sorrow flows out
of an empty stomach
or winter rain
切なさは空き腹または冬の雨
12/03/2011
11/26/2011
9/01/2011
8/31/2011
Haiku in August
These are my writings of haiku in August. Broad letter is a season word.
a peach
sip a peach
extinguish the embers
inside
桃啜りこの身の熾きを鎮むべし
a tomato
kiss
a blushing cheek of a tomato
start a day lively
赤茄子にチューしてハツラツ行ってきます
at the beginning of autumn
at the beginning of autumn
the sun rises
touch slower
秋たちて半歩遅れて日がのぼる
cicadas
shut down the computer
trills of cicadas
rush into my eardrums
a green caterpillar
a green caterpillar
a gluttony lodger
in my garden
芋虫や大食漢の居候
a cotton rose
night breeze blows
two tipsy cotton roses
on a garden bench
夜風ふく縁台にふたつ酔芙蓉
夜風ふく縁台にふたつ酔芙蓉
sip a peach
extinguish the embers
inside
桃啜りこの身の熾きを鎮むべし
a tomato
kiss
a blushing cheek of a tomato
start a day lively
赤茄子にチューしてハツラツ行ってきます
at the beginning of autumn
at the beginning of autumn
the sun rises
touch slower
秋たちて半歩遅れて日がのぼる
cicadas
shut down the computer
trills of cicadas
rush into my eardrums
a green caterpillar
a green caterpillar
a gluttony lodger
in my garden
芋虫や大食漢の居候
a camellia nut
rub
a creaking old house
with a camellia nut
古家の軋みに当てる椿の実
古家の軋みに当てる椿の実
the first autumn wind
the smooth skin
is rippled
by the first autumn wind
初風や滑らかな肌あわだちぬ
初風や滑らかな肌あわだちぬ
beyond the heat limit
beyond the heat limit
the Trilling Orchestra
formed two groups
処暑過ぎてトリル楽団二部となる
処暑過ぎてトリル楽団二部となる
Japanese pepper
A Japanese pepper-
grace spirits of women
in Meiji era
山椒の実明治女の心意気
in Meiji era
山椒の実明治女の心意気
Monkey booze
sip monkey booze
return to childhood
climb a tree
ましら酒童心還り木に上る
ましら酒童心還り木に上る
a mosquito in autumn
a mosquito in autumn
keeps a graveyard
for free
秋の蚊や無料で墓を守りおり
秋の蚊や無料で墓を守りおり
autumnal humidity
autumnal humidity
autumnal humidity
a glazed ware lies
comfortably in my hand
秋じめり粉引きの器手に馴染む
秋じめり粉引きの器手に馴染む
a mackerel in autumn
sliced an autumn horse mackerel
can you taste
the difference?
秋鯵や朴念仁に小手調べ
sliced an autumn horse mackerel
can you taste
the difference?
秋鯵や朴念仁に小手調べ
8/16/2011
8/14/2011
8/01/2011
August 1st
In August
do radio gymnastic exercises
with the dog
八月や 犬と第一 いちにさん
Hachigatu ya Inu to daiichi 1 2 3
***
During the vacation, "radio gymnastic exercises" are held in public grounds from 6:30 a.m. every morning.
Children, their parents and neighbors gather in the nearby ground and do "radio gymnastic exercises" to the music on the radio.
Children are given attendance cards, and each morning the leader stamps on it.
I felt proud to see stamps filling my card.
A card filled with stamps is a trophy for a child.
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| Doing exercises in the shrine's ground. |
7/31/2011
a Jellyfish
Where are you going?
staying in the same place?
the jellyfish
どこへ行く どこも行かぬか 海月どの
***
the jellyfish
flickers faintly
at new moon night.
新月に ほのかに光る 水母かな
7/30/2011
7/27/2011
Lotus Pond
get up early
to see
a lotus flower
蓮の花 ひとめ見たくて早起きす
***
in the morning haze
a lotus flower opens
strangers exchange greetings
蓮の花 見知らぬ人と挨拶す
***
on 21 and 26 July, visited ponds in Hachimangu shirine, in Kamakura.
There are two ponds, Genji-ike and Heike-ike.
Except summer, the surface of the ponds is calm with ducks floating.
