SAMURAIHIKER·Nov 16, 2025River Light under Mackerel CloudsA haiku about late autumn light along the water
SAMURAIHIKER·Sep 15, 2025金木犀 路地の角より 風ひとつ/fragrant olive — from the alley’s corner,one small breezeEvening narrows into a band of air between walls. The temperature eases; humidity evens out. From just beyond sight, a fragrance arrives…
SAMURAIHIKER·Sep 12, 2025鰯雲 川面ひかりつつ 風うごく/mackerel clouds — on the river’ssurface, glinting — the wind movesLook up, and the sky is a fine-grained field — mackerel clouds laid thin at height. Look down, and the river carries shards of daylight as…A response icon1A response icon1
SAMURAIHIKER·Sep 10, 2025あけびの実 指にあまにが 夕まぎれ/akebi fruit — sweet-bitter on the fingers, dusk’s blurThe kitchen holds its breath after supper. A paper bag rests by the sink, still rough with market dust, the fold faintly damp. The air…
SAMURAIHIKER·Sep 10, 2025ふところの 山よりこぼるる 白き露/from the mountain’s fold, white dew spills, into dawn.Before sunrise, the valley draws a thin blade of cold across the face. Grass takes on a dim brightness where light has not yet arrived, and…
SAMURAIHIKER·Sep 7, 2025風少し 重なる山の 影長し/slight wind-overlapping mountains-a lengthening shadowThe day exhales, and the hills reply with silence. Air cools just enough to notice the skin, and the contours of the land grow articulate…
SAMURAIHIKER·Sep 7, 2025薄ゆれぬ 雲と雲との 間の風/Silver grass sways-wind passing- between two cloudsBreath of the Pampas Grass, Between Two Clouds
SAMURAIHIKER·Sep 6, 2025夕焼けや 軒下の猫 毛づくろい/Sunset glow-under the eaves, the cat-grooms itselfThere’s something magical about the way autumn light transforms ordinary moments into something extraordinary. Yesterday evening, as I…
