More about ESUJ

  The fourth meeting of "Haiku in English" took place on February 16(Tue) at the Japan Nartional
  Press Club. Again this time, haiku form was rather free, and thirteen entries   were received.
  Having reviewed the anonymously submitted haikus and printed them in no particular order, Poet
  Emiko Miyashita discussed each one critically and commented on technique. A number of haikus
  appear below.

       the buds swell                       my dearest friend gone            frightening
       on the ume tree                    bitter winds abating                 the gastrocamera might expose
       jingle of my change purse       on this fine dawn                     last night's yakitori

       winter glove-                         O'Donoghue's-                       moonlit waves....
       does lukewarm sap                  under a dripping awning            the earth's rhythm
       run inside the maples?             raising suds to the fiddler        on the winter beach

       crosses on my calender
       plum blossoms
       out in the cold