I didn't get round to submitting often to Mainichi Shimbun aka Mainichi Daily News in 2011 so it was a delightful surprise when I received two Honourable Mentions selected by the (Tokyo) Museum of Haiku Literature's Isamu Hashimoto:
April 30, 2011
rain clouds
conversations shift around
the train carriage
— Alan Summers (Bradford-on-Avon, England)
Isamu Hashimoto:
All the passengers must be afraid of a delay. The train continues to run along the steep precipices under the rain clouds.
May 28, 2011
netsuke...
the hare with amber eyes
jumps back in again
— Alan Summers (Bradford-on-Avon, England)
Isamu Hashimoto:
Netsuke (small Japanese art sculptures) are attached to purses as stoppers. They are valuable and are often made of ivory or chased gold.
