春の闇ここにもきっと夜泣石　　　塩野谷　仁

haru no yami koko nimo kitto yonakiishi

spring darkness

I am sure this place has

a night crying stone, too

                                                Jin Shionoya

from ‘Haidan,’ (‘Haiku Stage’) a monthly haiku magazine, April 2017 Issue, Honami Shoten, Tokyo