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

sibilant grass
the sun's light
passing by

father planting
new violets
on his son's grave

(From Caribbean Kigo Kukai, June 2010)


silent walk ...
he doesn't hear
what I'm saying

(From my comment in Bill's blog.)

Midsummer Day , afterwards

funny night --
I and the sun
still fully awake

Here in Turku - 60 degs North - the sun is up from 3.57 to 22.48 o'clock. In Utsjoki - 70 degs North - from 17th May to 28th July.

I'm again at Turku.

Ps. also it was the Full moon last night; whick one did I celebrated with??

     From which waters 
     this particular flow 
     is a summary of?

an echo
in the middle of the short night --
the sun is snoring

Summer solstice --
just after six months
Santa Claus is coming!

rainy day ...
a good reason
to stay inside