- Poetry for March 11 -

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one year later -
nothing can erase
these memories





The main entry for this special day is here

. March 11, 2012 - Remember 2011 .



March eleven -
I turn the calendar leaf
with a heavy heart 　




March Eleven -
still frost in my garden
frost in my heart


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- - - - - Spring 2012 - - - - -

kigo for mid-winter

haru matsu 春待つ (はるまつ) waiting for spring
..... haru o matsu 春を待つ（はるをまつ）
..... taishun 待春（たいしゅん）

The daily cold is still a reality, but the human feeling is already in the near future, hoping for warmer days.


In the year 2012,
this feeling is mixed with the memories of March 11, 2011



地震津波春に遭ひしも春を待つ
nai tsunami haru ni aishi mo haru o matsu

even if we remember in spring
the earthquake and the tsunami -
we wait for spring

Matsunaga Sakufuu 松永朔風
Kanagawa



春待つや津波を記憶せし土も
haru o matsu tsunami o kioku seshi tsuchi mo

waiting for spring -
even the earth with it's memories
of the tsunami

Fukuda Yumi 福田由美
Miyagi




地震に堪え 津波にも堪え 春の土　
nai ni tae tsunami ni mo tae haru no tsuchi

it survived the earthquake
it survived even the tsunami -
earth in spring 　

Toriyabe Kazuo 鳥谷部一雄




大津波椿の島を残しけり 　
ootsunami tsubaki no shima o nokoshikeri

this big tsunami
it left untouched
an island with camellias 　

Shiraiwa Matsu san from Sendai 仙台市 白岩松




ノーモアフクシマ福寿草ひらく　
noo moa Fukushima fukujisoo hiraku

No More Fukushima -　
a pheasant's eye opens

Kanazawa Koei 金澤高栄




追悼・鎮魂・復興・東日本大震災
source :　NHK Haiku .


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絆 - kizuna 　
the new bond
between people


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Ten Thousand Things: A Haiku Sequence
Chen-ou Liu, Canada

Sendai earthquake...
the darkness pierced
only by flashlights

Fukushima plant --
the vending machines
still glowing

Ishinomaki:
a baby found alive
in wood and mud

a dog rescued
from drifting ocean debris --
the sun rising

radioactive scare
this a world of dew
and yet...


- Haiku by Chen-ou in this BLOG -


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last year i received a request from a doctor in japan to join thousands around the globe in a specified process:
he asked that we each write out a given prayer for japan on a piece of paper and attach it to a clean glass or ceramic bowl. into the bowl we should pour clean water (i used fresh spring water). we should leave the bowl for a period of time.
i placed mine outside under a full moon. towards morning it rained.
we were asked to take the now encoded water to our nearest river or sea and prayerfully pour it in. the prayer on the piece of paper was no longer legible, having been soaked by rain. where words had been this picture was.
i have kept it beside my statue of the buddha and a picture of my mother.
it felt right to make it into a haiga today.
for japan





Sheila Windsor




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涅槃図のどこかに津波来てないか
nehanzu no dokoka ni tsunami kitenai ka

in a painting
of “Buddha Entering Nirvana”
no tsunami anywhere . . . ?

Shirahama Ichiyo 白濱一羊




三一一パンドラの筐吹き飛びぬ
san ichi ichi pandora no hako fukitobinu

Three One One —
a lid of Pandora’s box
blown away

Iino Yukio 飯野幸雄


Tr. Fay Aoyagi




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a human chain
from Lyon to Avignon -
march 11th 2012

yellow jackets
line miles and miles
of roads
linking from here to there
Fukushima in mind

Sprite, France




source : chainehumaine.org



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letting out the string...
the Hokusai Wave as
my kite rises

Julie Cain





one year on
a tsunami
of memories

Garry Eaton





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one year-
the waves are now
so calm

Alex Serban, Romania






just twelve moons ago
the Earth shook and Japan cried
tears are falling still

My husband and I will never forget seeing the wave rush inland.
Our hearts still grieve for you Japan.

Lisette Root



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eleven March --
finding a long lost ball
in a flower bed

The ball was now flat, and overgrown with moss, but our dog was pleased to play with it again. It made me think of the people who had lost so much in the events of 11 March last year --
and who perhaps found some of their valued posessions later, dirty and spoilt but still theirs...

