秋冷のダリア文節のように雲　　坂間恒子

shûrei no daria bunsetsu no yô ni kumo

            dahlias in autumn coldness

            clouds looking like

            paragraphs

                                                Tsuneko Itama

from “Haiku Shiki” (“Haiku Four Seasons,” a monthly haiku magazine), December　2017 Issue, Tokyo Shiki Shuppan, Tokyo