紫木蓮リバーシブルでありたるよ 楠原幹子
shimokuren ribaashiburu de aritaruyo
purple magnolia
it is indeed
reversible
Mikiko Kusuhara
from ‘Haiku,’ a monthly haiku magazine, April 2010 Issue, Kadokawa Gakugei Shuppan, Tokyo
紫木蓮リバーシブルでありたるよ 楠原幹子
shimokuren ribaashiburu de aritaruyo
purple magnolia
it is indeed
reversible
Mikiko Kusuhara
from ‘Haiku,’ a monthly haiku magazine, April 2010 Issue, Kadokawa Gakugei Shuppan, Tokyo
Knowing what the Japanese have done with hybridization …. I can believe this completely and see the pure white insides of the purple magnolia blossom… Like a reversible jacket so to speak.