詩を紡ぐために心に秋蚕飼ふ　　北村妍二

shi o tsumugu tame ni kokoro ni akigo kau

            to weave a poem

            I keep an autumn silkworm

            in my heart

                                                            Kenji Kitamura

from “Haiku-kai” (“Haiku World,” a monthly haiku magazine), March 2017 Issue, Bungaku No Mori, Tokyo