駅を出て先づ逢ふポインセチアかな　　大久保白村

eki o dete mazu au poinsechia kana

            first thing I meet

            after exiting the station…

            poinsettias

                                                Hakuson Okubo

from “Haiku-kai” (“Haiku World,” a monthly haiku magazine), March 2017 Issue, Bungaku No Mori, Tokyo