Ikuyo Yoshimura
dusk brightens
the smoke of baked shells -
autumn shores
day moon
like a girl eating
an apple.
a burr
sticks to my sole…
gathering nuts
sardine shaped clouds…
my home task still
at my side
a touch of
melancholy on my palm…
cosmos flowers
autumn festival -
the smell of cooking cuttlefish
in the henhouse
there too, cat
sea fish sun-dried at the shore
Indian summer -
pierced earrings
swaying slightly -
autumn sounds
a snowflake
melts in my palm -
a diamond drop
spring twilight -
a woman’ shadow by the
window, swaying
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Ikumi (Ikuyo) Yoshimura was born in Kyoto, Japan. She is professor of English at Gifu Junior College of Health Science. She is a researcher of R.H.Blyth and founded the Writing English-Japanese Haiku Group ”Evergreen” in 1987. Her publications are numerous and well received worldwide, including her newest book, white fish.
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