蓮の葉のひとつひとつが風の椅子　　　嶋田麻紀

hasu no ha no hitotsu hitotots ga kaze no isu

            lotus leaves

            every one of them is

            a chair for the wind

                                                            Maki Shimada

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