夜の蝶人ををかさず水に落つ　　飯田蛇笏

yoru no chô hito o okasazu mizu ni otsu

            night butterfly

            without intruding on people

            falls on the water

                                                Dakotsu Iida

from ‘Haiku,’ a monthly haiku magazine, May 2016 Issue, Kabushiki Kaisha Kadokawa, Tokyo

Fay’s Note:  Dakotsu Iida (1885-1962)