飛魚が飛ぶためノート空けてある　　福岡日向子

tobiuo ga tobu tame nôto akete aru

            for a flying fish to fly

            I leave space

            in my notebook

                                                Hinako Fukuoka

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