ぜらにゅーむときどき永の別れかな　　池田澄子

zeranyûmu tokidoki naga no wakare kana

            geraniums…

            sometimes there is

            eternal separation

                                                Sumiko Ikeda

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