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| in April |
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| in June |
Lotus Pond, a set on Flickr.
7/25/2011
7/23/2011
Love fortune-telling
Does he
love me
not love me
count raindrops
on a lotus flower
愛してる
愛してない
蓮にのる
雨粒かぞえ
恋を占う
7/21/2011
7/18/2011
7/17/2011
Summer Morning
summer morning
exhales a sweet breath
a flower of bitter gourd
夏の朝 甘き息吐く 苦き君
***
Foxtails
in the morning sun
an old lady asks what I'm gazing at
ねこじゃらし 朝日の中で 輝けり
***
don't touch me
easily
a tiger lily shakes a stamen
気安く触れなば雄蕊を見舞わん
7/16/2011
Full Moon Night
in between
the summer sun and ful moon
search for
a hiding place
beyond their reach
***
there is a night
full moon is too bright
rest
in a latibule
with a stray cat
***
a moth
flits higher and higher
confuses
an arrant moon with
the sun
7/15/2011
a Freshwater Crab
"Pull out your whisker"
a little crab holds its nipper
in front of a cat's nose
***
a freashwater crab
winks at me
a stream running by
前よぎる
winks at me
a stream running by
前よぎる
蟹が目配せ
沢を知る
7/11/2011
7/06/2011
a Knot
a knot in my throat
prevents
what I want to tell
let what I don't
drop
http://tina.mnnguyen.com/2011/06/27/gpoem-wotw-is-%e2%80%9cknot%e2%80%9d/
an Aloha Shirt
oh,Romeo
you look so splendid
in a Yuzen printed aloha shirt
ロミオさま友禅アロハが素敵です
***
a dragon on a back
a similarity between
tattoo and an aloha shirt
背に竜タトゥーとアロハの相似形
7/05/2011
a Wind-Bell
wind-bells chime
on a package
my family brought
お弁当 風鈴揺れる 包み紙
***
***
a goldfish swimming
outside a window
a wind-bell
***
morning and evening
a wind-bell becomes silent
in a port town
朝と夕 風鈴黙す 港町
朝と夕 風鈴黙す 港町
7/03/2011
a Summer Weekend
on an errand
leafy shade
take roundabout path
小用に緑陰たどり回り道
***
a summer gust
touches
children's sweating foreheads
青嵐 子らの額を 撫でて行く
英語でツイッター
「英語でツイッターやりたいけど、何をつぶやいていいのやら」…なら、word gameで遊んでみませんか。「ネイティブと同じ土俵で遊ぶなんて敷居が高い」と感じるかもしれませんが、お題となる単語のおかげで話題を考えなくていいのは、案外と楽♡です。それと、英語が第一言語でない人たちもたくさん♡います。
ちょうど夏ですし、遠慮や気後れは脱ぎ捨てて、あそんで～みま～せんか～♪
1. ゲームのご紹介
この2つで十分です。慣れてきたら他の話もしてみるのだ。
○She knows
【裏技】わからないときはすべて現在形か過去形の一本槍でつっきる。
私の場合、これに気をつけて投稿しているうちに、かなり英語のアウトプットは鍛えられました。
ちょうど夏ですし、遠慮や気後れは脱ぎ捨てて、あそんで～みま～せんか～♪
Artwiculate
プレイヤーの数、投稿数ではダントツです。ＨＰもあるので、初めてword gameをするにはやりやすいかも。
HP : http://artwiculate.com/
タグは、#artwiculate
Loqwacious
できて1年のゲーム。プレイヤーの数、投稿数はそれほど多くないので、投稿を追う時間は少なくてすみます。個性的なWOTD（今日の言葉）が、癖になるかも。
タグは、#lqw
2. まずは、存在をアピール！
優先順位はないので、やりやすいことから始めてみましょう。
投稿を読んでみる。
ArtwiculateはWOTDで検索するかHPで。Lqwはタグで検索。各ゲームのタグをつけて投稿してみる。
ArtwiculateのHPはWOTDで投稿を自動抽出していますが、仲間作りのためにはタグをつけるほうがいいです。Lqwは必須。ほかの人の投稿も読んで、イイナと思ったらどんどんリツイートしてみる。
フォローしてなくてもOK、非公式・公式はやりやすい方法でOK。3. 会話する！
Thank you for the RT
You are welcome この2つで十分です。慣れてきたら他の話もしてみるのだ。
☆「投稿してるし、RTもしてるけど、反応がない…。」という時は、以下をチェックしてみましょう。
スペルミスはないか
もっとも重視されます。皆さん、スペルミスには厳しいです。主語が単数の時に、冠詞（a, an, the）はついているか。
【裏技】迷ったときは複数形でつっきる。主語が三人称（she, he, it）の時、動詞は合っているか。
×She know○She knows
動詞の時制を間違えていないか。
動詞には、現在形と過去形があるので、気をつける。【裏技】わからないときはすべて現在形か過去形の一本槍でつっきる。
私の場合、これに気をつけて投稿しているうちに、かなり英語のアウトプットは鍛えられました。
Good luck!
