冬真昼わが影不意に生れたり　　桂　信子

fuyu mahiru waga kage fuini umaretari

            winter noon

            my shadow suddenly

            born

                                                Nobuko Katsura

from “Haiku Shiki” (“Haiku Four Seasons,” a monthly haiku magazine), December　2016 Issue, Tokyo Shiki Shuppan, Tokyo

Fay’s Note:  Nobuko Katsura (1914-2004)