after the rain:/ in each bucket/ another cloud

October market:/ among white grapes baskets/ an old man

old vineyard:/ a single vine survived/ from the last eruption

hot afternoon/ the sound of/ granite melting

rainy afternoon/ the train passes by/ an orange plantation

peable beach:/ sea-glass sparking/ in the waves

summer storm:/ behind chestnut flowers/ my car twinkles

June market/ an old woman making/ a chamomile mandala Selected by Isamu Hashimoto for Mainichi Japan August 2014 Edition