Our thoughts are with you,

Isabelle Prondzynski




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Shared at Joys of Japan - facebook -



kizuna - by far
the most encouraging bond
ever promised

Hideo Suzuki ‎





March 11-
the chillness
in the spring wind


March 11-
Manmohan Singh says
American NGOs fund nuclear protests

Manu Kant




forlorn street
the first cherry-buds
in this half-live

Ralf Bröker




March 11th -
one turn around the Sun
for this wounded Earth

Cristina-Monica Moldoveanu




cherry trees bud
so many hearts
still broken

Jessica Macbeth



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dangerous clouds -
a little girl embraces
her doll

Radioactiv rain -
after sixty six years
Fukushima

The day of mourning -
the children put on the water
paper boats

The cranes come back
sakura is blooming
the hope arises



Sent letters:
Dear Japon
we love you

Over the ruins
blossoms of cherry trees
rest in silence

On the pond's mirror
again lotus flowers
in the depth blood and mud

The crushed bodies,
lotus flowers, ruins -
tragic ikebana

On the roof
a white flag -
the seagulls caling

Letitzia Iubu


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farmers
clean cesium from the grounds
fields bounty

Marty Smith





another spring
swaying in dust and sun
origami cranes

Simone K. Busch, Germany




silent night -
I say my Ardaas
with folded hands

Sandip Sital Chauhan ‎




trembling heart
with waves of sorrow . . .
3/11 hymn

Elaine Andre ‎



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full year
prayers of people
for restoration

our prayers
the echo of voices　
and wishes

Japan
even here the earth
is full memories

Japan mourns
and grapples with aftermath
tsunami

Japan mourns
thousand flowers of lotus
and origami

day of mourning
silence and only prayers
sparkles of tears

Gennady Nov



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offshore wind -
white as Fuji’s snow
the waves’ foam

neither sky nor earth –
spring under
devastating waters

Virginia Popescu




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end of earthquake
only snail has a house
everywhere autumn

Umit Battal




a new sun rising...
dragonfly carries victory
on the back of a wave

Pat Geyer ‎



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busy ants ...
the sun rises straight
for Fukushima

chrysanthemums...
prayers are offered
for the dead

Bos Tsip



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this year let petals
not earth sundered and sea
deeply move us

Kit Nagamura ‎




this wave
in my eyes
it is the sea

Ralf Bröker, Germany




March 11 ...
morning sunlight
in dewdrops

Chen-ou Liu, Canada



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one year
yet the signs
of spring

still missing
time never stops
to wait

Tore Sverredal ‎




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we remember
we pray...
one minute of silence

the ground now still
and the sea now back
in hope... planting cherry trees

Japan's sun rises...
the world plants a garden
with hope for a new day

Pat Geyer ‎




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from the east
an echo of another
day

Jimmy ThePeach




prayers...
the heart is always hopeful

Bos Tsip





Fukushima sky
waiting for the first signs
of spring

Stella Pierides ‎





on canvas
a wave bleeding
moonlight

Louis Osofsky





a year has gone
Japan is still grieving -
cherry blossoms bloom

Kristjaan Panneman



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unafraid to return
to Fukushima
cherry blossoms

cherry blossoms
never more beautiful
at Fukushima

Johnny Baranski ‎



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Kokeshi dolls---
remembering all the kids
who died in the earthquake


one year ago---
Japan suffered a catastrophe
but they're back humming

Japan's Three-Eleven
first anniversary---
their hard work bears fruits

Fred Masarani


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Ne pleure pas –
Même après le feu ardent
tu as su renaître.

Don't cry -
Even after the blazing fire
you have known to be reborn.

Patrick Fetu


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身一つとなりて薫風ありしかな
mi hitotsu narite kunpuu arishi kana

Bereft of belongings
Yet blessed by the touch of the
Early summer breeze

Haiku by tsunami survivor Isao Sato
Presented to the Tokyo Foundation by Madoka Mayuzumi

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Rebuilding through Song:
Japan’s Response to the March 2011 Disaster
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The Japan Society in NYC currently has a photo and video exhibit of various scenes from the aftermath of the earthquake and tsunami, which I viewed when I was there recently.

photo exhibit:
frame by frame the tsunami
rolls on and on...

Larry Bole


Commemorating the One-Year Anniversary
of the Great East Japan Earthquake & Tsunami

In March of 2012, Japan Society presents a series of programs and events around the one-year anniversary of the disasters, commemorating the victims and examining the progress of Japan’s recovery and prospects for the future.
source : www.japansociety.org


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