底冷や今日いちにちの灯を消して　　刈米育子

sokobie ya kyô ichinichi no hi o keshite

            chilly to the bone—

            turning off the lights

            of a day

                                                Yasuko Kariyone

from ‘Haidan,’ (‘Haiku Stage’) a monthly haiku magazine, January 2014 Issue, Honami Shoten, Tokyo