手にゲーテそして春山ひた登る　　平畑静塔

te ni geete soshite haruyama hitanoboru

            Goethe’s book in hand

            I climb a spring mountain

            without stopping

                                                Seito Hirahata

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

Fay’s Note:   Seito Hirahata (1905-1997)