卒業や就活終活孫と我
(sotsugyō-ya shūkatsu-shūkatsu mago-to-ware)
（薫風士）
graduation_
job-hunting; preparation for the end of life:
grandson and me, respectively
(Lovee)
(Note)
This haiku, which is a kind of fictional poem using Japanese homonyms, is composed for the sake of fun.
(kurūzu-ya akashikaikyo haruno-shio)
（薫風士）
joyful cruise-lunch
in Akashi Strait_
spring current
(Note)
I supplemented the word "joyful" so that the particle "や" denoting emotion might be reflected in the translation.
These two pictures show pamphlets of the Kobe Cruise lunch we took.
The following are pictures taken by Kunpūshi (L.P. Lovee).
Interestingly, the clouds in the third picture look like a large fish and a baby fish.
白梅や小学校のクラス会
(shiraume-ya shōgakukō-no kurasukai)
（薫風士）
white ume blossoms＿
class reunion of
my elementary school
(Lovee)
(Note)
These pictures show the front hall of Japanese restaurant "Fukudaya", a part of the alcove where a banner is put up for festively indicating the class reunion, and a part of the Japanese delicious course-meal we took.
春めくも雲行き怪し夕日かな
(harumeku-mo kumoyuki-ayashi yūhi-kana)
（薫風士）
evening sun_
sinister movement of clouds
after springlike daylight
(Lovee)
春めきて黄砂に赤き大夕日
(harumekite kōsa-ni-akaki ō-yūhi)
（薫風士）
spring-like evening_
through yellow sand dust
clearly large ruddy sun
(Lovee)
(Note)
This picture shows the sun I saw at JR station 'Ichijima' through yellow sand dust in the late afternoon.
Unfortunately, because of the battery run-down, I failed in taking a picture of such a beautiful setting sun as described in the above haiku.
(harumeku-ya ōmata-aruki oyakozure)
（薫風士）
springlike footpath_
walking in long strides,
a parent and child
(Lovee)
春めく午後二輪車手押す一歳児
(harumeku-gogo nirinsha-teosu issai-ji)
（薫風士）
springlike afternoon_
pushing a tiny two-wheeler,
a year-old child
(Lovee)
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春めくや飛行機雲の交りて
(harumeku-ya hikōkigumo-no majiwarite)
（薫風士）
springlike_
contrails
intersecting
(Lovee)
(yumehiroba hitoriasobi-no harumekite)
（薫風士）
Yumehiroba_
a boy’s self-playing:
just springlike scenery
(Lovee)
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「ひとはく」の春めく空へ子等の独楽
(hitohaku-no harumeku-sora-e kora-no-koma)
（薫風士）
boys spinning tops
toward the springlike sky_
Hitohaku garden plaza
(Lovee)
Please tap to magnify this picture, at the bottom of which you can see three boys spinning tops in the garden plaza of "Hitohaku".
"Hitohaku" is an abbreviated nickname of Hyōgo Prefectural Museum on mankind and nature.
(kora-no-koe tōne-ni-shitaru oboro-no-hi)
（薫風士）
from far
voices of children_
the hazy sun
(Lovee)
（薫風士） (Lovee)
梅褪せて桃の花芽の含む窓
(ume-asete momo-no-haname-no fufumu-mado)
fading ume-flowers,
swelling flower-buds of the peach__
our window's scenery
(kome-motome harusamu-no-kure manpo-seri)
（薫風士）
severely cold spring-evening_
I took a manpo walk
for purchasing locally available rice.
(Lovee)
頼もしき球児宣誓春寒に
(tanomoshiki kyūji-sensei harusamu-ni)
（薫風士 Kunpūshi ）
reliable oath by
high-school baseball players
on a severely cold spring day
(Lovee)
This picture shows a partial portion of one scene of NHK-TV news broadcasting the opening ceremony of the National Invitational High-School Baseball Tournament on March 18, 2025.
暮なずむ春の寒さや子等バスケ
(kurenazumu haru-no-samusa-ya kora-basuke)
（薫風士）
boys playing basketball_
the sun loathing to set,
severely cold spring day
(Lovee)
This picture shows a scenery on my manpo-walks near the station "Flower-town".
春風のまん歩遠近子等の声
(harukaze-no manpo-ochikochi kora-no-koe)
（薫風士）
manpo-walks in spring winds_
from far and near,
joyful voices of children
(Lovee)
(harukaze-ya tōshi-idakite oka-ni-tatsu)
（虚子 Kyoshi）
spring winds_
standing on a hill,
my heart full of fight
(Lovee)
(Note)
This picture shows pages 8 & 9 of "虚子百句” (Kyoshi 100 haiku).
Kyoshi composed this haiku at his age of 39 in 1913. However, this haiku has nothing to do with Balcan wars.
犬舐めし童の破顔春うらら
(inu-nameshi warabe-no-hagan haru-urara)
（薫風士 Kunpūshi）
licked by the beloved dog,
a child grins_
a delightful spring day
(Lovee)
春かぜやきせるくはえて船頭殿
（芭蕉 Bashō）
spring breeze_
(Lovee)
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(Lovee)
粟嶋へ裸足まいりや春の雨
(awashima-e hadashi-mairi-ya haru-no-ame)
（蕪村 Buson）
spring rain_
barefoot praying
at Awashima shrine
(Note)
According to “https://kyotopi.jp/articles/uNUQg”, Buson composed this haiku when he saw a woman conducting “お百度参り (ohyakudomairi)” at Awashima shrine.
The word “ohyakudomairi” means a way of praying, in which a person conducts prayer by walking 100 times around a designated area, such as a small shrine or temple.