autumnal equinox
these lenghtened nights
also swelled


(Autumnal equinox was on 23rd September)

            migrated cranes --
            nightly sky so bright,
            so bright

As a comment in:

http://haikubanditsociety.blogspot.com/2010/09/september-2010-moon-viewing-party.html


This is one from the series I posted (migrating cranes) in my blog 22nd September. And September 23rd night was so bright!

http://juhanitikkanen.blogspot.com/2010/09/porukalla-on-mukavaa-muuttolentaa.html

      September field -- 
      from the forest 
      some fallen leaves

     Flying objects 
     and a rainy sky -- 
     my umbrella is ready 

      unknown sleeper 
      occupied the whole bench --
      a long autumn

Sketchbook

lingering heat --
hems of pine cone 
widely open

This text-section was in Sketchbook-August 2010:

http://poetrywriting.org/Sketchbook5-4JulAug2010/0_Contents_Sketchbook_5-4_JulyAugust_coolnessheat_Kukai_Results_.htm.

Photo's data 7th Aug. 2010: Canon EOS, 1/250, F/18, ISO 1600. Manual settings.

Through morning sun
sudden thunder
squalls

This I wrote as a comment into Fred Masarani's Facebook today:
evening fog--- / thunder and lighting / and my neighbor sings

After a very warm summer we have now a warm autumn, raining a lot. Today heard a sudden noise (thunder!), and after that a heavy rainshower.

waning August moon --
longing for
many warm memories

;-)

I wrote this a comment for
samuru999.blogspot

august afternoon --
two or three ravens
flying behind the trees

I wrote this a comment for
magyar-haiku.blogspotSee the text also there.

When visited my mother-in-law I followed what was happening in the forests. Somewhere near us was some ravens. Great birds, I think. But they eat carcasses, I think. There are many bears, but the bears are eating all kind of berries etc? Some wolves near that area but not exactly so near, so what those ravens ate?

A four-liner

so many haiku
in this world --
August moon passed
safely

Yesterday I visited Pori Jazz. Just a short visit. When returning home I stopped for a while. (Had nr one, you see I am an old man already!) Behind the trees the waxing moon was peeping.

     O waxing moon - 
     where are you coming from? 
     I'm going home.

Data: Canon Pocket camera, 1/30, F 4,3, ISO 400, Zoom 60 mm (=full)
Date: 21st July 2010 at 22:54 local time
Sky: somewhat hazy
Myself: Happy

Ps. A Finnish draft version here: click into my my Facebook

Sakuo´s birthday!

I sent this one for Nakamura Sakuo in his Facebook; it's his birthday today!

     unhurried -- 
     arriving somewhere 
     sometimes

       no-one 
       needing a dry path -- 
       the day off

         seeking 
         a calm place 
         for a short nap

          an eruption  
          of a sunny day -- 
          a short flowering

     TV antenna 
     is still full of fire -- 
     the football

Data: 1/200, F/3.2, ISO 200. date: 10th July 2010 at 23:08 local time.

washing
the sky --
an unsleepy rain

Liberté!

Liberté!
The toast
ready to be eaten.

(This was a comment for Bill's and also Marcel Peltier's blog...)

June 2010 Kukai

These were my texts in June 2010 Kukai:

    Freezing breeze -
    the nakedness
    of my old bones

That one I wrote when visited Lappland at June 2010. It was a northeasterly strong wind and temperature was something like +2 Degrees Celcius. (35 F I think?)
In the middle of the night I had a mission for a number one. Went out with just a thin shirt and thin trousers on me, without socks. (That cottage doesn't have a WC inside.)

Kigo subject was Nakedness. That was just what I felt.

Following one is Free Format Theme: Children

    proudly watching
    childrens' first flight -
    a mother-crow

I can hear the mosquitoes
but it does not mean
that we are close friends