Takatô Akane (高遠朱音)
Born 1985 in Tokyo, Japan (birth name Kaneko Risa)
Won the “ITO-EN Ôi Ocha New Haiku Contest” in 1999. Joined the MHA in 2000, as its youngest-ever member. In 2007, graduated from Risshô University and began work in web design. At the same time began work as a committee member of the Junior Study Department of the MHA. Her major haiku collection is Night Flyer (2009).
夜間飛行下界すべてが水族館
yakan hikô gekai subete ga suizokukan
a night flyer
all the world below
an aquarium
日記買う安眠のないコッペリア
nikki kau anmin no nai kopperi
buys a diary
Coppélia lacking sleep
(Note. Coppélia, a comic-ballet, concerns a Dr. Coppelius, who has invented a life-size dancing doll.)
空蟬に真昼の海が残っている
utsusemi ni mahiru no umi ga nokotte iru
inside an empty shell
of cicada – the sea in the afternoon
remains
不器用な長女の嘘ですカーネーション
bukiyô na chô jo no uso desu kânêshon
the awkward lie of an eldest daughter carnation flower
水の無い水槽が好き 白夜
mizu no nai suishô ga suki byakuya
cherishing a waterless aquarium the midnight sun
シャツ脱いで私の続きは初夏の海
shatsu nuide watashi no tsuzuki wa shoka no umi
taking off my shirt
the rest of the story of myself
early summer sea
水底の眠り遠くに蛍狩
minasoko no nemuri tôku ni hotarugari
sleep on the sea bottom – far away hunting fireflies
蜻蛉孵化眉間のしわの深くなり
kagerô fuka miken no shiwa no fukaku nari
a day-fly hatches
a line between my wrinkles
deepens
蒼野揺らす太古のため息
aono yurasu taiko no tameiki
shaking a green field
a prehistoric sigh
足音に足音の影や晩夏
ashioto ni ashioto no kage ya banka
in footsteps sound footstep's shadow the end of summer