Railway Haiku Train Station

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Railway and Train Haiku

***** Location: Worldwide
***** Season: Non-seasonal Topic
***** Category: Humanity

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Explanation




The eternal traveller ... here we collect haiku about railways, trains, train stations, platforms and related things.


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National Train Day
Railway Day

They come on different times of the year.

- Reference -


Japan's first railway opened on October 14th, 1872, between Tokyo's Shimbashi and Yokohama and the day was designated as Railway Day.

Railway Day in Japan

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Worldwide use

Philippines

Your haiku writer here is very much familiar with mass transport system; having been connected with the railway system here in the Philippines since 1985. I breathe rails and trains every day of my life. With this in mind, I would probably be sharing some aspects of my "mass rail experiences".

During the afternoon peak hours, the volume of passengers goes over the comfort limit/zone. The ride becomes relatively more inconvenient and altercations sometimes happen.

temperatures rise -
the train is northbound
to Monumento


- Willie Bongcaron, Manila


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Things found on the way


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HAIKU




良寛忌　東京駅で　友を待つ

Ryokan Memorial Day -
waiting for friends
at Tokyo station

You have to know the millions of people thronging through this central station every day to imagine the hustle and noise there. And know Ryokan, the lonely monk.

Gabi Greve, 1994 ... Ryookan Day

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empty platform
ivy clings to the face
of the station clock

Moonset Competition 2007
– Honourable Mention

© Lynne Rees

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Spielende Kinder
auf den Eisenbahnschienen...
Grashalme zittern

©　psychronicon


children playing
on the railway tracks ...
grass is trembling
(Tr. Gabi Greve)

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夏草に汽缶車の車輪来て止まる
natsukusa ni kikansha no sharin kite tomaru

Up to summer grass,
wheels of a locomotive
coming to a stop.
trans. Kodaira and Marks


in summer grass
a steam engine's wheels
come and stop
Seishi, trans. Higginson


. Yamaguchi Seishi 山口誓子 .



kikansha no kanbo moe tsutsu umi wataru

A winter evening--
a flaming locomotive
rides across the lake.

Seishi,
trans. Kodaira and Marks



hasu no hana saku ya sabishiki teishajoo

Lotuses
blooming there--
the lonely train station

Shiki,
trans. Watson



kisha sugite kemuri uzumaku wakaba kana

a train goes by,
its smoke curling
around the new tree leaves

Shiki,
trans. Watson



kishadoo no ichidan takaki fuyuta kana

Winter rice fields--
railroad tracks running
a level above them

Shiki,
trans. Watson



kisha-michi ni hikuku kari tobu tsuki-yo kana

Railroad tracks; a flight
of wild geese close above them
in the moonlit night.

Shiki,
trans. Henderson



setsurei to gekiroo no aida kasha nagashi

snow-capped mountains,
rough waves, and between them
a long freight train

Yoshino Yoshiko,
trans. Ueda

Compiled by Larry Bole, Kigo Hotline


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Waterloo sunset
the Thames disappears
from the Tube map


inter-city train journey -
a rattling window top
shuts itself

Alan Summers


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Related words

***** Ships, boats (fune)


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