蜜柑食ふ怖るることの無き如く　　　鍵和田秞子

mikan kuu osoruru koto no naki gotoku

            eating mandarin oranges

            as though there were nothing

            to be afraid

                                                Yuko Kagiwada

from ‘Haiku,’ a monthly haiku magazine, March 2017 Issue, Kabushiki Kaisha Kadokawa, Tokyo