路地に子がにはかに増えて夏は来ぬ　　　菖蒲あや

roji ni ko ga niwakani fuete natsu wa kinu

            suddenly more children

            on the alley

            summer has come

                                                Aya Shobu

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