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Haiku
 
Composed in an empty classroom, where my Japanese Literature class was supposed to be held, after being told that the professor for the course, Andrew Markus, had been found dead in his apartment。
 

孤独部屋
悲報の反響
揺りつづく

In this lonely room
Where echoes of painful news
Reverberate still


 



 
Composed sitting on the roof of a friends Komagome apartment at around three in the morning. The night was perfectly still, and the only sounds that could be heard were those of the flying crows' wings.
 

江戸の夜
からす飛び出し
羽の音

Edo at Night
The sound of a crow's wings
As it takes flight


 



 
Composed when hiking on Mt. Ranier. As we walked nearby on a snow-covered path, a small pine tree, bent completely over by the weight of the Winter frost, broke the surface of the snow.
 

長期間
雪の毛布に
隠されて
光見る為
小枝のもがき

For a long spell
Hidden under a blanket
Of cold Winter snow
The struggle of a tiny
Pine, only to see the light


 



 
Composed while reflecting on my imminent move to Japan.
 

菊花つぼみ
やがて出国
潮満ちた

Chysanthemum buds
Soon I will depart
The tide has come in


 



 
Composed while laying on my bed, staring out the windows on a rainy Seattle Sunday.
 

雨が降り
日曜の午後
いねむりや

Rain is falling
on a Sunday afternoon
I doze happily


 


 
 
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