子へ贈る本が箪笥に聖夜待つ　　　大島民郎

ko e okuru hon ga tansu ni seiya matsu

inside a chest of drawers

　　　book gift to my child

　　　waits for a holly night

                                                            　　　　　Tamio Ohshima                  

from “Haiku Saijiki” electronic version edited by Kadokawa Shoten, published by Kodansha Sophia Shuppan, Tokyo, Japan, 2018