waves

boom top of a crane
sways
against fleecy clouds

distant sound
from a building crane
dragonflies on the breeze
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☆Takako Numata☆

yellow leaves
color the pavement--
morning mist

a dog watches
the yellow leaves on
his master's back

suddenly
among the red maple leaves
three-storied pagoda

ripples sparkle
on the lake
early summer breeze

roadside statue
savior of children--
full-blooming cherry blossoms

the surface of the river
one after another
pale pink petals

on my way home
the faint scent of sweet daphne
evening glow

a little bird
the reflection motionless
on the surface of water

Christmas carol somewhere--
a white sigh
from my busy day

a flock of white birds
drives away
the grayish air

after the typhoon
scattered clouds move quickly
in a puddle

the sound of a wind-chime
brings
signs of autumn

the shade of trees
between old school buildings
sounds of cicadas

loneliness
listening to
bullfrogs

darkness along the stream
following fireflies
near and far

a dewdrop
falls down from a hydrangea--
morning mist
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☆Santo Sciacca☆

a rain of roses
colouring light pink
a black stone
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☆Fumiyo Naruse☆

after the typhoon
pegeons back to my corner
noisy and dirty again

in the cemetery
cicadas call
ancestors' souls

in the rain
all the better for its purple
hydrangea

after the rain
boldly green leaves--
trodden cherry petals

heavy heart
standing--
green Nijyo Mountain

azalea often reminds me
of your sorrow
the death of only son
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☆Sanae Sekita☆

fragrance of the air
softly and faintly
spring approaches

day by day
fragrance of the air
more noticeable

spring storm--
the setting sun dyes
Mt Fuji red

a narrow gentle slope:
smiling at a toad lily
by the roadside

Kiyomizu temple--
under the red and yellow leaves
Maiko slides her feet

beach party
lying on the sands
shooting stars

wild rose
in the church ruins
Kaupo Gap
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☆john hudak☆

at the church door
a man flicks his cigarette
into the snow
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☆Nancy Ayash☆

spongy rainclouds drip
over an inky-black sea
trails of gray splotched foam

chalk-white moths flutter
over creamy rain puddles
trapped in a moonbeam
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