栗打つや近隣の空歪みたり　　　飯田龍太

kuri utsu ya kinrin no sora yugamitari

            hitting chestnuts—

            the neighboring sky

            warped

                                                Ryuta Iida

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

Fay’s Note:   Ryuta Iida (1920-2007)