櫂あらば冬青空へ漕ぎ出でむ　 嶋田麻紀

kai araba fuyuaozora e kogiiden

            if I had oars

            I would sail out

            to the winter blue sky

                                                            Maki Shimada

from “Haiku Shiki” (“Haiku Four Seasons,” a monthly haiku magazine), December 2016 Issue, Tokyo Shiki Shuppan, Tokyo