原爆ドーム仔雀くぐり抜けにけり　　草間時彦

genbakudômu kosuzume kuguri nukenikeri

            Hiroshima Dome

            a young sparrow

            passes under it

                                                Tokihiko Kusama

from “Haiku Dai-Saijiki” (“Comprehensive Haiku Saijiki”), Kadokawa Shoten, Tokyo, 2006

Fay’s Note: Tokihiko Kusama (1920-2003)　‘baby (or ‘young’) sparrow’ is a spring kigo.