Onondage Cave, photo by Timothy K Hamilton, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0
Missouri has more than 6000 caves.
new moon
thin and sharp
as broken glass
新月
細く 鋭い
ガラスの 破片
melon
before it is opened
full of darkness
メロン
割られる 前の
暗黒
acid green lichen
on the tree
lizard spirits hiding
鮮やかな 緑苔
木を 這う
トカゲの心 かくして
on the snow
the moon
becomes stars
雪上で
月
星つぶに 変わる
thunder echoing
through night's
vast cave
とどろく 雷鳴
巨大な
夜の 洞窟に
river
carrying sky
over earth
河のながれ
空を はこぶ
地を おおいながら
with aches and creaks
the grass-green snake
of spring uncoils
うずきながら きしみながら
草色ヘビ
身をほどく 春
beneath lake's skin
space
from between the stars
湖の皮膚の下に
大宇宙
両の星 つなぐ
ocean's voice
making moon thirsty
海原の 声に
月 渇きを 覚える
autumn dusk
the forest getting
larger and larger
秋の 夕暮れ
森は
嵩を 増していく
sewing the torn futon
the evening rain keeps falling
フトンを かがる
夕雨が 降りつづく
haw at dusk
tree's black arteries
drink the sky
夕ぐれに とける
黒い 動脈
空を 飲む木
winter gray
turning someplace
into nowhere
冬の 灰色
どこもを
どこでもない場所にしてしまう
winter dusk
lighting the candles
creates more gloom
冬の 日暮れ
ロウソクに 火をともす
闇が 濃くなる
summer woods
so still I can hear
the spider's music
夏の森
あまりの 静けさに
クモの音楽 聞きとる
From "Step into Sky" by John Sandbach (web version)
Also POD book version is available, "Step into Sky" published in 2012.
Latin font of haiku is "MUMU font" produced by Project MUMU that is one of Shibuya Font project. Shibuya Font is public data produced by disabled people and students of graphic design living and working in Shibuya. The activities of Shibuya Project won the Good Design Award in 2019.
欧文フォント：MUMU font by project MUMU：Shibuya Font（渋谷区内の障がいのある人とデザイン学生が制作したフォント）の中の一つを使用させていただいています。葉っぱの坑夫トップページでも、同じフォントが一部に使われています。Shibuya Projectの取り組みは、2019年度のグッドデザイン賞を受賞しています。
John Sandbach
Born in San Francisco, California, and moved to Kansas City, Missouri when he was eighteen months old. The first thing he ever wanted to do was play the piano, and studied it from the age of seven to the age of eighteen. He especially loves to play Bach. He went to the University of Missouri at Kansas City and majored in art history. He has been a professional astrologer since 1966, and written six books on astrology and various metaphysical subjects. He loves writing and reading poetry, especially Japanese poetry.