明日の日の華やぐが如ガーベラ挿す　　　藤田湘子

asu no hi no hanayagu ga goto gaabera sasu

            like a shining sun

            of torommorow

            a gerbera in a vase

                                                            Shoshi Fujita

from “Haiku Dai-Saijiki” (“Comprehensive Haiku Saijiki”), Kadokawa Shoten, Tokyo, 2006

Fay’s Note: Shoshi Fujita (1926-2005)   ‘gaabera’ (gerbera or a an African daisy) is a summer kigo.