渡り鳥みるみるわれの小さくなり　　上田五千石

watadidori mirumiru ware no chisaku nari

            migrating birds

            I become small

            so fast

                                                Gosengoku Ueda

from ‘Haidan,’ (‘Haiku Stage’) a monthly haiku magazine, April 2016 Issue, Honami Shoten, Tokyo

Fay’s Note:  Gosengoku Ueda (1933-1997)