Ryuhyo is a haiku collection by Yoshiko Yoshino that uses cold natural scenes to portray the tension of life and a clear sense of aging. The hard whiteness and movement implied by drift ice form the core of the collection.

In the whiteness of drift ice, aging and the tension of life are quietly reflected.

Hotarubukuro ni Hi o Tomosu is a haiku collection by Kiyoko Iwabuchi that crystallizes uncertainty in daily life and shifts of time into supple, intelligent poems. As the title poem suggests, it catches emotional movement between faint light and shadow.

In the faint lamp of a bellflower, daily uncertainty and the depth of time glow.