みほとけの春の愁ひにうつむける　　倉田紘文

mihotoke no haru no urei ni utsumukeru

            Buddha statue

            he casts down his eyes

            with spring melancholy

                                                            Koubun Kurata

from “Haiku Shiki” (“Haiku Four Seasons,” a monthly haiku magazine), July 2010 Issue, Tokyo Shiki Shuppan, Tokyo