言の葉を拾うて捨てて秋の夕暮れ　　　鳴戸奈菜

kotonoha o hiroute sutete aki no yûgure

            picking up

            and throwing away words

            autumn dusk

                                                Nana Naruto

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