Eulalia Waves Us: Shisan

eulalia waves us

into the weathered gate

pottery museum                              

on the cedar-plank

a bold gold half moon                        

boisterous kids

on their school trip

a flag leading                            

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sudden appearance of whales

roiling beach crowd                          

deep in the mountains

a village with a tale of 

a legendary beauty                           

Yoshitsune-Shizuka*

what an ethereal dream                       

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impersonation fraud

no calls come

to the homeless                            

park endowed by the emperor

ants come out of their holes                  

loneliness--

.....reading the Bible

.....as blossoms fall in the rain  　　　　　　　　　

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rumbling prairie train

engulfed by its own whistle                            

“Beer, first!”

shouted the nine* in their

triumphant return                          

such a cheerful buzz

on the twilight street                        

* A legendary couple who were separated by Minamoto Yoritomo, the Shogun and the elder brother of Yoshitsune.

* Nine players means nine base ball players here. In fact 'nain' written in three kata-kana letters becomes a Japanese word meaning baseball team.

Participants: (all in Japan)

Kris Kondo

Eiko Yachimoto (sabaki)

Yoshiko Uchiyama

Sousui Yuasa ( or Nobuyuki Yuasa)

Kikuyo Sugiura

Tateshi Tsukamoto

Composed live in AIR's (Association for International Renku) monthly renku session held at Kita-Kamakura Pottery Museum on November 1, 2008. Completed November 11, 2008 by e-mail.

Related items in this issue of Simply Haiku: Tomegaki for Eulalia Waves Us, by Eiko Yachimoto.