In 2005, with my wife, Mami, I completed a walking and cycling trip the length of Japan. In 2008, I completed the book about it (here's an excerpt). Anyway, despite my fears I was able to compose about 100 haiku in the course of the journey, which I included in Hadashi no Tabi: Barefoot through Japan. A short selection . . .
floating
the idea of
a Zen garden
another element
cool wind
ripples rice
ripples water
I think nothing of
spitting out pips
but what of the peel?
citrus orchards
keeping within cooee
of Route 11
your country
maybe, but it’s
my world
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