鶏たちにカンナは見えぬかもしれぬ　　渡部白泉

toritachi ni kanna wa mienu kamo shirenu

for chickens

these cannas

may not be seen

                                                Hakusen Watabe

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