鵙の贄白紙のやうな空がある　    松野苑子

mozu no nie hakushi no yôna sora ga aru

            shrike’s offering…

            there is the sky

            like a blank paper

                                                            Sonoko Matsuno

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

Fay’s Note: ‘mozu’ (shrike) and ‘mozu no nie’ (shrike’s offering) are autumn kigo.