As a POW: Three haiku

                   lying on my back
                   there, the moon:
                             one moon

aomuki shi toki tsuki arinu hitotsu no tsuki

                             eared reeds —
                             the landing strip turns dark
                             we return

 ashi no ho ya kassōro kageri warera kaeru

 

nearly idiotic days
                                                bananas ripen deep

 gu ni chikaki hibi ya banana wa irozuki te

Red Moon Press, 2011; Trans., Gilbert et al