助走して飛びたき鶏や鳳仙花　　　熊崎かず子

josô shite tobitaki tori ya hôsenka

            a hen in an approach run

            to fly—

            balsam flower

                                                Kazuko Kumazaki

from “Haiku Dai-Saijiki” (“Comprehensive Haiku Saijiki”), Kadokawa Shoten, Tokyo, 2006