身に合はぬ寄居虫のやど持て余す　棚山波朗

mi ni awanu yadokari no yado moteamasu

not fitting well

a hermit crab doesn’t know what to do

with its shelter

Haroo Tanayama

from ‘Haidan,’ (‘Haiku Stage’) a monthly haiku magazine, July 2017 Issue, Honami Shoten, Tokyo

Fay’s Note: Literal translation of ‘yadokari’ (hermit crab), a spring kigo, is ‘‘borrowing lodging.’