ことあらば本家に集ひ花煙草　　　吉川智子

koto araba honke ni tsudoi hana-tabako

            if something happens

            we gather at the head family house…

            tobacco flowers

                                                Tomoko Yoshikawa

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

Fay’s Note:  ‘hana-tabako’ (flowering tobacco) is an autumn kigo.