初旅の窓に人の名書いて消す　　　西村睦子

hatsutabi no mado ni hito no na kaite kesu

            first trip of the year

            I write and erase his name

            on the window

                                                Mutsuko Nishimura

from “Haiku Shiki” (“Haiku Four Seasons,” a monthly haiku magazine), September 2009 Issue, Tokyo Shiki Shuppan, Tokyo