死の側より生照らすごと冬茜　　山下智津子

shi no gawa yori sei terasu goto fuyuakane

            as if it sheds light on a life

            from the side of a death

            a winter sunset

                                                Chizuko Yamashita

from “Haiku-kai” (“Haiku World,” a monthly haiku magazine), November 2016 Issue,  Bungaku No Mori, Tokyo