水を見てゐて沢蟹を見失ふ　　対中いずみ

mizu o miteite sawagani o miushinau

            looking at water

            I lose a sight

            of a river crab

                                                Izumi Tainaka

from “Haiku Shiki” (“Haiku Four Seasons,” a monthly haiku magazine), August 2017 Issue, Tokyo Shiki Shuppan, Tokyo