ハンカチをていねいに折り冬菫　　　　桂　信子

hankachi o teinei ni ori fuyusumire

            folding a handkerchief

            with a well manner

            winter violet

                                                Nobuko Katsura

from “Nihon Dai-Saijiki” (“Japanese Comprehensive Saijiki”), edited by Shuoshi Mizuhara, Shuson Kato, and Kenkichi Yamamoto, published by Kodansha, Tokyo, Japan, 1981

Fay’s Note:  Nobuko Katsura (1914-2004)