Look forward to seeing your tweets in word games!7/02/2011
a New Moon Night
a fin of a ruler
gleams like a metal
in a summer river
***
a new moon night
frightened by a sound
a fish broke water
***
in a moonless night
a breeze
swirling inside a coliseum
sings a requiem
for ancient gladiators
7/01/2011
July 1st
July 1st
taken by a sea turtle
fly to the Milky Way
fly to the Milky Way
七月や亀に連れられ天の川
***
Today's entry comes from "Urashima Taro" and "Tanabata".
Urashima-Taro is a popular old story.
Taro Urashima, a young fisherman saved a sea turtle being bullied by children in the beach. The turtle was a daughter of the Dragon God. She took Taro over "Ryugu-jo", a submarine palace of the Dragon God. Taro stays there for three days, when he came back he became an old man standing on the world 300 years later.
Tanabata, literally meaning Evening of the seventh is the Japanese star festival, celebrated on July 7th.
A loving couple, Orihime (vega) and Hikoboshi (Altair) became lazy after the marriage. The emperor in the heaven got angry and separated them by putting on each sides of "Amano-kawa", the Milky Way. Once in a year, magpies fly to the Milky Way to make a bridge for the couple to cross the river.
People celebrate the day by hanging small pieces of papers on bamboo. Wishes and poetry are written in the paper.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanabata
Tanabata decorations at a shrine.
People celebrate the day by hanging small pieces of papers on bamboo. Wishes and poetry are written in the paper.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanabata
Tanabata decorations at a shrine.
6/30/2011
6/28/2011
a Corn Silk
throw silks
hauls in summer
a corn
髭伸ばし 今年の夏を 手繰り寄す
***
hang on
for nectar
a butterfly
揚羽蝶 脚をふんばり 蜜を吸う
Languish, Fortemente
flower to flower
a butterfly flits
seemingly languished
forming a new life
within
***
past 6 p.m.
a mother calls her child
fortemente
the summer sun knowingly watches
from above
***
past 6 p.m.
a mother calls her child
fortemente
the summer sun knowingly watches
from above
6/27/2011
Loqwacious ~aphoristic, mocha, peramene, lethean, misprision~
"Taking shelter from the rain is not enough; we must take a nap"
~an aphoristic cat~
***
the morning of Mr.Mochalove starts with a cup of mocha coffee, and a mocha cat purrs on his lap.
***
the summer breeze
brings a sound
peramene, peramene
my neighbor
takes up playing a harp
***
a weekend
the world
beyond a Lethean line
all I need is steaming coffee
Oops! forgot to turn on the coffee brewer
***
a home delivery
returned to the table
a dog licks his mouth and lunch is gone
misprision?
6/25/2011
6/24/2011
Loqwacious from June 2 to 20
~Fanfaronade~
the blessing
to have a partner
who allows my fanfaronade
~Lucullan~
"a luncheon at Restaurant Lucullan!", a luckless invitation for Ms. Dyspeptic.
~Summery~
hang
a bamboo blind over a window
pour a lemonade
in two glasses
a summery preparation of my room
~Kustard~
eating a hot dog
orange and yellow
around your mouth
smack!
kustard color for two of us
~Gavel~
my stream is graveled
with gold dust.
an aunctioneer
bangs!
the gavel
~One~
composed of
selected parts
a home-built computer is
my one and only
even it's talkative
~Denizen~
for denizens of Japan
summer is
very hot
or too hot
and humid.
