かぎかっこの中は空っぽ春の虹　　　赤羽根めぐみ

kagikakko no naka wa karappo haru no niji

empty

inside the quotation marks

spring rainbow

                                                            Megumi Akabane

from “Haiku Shiki” (“Haiku Four Seasons,” a monthly haiku magazine), May 2018 Issue, Tokyo Shiki Shuppan, Tokyo