たまごやき小春日和の味がする　　　月野ぽぽな

tamagoyaki koharubiyori no aji ga suru

            ‘tamagoyaki’ dish

            it tastes

            a small spring day

                                                Popona Tsukino

from ‘Haiku,’ a monthly haiku magazine, November 2015 Issue, Kabushiki Kaisha Kadokawa, Tokyo

Fay’s Note:  ‘tamagoyaki’ is (a sweetened Japanese style omelet)

Translation of  the winter kigo ‘koharubiyori’ can be  ‘Indian summer’ in English, but I decided to use literal translation.