鴛鴦の沓波にかくるることもあり　　山口青邨

oshi no kutsu nami ni kakururu koto mo ari

mandarin ducks

            sometimes their shoes

under the waves

Seison Yamaguchi

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

Fay’s Note: Seison Yamaguchi (1892-1988) ‘oshidori (or ‘oshi’)’ (mandarin duck) is a winter kigo.