地下街の列柱五月来たりけり　　奥坂まや

chikagai no recchû gogatsu kitarikeri

            rows of pillars

            at an underground mall

            May has come

                                                Maya Okusaka

from “Haiku Shiki” (“Haiku Four Seasons,” a monthly haiku magazine), December 2016 Issue, Tokyo Shiki Shuppan, Tokyo