水羊羹喜劇も淡き筋ぞよき 水原秋桜子
mizu-yôkan kigeki mo awaki suji zo yoki
azuki-bean jelly
I prefer a comic play
with a quiet plot
Shuoshi Mizuhara
from “Gendai no Haiku” (Modern Haiku), edited by Shobin Hirai, Kodansha, Tokyo, 1996
Fay’s Note: Shuoshi Mizuhara (1892-1981)