Visual works and haiku-inspired verse by an Australian in Arashiyama.

#60 Gentiana scabra / Japanese gentian (mixed media, 38x54cm, 2024)

1.

warm summer twilight

blue hydrangeas bloom

heavy and full

2.

the wild grasses

mown again this morning

Oh! Efficiency!

#145 (watercolour, 39.5x55cm, 2024)

3.

a small boy’s fun

the cicada in a box

cries earnestly

4.

boats with paper lanterns

silver moonlight on the river

fishing birds, screaming

#83 (watercolour, 37.5×45.5cm, 2024)

5.

on a mossy wall

a cicada’s hollow shell

perfect from the outside

6.

bathed by the sun

moss-covered rooftops

breathe out

#132 Crepe Myrtle (mixed media, 33.5x46cm, 2024)

7.

silent leaves falling

a temple’s gong sounds

sharp air

Pamela Asai is an Australian visual artist and self-published poet of haiku-inspired verse currently living in Arashiyama. Visit www.pamelaasai.com.au to learn more about her. To see her most recent work, follow pamelaasai on Instagram.

Featured image at top: #144 Yellow Wildflowers in a Field (watercolour, 54.5×39.5cm, 2024)