the morning sun builds

high gallows

first published in

World Haiku Review WHCGerman Juni 2008

in cotton wool clouds

bomb splitters

Two best haiku 2008

Selected by Ikuro Anzai

steps in the fog –
these days are full of

uncertainties

unfolds

another

12th "Kusamakura" Haiku Competition 

Third Prize 2007

Selected by Richard Gilbert

New Year's morning
a cloud like a cloud
in the movie

a matchbox car

reverses

first published in

World Haiku Review WHCGerman Juni 2008

crest of the dune -

a young woman whispers

to the wind

11th "Kusamakura" Haiku Competition 

Third Prize 2006

Selected by Morio Nishikawa

Ground Zero -

folding my paper crane wrong

try it again

41th A-Bomb Memorial Day Haiku-Meeting 

Two best haiku 2007

Selected by Yasuhiko Shigemoto

child soldier

peering at the sky

in his barrel

40th A-Bomb Memorial Day Haiku-Meeting

2006

Commended by  Steve Wolfe

Summer rain

in Lebanon

cluster bombs

first published in

Mainichi Daily News 2006, Dec.

autumn foal

learning the language

of the wind

first published in

Mainichi Daily News 2006, Nov.

Summer wind

blows light and shadow

into field

first published in

Mainichi Daily News 2006, Sept.

Clicking the fly

with my mouse

and she flies

first published in

Mainichi Daily News 2006, Aug.

my shadow

left by the shadow

of a bird

first published in

Mainichi Daily News 2006, June

winter gale ...

the piercing silence

of PC

first published in

Mainichi Daily News 2006, Feb.

Hiroshima day –

the sound of the bell

over the town

Bashô's Anniversary Web Haiku Contest Award

Mie Times  2004

Hiroshima -

shadow of a man

remains light

first published in

Asahi Shimbun 2005, Oct.

Summer evening

a la la la from

momma's lap

first published in

Asahi Shimbun 2005, Aug.

crescent moon

a deer enters

the clearance

first published in

Asahi Shimbun 2005, May

morning rain

even cherry blossoms

gray

first published in

Asahi Shimbun 2005, May

Auschwitz Day -

sharp whistle of a

rolling train

first published in

Asahi Shimbun 2005, Feb.

olive grove

since this autumn day

out of reach

first published in

Asahi Shimbun 2004, Oct.

rush hour –

a balloon crosses

the main street

all these blossoms 

blown into the gutter

Iraq torture