新世紀とは冬川も急ぎゐる 岩岡中正
shin-seiki towa fuyu-gawa mo isogi iru
new century…
the winter river hastens
its pace, too
Nakamasa Iwaoka
from “Gendai Haiku Hyakunin Nijukku” (“Modern Haiku: 20 Haiku per100 Poets”), edited by Kazuo Ibaraki, Kiyoko Uda, Nenten Tsubouchi, Kazuko Nishimura, You-shorin, Nagano, 2004
Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi) 
I love the way this one sees the passage of time as the river…that’s a very deep understanding… with many implications… Wonderful.