February 28, 2019

春を待つかつてのいくつもの春を　　福田若之

haru o matsu katsuteno ikutsumono haru o

            waiting for the spring

            I wait for many springs

            in the past

                                                            Wakayuki Fukuda

from ‘Haidan,’ (‘Haiku Stage’) a monthly haiku magazine, September 2017 issue, Honami Shoten, Tokyo