夜の海へ傾いてゐる案山子かな　涼野海音

yo no umi e katamuiteiru kakashi kana

            leaning toward

            the night ocean…

            a scarecrow

                                                            Umine Suzuno

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