祈るとき人はひとりや冬の星　　齋藤真理子

inoru toki hito wa hitori ya fuyu no hoshi

            alone

            when we pray—

            winter star

                                                Mariko Saito

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