淋しくて海へと急ぐ冬の川　心道嶺美

sabishikute umi e to isogu fuyu no kawa

            being sad

            the winter river hurries

            to the sea

                                                Reimi Shindo

from ‘Haidan,’ (‘Haiku Stage’) a monthly haiku magazine, February 2016 issue, Honami Shoten, Tokyo