口笛を吹くかに闇の白椿　　　飯田史朗

kuchibue o fuku kani yami no shirotsubaki

            as though they would whistle…

            white camellias

            in darkness

                                                Shiro Iida

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