~Sweep~
children sweep
a swimming pool
a larva of
a dragonfly
in a little hand
~Belomacy~
Queen Belomacy draw blank arrows three times in a row,
then a blank one flew the furthest,
finally bunted by Marcos's donkey.
Lunar eclipse
the moon is hiding behind clouds
tried belomancy
the answer is
"God allows it me".
~Jabiru~
JABIRU is a weapon, secretly developed by King Osmar. It roams marshland and fires HEHEHE shells from its swollen gun barrel.
~Rubious~
a rubious ring
glitters dubiously
a child's first trophy
at a shooting game
in summer festival.
~Xenomania~
spend hours
writing, entering, retweeting in a foreign language
you call me xenomania
just a monomania
a #lqw player
~Rankle~
elevating dose limit rankles us. Are we tolerant of radiation?
Loqwacious is a daily word game created for those who want to face the challenge of writing fun or poetic entries with a given word. A new word is annouced at 1pm GMT every day. Write creative, clean, and courteous entries. No points/no votes. Just pure fun.
http://loqwacious.blogspot.com/
Haiku from June 4 to 17
~Flower~
mind your step
I'm here
a creeping strawberry
足元に気をつけてねと雪の下
***
pick a color
from the sky
a hydrangea
空の色その身に集め萼の花
~Life~
give a poke
wiggles slightly
a goldbug
突いたら もぞと動けり 黄金虫
***
trapped in a spider's web
the more stir in it
the more entangled
蜘蛛の囲もがくほどに絡まりて
***
a spider silk
lingering on a shoulder
inseparable ties
蜘蛛の糸 未だ外れぬ 腐れ縁
***
in a hideaway
a snake
sheds its old skin
隠れ家でひそかに蛇は衣を脱ぐ
***
a dried up snake's moult
rattles
in a child's treasure box.
蛇の殻 小箱に入れた宝物
~Nature~
the sun rises
in cloudy sky
a promise for a fine day
朝曇り 佳き日約して 日が昇る
***
Monday morning
an early summer rain taps the window
pretend didn't hear that
五月雨や 寝たふりしてる 月曜日
***
a mulberry
look at each other
put in the mouth
桑の実を 顔を見合わせ 口含む
6/23/2011
The Summer Solstice
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| at dusk~ a doragon ~goes west. |
A doragon gave notice of the fine weather on midsummer day.
I, like an earthworm, was grilled by the merciless sun on the road.
the summer solstice
put the trash out
with a shortened shadow
夏至の朝 短き影と ゴミを出す
***
midsummer day
receive
indigo blue dishes
夏至の日に 藍の器が 届いたり
***
midsummer heat
surges at
nostrils and a throat
夏至の熱 鼻孔に喉に 押し寄せる
***
midsummer afternoon
an aged father eagerly watches
Samurai TV dramas
夏至の午後 仁と黄門 父夢中
6/21/2011
the Rainy Season
at
a raindrop
the world
upside down
***
mizzly morning
a beauty stands under an umbrella
an iris
烟る朝 傘さす佳人 花菖蒲
***
adorn the table
with freesias
jolly looking flowers
please clear off
lingering rain clouds
We are now in the rainy season.
During the rainy, we have "drizzle fall continuously for days in Japan.
So plants, animals and people rejoice to see a spell of fine weather.
6/19/2011
Meigetsu-in ~azure hydrangeas and Irises~
June is the season of a hydrangea and Iris.
Meigetsu-in is a temple where azure hydrangeas are very popular.
Behind the main hall, there is a garden.
Hundreds of Irises bloom in June.
Meigetsu-in is a temple where azure hydrangeas are very popular.
called "Meigetsuin blue"
those flowers in the temple
the doyen of hydrangea
I'm young
my petals are still pale
but gradually
it will become thicker
like my elder sisters.
Behind the main hall, there is a garden.
Hundreds of Irises bloom in June.
As I was beside myself with taking pictures, a pretty purple flower peeks through fern fronds.a fairy
rears her head
a pretty purlple flower
カラコロと頭もたげるイワタバコ
More photos of Meigetsu-in
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