Winter Haiku Poems

Winter Haiku Poems

Posted by Momoko Kagamizu on 6th Jan 2015

Japanese lady holding umbrella on a snowy winter day

on new year’s day
I long for my parents
before I was born

(ganjitsu ni | umarenu saki no | oya koishi)

Natsume Soseki (1867-1916)


The sky draws near
such a bright sunrise
aahh! new year’s day

(sora chikaku | amari mabayuki | hatsuhi kana)

Masaoka Shiki (1867–1902)


Out to the ocean goes
the cold winter wind
there is no place to return

(umi ni dete | kogarashi Kaeru | tokoro nashi)

Seishi Yamaguchi (1901 – 1994)


First snow
just enough to bend
the daffodil leaves

(hatsuyuki ya | suisen no ha no | tawamu made)

Matsuo Bashō (1644 – 1694)