舌に傷からすあげはが雲にとまる　　福田若之

shita ni kizu karasuageha ga kumo ni tomaru

            my tongue with a cut

            a peacock butterfly perches

            on a cloud

                                                Wakayuki Fukuda

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