1. The haiku

    The haiku describes a single state or event.
    The time of the haiku is the present.
    The haiku refers to images connected to one of the four seasons,

  2. Spring snow

    On the ground
    around the capital,
    spring snow melts easily.

  3. An entrance, an exit

    Empty-handed I entered the world
    Barefoot I leave it
    My coming, my going
    Two simple happenings
    That got entangled

  4. Poppies

    I write, erase, rewrite,
    erase again, and then
    a poppy blooms.

  5. Traces

    If I leave
    no trace behind
    in this fleeting world
    what then could you
    reproach?

  6. Truth

    The truth is never taken
    from another
    One carries it always
    by oneself
    Katsu!