(ama-eki-ya higasa-no-futari shiroato-e)
（薫風士）
ama-station_
two women under parasols
toward the castle garden
(Lovee)
(Note)
“Ama” is a nickname of Amagasaki City.
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初夏のアマ駅前やポップ聞く
(hatsunatsu-no ama-ekimae-ya poppu-kiku)
（薫風士）
early summer_
listening to pop music,
I walk around ama station square
(Lovee)
This picture shows a street singer singing a self-made sorrowful pop music.
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(dentō-no haiku-taikai shoka-no ama)
（薫風士）
traditional haiku event_
at “Ama”
in early summer
(Lovee)
(Note)
“Ama” is a nickname of Amagasaki City.
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(shorōme-no shoka-no-kōrasu tsuyayaka-ni)
（薫風士）
early summer chorus_
women of early old age
still lustrous
(Lovee)
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初夏の宴よき後輩に恵まれて
(shoka-no-en yoki-kōhai-ni megumare-te)
（薫風士）
early summer party_
blessed with
younger colleagues
(Lovee)
This picture shows some brochure pages of Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., in which L.P. Lovee (Kunpūshi) used to work.
（薫風士） (Lovee)
薫風や花の同期に恵まれて
（kunpū-ya hana-no-dōki-ni megumare-te）
balmy breeze_
blessed with
contemporary friends
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（薫風士） （Lovee） Click here and see "まんぽ俳句を楽しもう！".
愛犬とまん歩をするや初夏の丘
(aiken-to manpo-o-suru-ya shoka-no-oka)
early summer hill_
manpo walk
with my beloved dog
(Note)
The word “manpo”（まん歩）, which is coined by Kunpūshi for use in haiku, is a pun using homonyms in the meaning of "ten thousand steps"（万歩） and “ramble” （漫歩）.
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母の日や父は得てして蚊帳の外
(hahanohi-ya chichi-wa-eteshite kaya-no-soto)
（薫風士）
Mother's Day_
father often being left
in the dark
(Lovee)
(Note)
The word "kayanosoto" literally means "outside the mosquito net".
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草の戸の粽に蛍来る夜かな
(kusa-no-to-no chimaki-ni hotaru-kuru-yo-kana)
（子規）
thatched cottage
a firefly comes to chimaki
this evening
(Lovee)
(Note)
The word “chimaki” means a kind of rice-dumpling wrapped with a bamboo grass leaf.
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(chimaki-toku nikai-mo-miyuru sumidagawa)
（一茶）
unwrapping a chimaki
on a second floor, also visible_
Sumida-river
(Lovee)
(Note)
The word “chimaki” means a kind of rice-dumpling wrapped with a bamboo grass leaf.
It seems that Issa expressed the broadness of Sumida-river or crowdedness around the Sumida by the words “second floor also visible”, whereas generally a first floor only is visible from a small river.
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(shiro-kemuri konkurābe-ya shoka-no-sora)
（薫風士）
conclave 2025_
white smoke rising to
the sky in early summer
(Lovee)
These pictures are some parts of NHK-TV news which L.P. Lovee watched on May 9, 2025.
It seems that "conclave 2023" in the last picture is a mistake, which should be corrected to "conclave 2025".
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(hana-wa-ha-ni sofutopawā-no-shi-wa-yukite)
（薫風士）
advocating soft-power,
professor emeritus demised_
blossoms now turned to new leaves
(Lovee)
This picture shows a part of web-news of Mainichi Shinbun, which Lovee saw on May 8, 2025.
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(chimaki-yū katate-ni-hasamu hitai-gami)
（芭蕉）
tying a chimaki,
while another hand tucking
hair hanging down the forehead
(Lovee)
(Note)
The word “chimaki” means a kind of rice-dumpling wrapped with a bamboo grass leaf.
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(chimaki-toite ashi-fuku-kaze-no oto-kikan)
（蕪村）
unwrapping a chimaki,
I’ll listen to sounds of
wind blowing through reeds
(Lovee)
(Note)
The word “chimaki” means a kind of rice-dumpling wrapped with a bamboo grass leaf.
In Japanese haiku, the subject "I" is usually omitted because its meaning is understandable without the subject.
In the above translation, however, "I'll" is added because the subject "I" is generally necesary to make its meaning clear in English haiku.
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(chimaki-hamu mago-wa-pakutto oi-wa-mede)
（薫風士）
chimaki_
grandson snapping it,
aged man admires
(Lovee)
(Note)
The word “chimaki” means a kind of rice-dumpling wrapped with a bamboo grass leaf.
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(dontaku-ya anpan-o-te-ni mezu-odori)
（薫風士）
Hakata-dontaku_
joyfully watching
with a bean-jam bun in hand
(Lovee)
(Note)
The above haiku is an imaginal poem composed by Kunpūshi for expressing his appreciation of Hakata-dontaku and "anpan".
These pictures are partial portions of NHK-TV which L.P. Lovee watched on May 5, 2025.
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(tanoshisa-ya niwa-o-tezukuri midorinohi)
（薫風士）
delightful_
making my garden by myself
Greenery Day
(Lovee)
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(tsutsuganaku kenpōkinenbi niwa-ni-i)
（薫風士）
peacefully
gardening_
Constitution Day
(Lovee)
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(shunsui-ya shin-wa-shin-nari ku-ni-asobu)
（薫風士）
spring-time water_
deepness equal to newness,
thus enjoying haiku
(Lovee)
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新緑や俳句仲間の来し吾庭
(shinryoku-ya haiku-nakama-no kishi-aniwa)
（薫風士）
new leaves_
my garden welcomed
haiku comrades
(Lovee)
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