向日葵の蕊焼かれたる地図のごと 今井 聖
himawari no shibe yakaretaru chizu no goto
sunflower’s core
burning
like a map
Sei Imai
from ‘Haiku,’ a monthly haiku magazine, June 2012 Issue, Kadokawa Gakugei Shuppan, Tokyo
Fay’s note: This haiku originally appeared in “Tanima No Kagu” (“Furniture In the Valley”), a haiku collection of the poet, published in 2000.
