下界みな雲のうらがは春近し　　青木ともじ

gekai mina kumo no uragawa haru chikashi

            all of this world

            behind clouds…

            spring around a corner

                                                Tomoji Aoki

from “Haiku-kai” (“Haiku World,” a monthly haiku magazine, July 2017 Issue,  Bungaku No Mori, Tokyo