思ひ出も金魚の水も蒼を帯びぬ　　中村草田男

omoide mo kingyo no mizu mo ao o obinu

            memory

            and gold fish water

            in a shade of blue

                                                            Kusatao Nakamura

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

Fay’s Note:   Kusatao Nakamura (1901-1983)