七月や口にとび込む雨甘く　　保坂伸秋

shichigatsu ya kuchi ni tobikomu ame amaku

            July—

            rain jumping into my mouth

            sweet

                                                Nobuaki Hosaka

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