泳ぐなりかつては鰭の手足もて　　　矢島渚男

oyogu nari katsutewa hire no teashi mote

            I swim

            with arms and legs

            that used to be fins

                                                Nagisao Yajima

from ‘Haidan,’ (‘Haiku Stage’) a monthly haiku magazine, December 2016 Issue, Honami Shoten, Tokyo