幹に手を当てて桜の言ふことを　　後藤比奈夫

miki nit e o atete sakura no iu koto o

my hands touching the trunk

I listen to what

the cherry tree says

                                                Hinao Goto

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