梅雨寒の紅茶ときどきカスティラ　　水内慶太

tsuyuzamu no kôcha tokidoki kasutiira

black tea on a day

of plum rain coldness

a Castella cake sometimes

Keita Mizuuchi

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

Fay’s Note:  ‘kasutiira’ (or ‘kasutera’) is a sponge cake, originally imitated from that of Castella in the 16^th century when Portuguese merchants came to Japan.