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Shinsen 21(a sampling)
edited by Bansei Tsukushi
Yasuko TsushimaLeona Takayama
&You-shorin
(Nagano, Japan, December 2009)
selected & translated by Fay Aoyagi
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Shinsen 21 (New Selection 21) is a new haiku anthology featuring 21 Japanese poets who are all under 40 years of age (born after 1968), and who did not publish his/her first haiku collection, or win any haiku awards, before the year 2000, thus showcasing voices of the 21st century. The anthology features a selection of 100 haiku by each poet; each selection is then followed by a short essay by some-one under 45 years of age. The anthology concludes with a round-table discussion that includes three of the editors and haiku poet Minoru Ozawa (born in 1956, and winner of the 2005 Yomiuri Prize for Literature [Haiku/Poetry]).
The following sample of the anthology was selected and translated by Fay Aoyagi and originally presented on her blog, Blue Willow Haiku World <http://fayaoyagi.wordpress.com/>. For this special presentation, some of the translations have been revised and a few new ones added.
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Special thanks to You-shorin Publishing Company,
the editors, & especially the poets
of Shinsen 21 for granting Roadrunner permission to republish this work in English
Copyright © 2010. All rights reserved by the respective authors.
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むかしには黄色い凧を浮かべたる 鴇田智哉mukashi niwa ki’iroi tako o ukabetaru
for the pastI let a yellow kitefloat
Tomoya Tokita
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空のすぐうしろに咳の聞えたる 鴇田智哉sora no sugu ushiro ni seki no kikoetaru
right behind the skyI hear someonecoughing
Tomoya Tokita
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鳴り出して電話になりぬ春の闇 山口優夢naridashite denwa ni narinu haru no yami
spring darkness starts to ringand becomesa telephone call
Yuumu Yamaguchi
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蝋燭を蝋燭立てに置く手套 山口優夢rôsoku o rôsoku-tate ni oku shutô
a gloved handplacing a candlein the candle stand
Yuumu Yamaguchi
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気絶して千年凍る鯨かな 冨田拓也kizetsu shite sen’nen kôru kujira kana
fainteda whale freezesfor one thousand years
Takuya Tomita
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卵てふ億年の闇冬灯 冨田拓也tamago chô okunen no yami fuyu-tomoshi
an egg is the darknessof one hundred million years— a winter light
Takuya Tomita
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白骨の反りと冬虹と揺らげよ 九堂夜想hakkotsu no sori to fuyu-niji to yurageyo
arched white bonesand a winter rainbowsway!
Yasou Kudou
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冬すみれ人は小さき火を運ぶ 田中亜美fuyu-sumire hito wa chiisaki hi o hakobu
winter violetshe carriesa tiny fire
Ami Tanaka
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歩きだす椅子歩き出さない冬の猫 中村安伸arukidasu isu arukidasanai fuyu no neko
a chair starts to walka winter cat does notstart to walk
Yasunobu Nakamura
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寂しさも僕の衛星冬の蠅 豊里友行sabishisa mo boku no eisei fuyu no hae
loneliness too is my satellite—a winter fly
Tomoyuki Toyozato
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雪らしい生理が遅れてゐるらしい 北大路 翼yuki rashii seiri ga okurete iru rashii
I hear snow will fallI hear her periodis late
Tsubasa Kitaohji
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木枯しの壊しては組む星座かな 村上鞆彦kogarashi no kowashitewa kumu seiza kana
a winter gustdemolishes and constructsthe constellation
Tomohiko Murakami
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ことごとく未踏なりけり冬の星 髙柳克弘kotogotoku mitô narikeri fuyu no hoshi
none of themhave been landed on—winter stars
Katsuhiro Takayanagi
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めくれつつ雑誌燃えゐる焚火かな 中本真人mekuretsutsu zasshi moeiru takibi kana
its pages turning overa magazine burnsin the bonfire
Masato Nakamoto
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梟やいずれの道も帰路ならず 神野紗希fukurô ya izureno michi mo kiro narazu
an owl—every road is not a roadto home
Saki Kouno
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太古より仲間集まる日向ぼこ 外山一機taiko yori nakama atsumaru hinataboko
from prehistoric timesmy buddies gather to bathein the winter sun
Kazuki Toyama
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洞ひとつ抱へてをりぬ冬桜 谷 雄介hora hitotsu kakaeteorinu fuyu-zakura
it’s carryinga hollowwinter cherry tree
Yusuke Tani
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牡蠣噛めば窓なき部屋のごときかな 佐藤文香kaki kameba mado naki heya no gotoki kana
chewing an oysterit’s like a roomwithout windows
Ayaka Sato
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時計から時間生るる冬の蝶 越智友亮tokei kara jikan umaruru fuyu no chô
time is bornfrom the clock—a winter butterfly
Yusuke Ochi
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滝壺に届かざるまま凍りけり 五十嵐義知takitsubo ni todokazaru mama kôrikeri
its shapebefore reaching the bottoma frozen waterfall
Yoshitomo Igarashi
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薄氷の割れて人魚の鱗かな 矢野玲奈usurai no warete ningyo no uroko kana
thinning icebroken . . . anda mermaid’s scale
Reina Yano
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秋風や汝の臍に何植ゑん 藤田哲史
akikaze ya nanji no hozo ni nani uen
autumn wind—what I should plantin your belly button
Satoshi Fujita
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紐あれば結界となる秋の暮 藤田哲史himo areba kekkai to naru aki no kure
a string will marka boundary of the sacred placeautumn dusk
Satoshi Fujita
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東京といふ語は光る羽蟻の夜 相子智恵tôkyô to iu go wa hikaru ha’ari no yo
the word “Tokyo”shinesa night of winged ants
Chie Aiko
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火星にも水や蚕の糸吐く夜 相子智恵
kasei nimo mizu ya kaiko no ito haku yo
Mars, too, has water—a night when silkwormsspit out strings
Chie Aiko
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眞青ナル文盲ノ魚飛ビ交ヘリ 関 悦史masao naru monmô no uo tobikaeri
blueilliterate fishflying around
Etsushi Seki
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蟻のよるグランドピアノたる私 関 悦史ari no yoru gurando piano taru watakushi
ants gatherat a grand pianowhich is me
Etsushi Seki
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まだ夢を見てゐる牡蠣を食ひにけり 関 悦史mada yume o miteiru kaki o kuinikeri
I eat an oysterit is stilldreaming
Etsushi Seki