小鳥くるアボカドの種剥がすとき　　　渡邉美保

kotori kuru abokado no tane hagasu toki

            a bird comes

            when I remove a seed

            from an avocado

                                                Miho Watanabe

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

Fay’s Note:  ‘kotori kuru’ (a bird comes) is an autumn kigo.