powdered snow - br a crow’s eyes above br the no parking sign br br sudden shower br four wasps investigate br a window gap br br the rain br almost a friend br this funeral br br almost lost br in the shimmer of water br several ducklings br br an attic window sill br a wasp curls br into its own dust br br ==================== br PUBLICATION CREDITS: br ==================== br br 'powdered snow' br Joint Winner, Haiku International Association, Japan,10th Anniv. Haiku Contest (1999) br The Mie Times, Japan (1999) br br 'sudden shower' br Commended byThe Japan Times (2002) br br 'the rain' br 'Azami' haiku magazine, Osaka, Japan br No.28 September (1995) br br 'almost lost' br HI journal #42, Haiku International, Japan, January (2001) br This haiku was used and translated for an article read at the Baiko Women's College, Oct.1996 by Nobuyuki Yuasa (editortranslator of the Penguin Classics book 'Oku no Hosomichi' pub. in 1996, on Basho.) br br Japanese romaji (romanised version) by Nobuyuki Yuasa: br mizu haete hikari ni kasumu kogamo kana br br 'an attic window sill' br Yomiuri Shimbun, Japan (Sept 2002) br Japanese newspaper with the world’s largest circulation, around ten million subscribers.