Haiku Selections Haiku by Daiju Fujimoto On a summer night, Fireflies dance to and fro Over Kodo Lake. Daiju Fujimoto, ninth-grade boy, Kodo Junior High School, Tokuyama, Yamaguchi Prefecture. Takafumi Uchidoni, teacher. Haiku by Tomomi Fujita The ocean in summer Children's faces blossom forth All across the waves. Tomomi Fujita, eighth-grade boy, Omi Junior High School, Omi, Niigata Prefecture. Fumihito Sato, teacher. Haiku by Midori Ihara A spring afternoon The green of the fresh young leaves Blazes in the sun. Midori Ihara, ninth-grade girl, Kodo Junior High School, Tokuyama, Yamaguchi Prefecture. Takafumi Uchidoni, teacher. Haiku by Maki Saito The sound of wind chimes: for listening to its gentle tones night is always best Maki Saito, seventh-grade girl, Omi Junior High School, Omi, Niigata Prefecture. Ayako Sato, teacher. Haiku by Hidenari Watanabe The rainy season ends, And the shutters of my heart Are thrown open, too. Hidenari Watanabe, ninth-grade boy, Omi Junior High School, Omi, Niigata Prefecture. Ayako Sato, teacher. Source: Treasures 3: Stories & Art from Students in Japan & Oregon [Orders] Return to Treasures 3