天上にちちはは磯巾着ひらく　　鳥居真理子

tenjyô ni chichi haha isoginchaku hiraku

            mother and father

            up in the heaven

            sea anemones open

                                                            Mariko Torii

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

Fay’s Note:  ‘isoginchaku’ (sea anemone) is a spring kigo.