夕朧ひとりの時間減るばかり　　波戸岡　旭

yûoboro hitori no jikan heru bakari

            evening haze

            time for myself

            is decreasing

                                                            Akira Hatooka

from “Haiku-kai” (“Haiku World,” a monthly haiku magazine), December 2016 Issue, Bungaku No Mori, Tokyo