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Haiku poems composed Springtime in the Heart of Japan Tour
April 2005
The toilet hot seat
Unaccustomed luxury
I think I'll steal it
(voted winner)
Japanese translation of winning haiku
Archaeology
And all those girls with short hair
My favourite things
A haiku moment
Appears unexpectedly
And is gone again
Culinary joy
But my knees are deadly sore
Spreading to my bum
13 th of April
My big brother Pat's birthday
I'm younger than him
Smiling monk in blue
Teaching us to be as one
Lost when on our own
Dermot Nelis
A haiku for Mieko:
Imbue our haiku
With a sensitivity
It currently lacks
A single petal's
Terminal velocity
Serendipity!
Despite the haiku
Thank you for a lovely time
Sayonara Bob!
Alison Ford
Kobo Daishi's
Eternal meditation?
They're having a laugh!
A problem haiku
Banality clothed in an
Accurate word count
The art of Basho
Words precisely in their place
Seeking speech in life
Ichi, ni, san, shi!
An Osaka child repeated
My small Japanese
Time for a haiku
On the train to Kyoto
Time, too, for a nap
Patrick Nelis
Can you imagine
A thousand years ago when
There were no roads here?
A sweat-soaked green shirt
Hongu to Yunomine
Dainichi Pass
Five cups of saké
A warm afternoon in spring
Train to Kyoto
Invisible frogs
Echoes of an aching heart
Kumano spring
Louts matrix world
Children play at the feet of
The Cosmic Buddha
Quiet Kyoto
It must be quite cool outside
Heated toilet seat
A game of soccer
The children of Asuka
Bury the ball. Goal!
Bob Heffill