藻の花や今水中も光充ち　　　寺井谷子

mo no hana ya ima suichû mo hikari michi

            duckweed flowers—

            now the underwater

            fills with light

                                                Taniko Terai

from “Haiku Dai-Saijiki” (“Comprehensive Haiku Saijiki”), Kadokawa Shoten, Tokyo, 2006

Fay’s Note:  ‘mo’ (duckweed) is a summer kigo