冬薔薇我が身の主は我ならず　　江渡華子

fuyusôbi wagami no nushi wa ware narazu

            winter rose

            I am not the owner

            of myself

                                                Hanako Eto

from ‘Haidan,’ (‘Haiku Stage’) a monthly haiku magazine, June 2017 Issue, Honami Shoten, Tokyo