夕桜ときに背鰭の如きもの 鳴戸奈菜
yûzakura tokini sebire no gotoki mono
cherry blossoms at dusk
sometimes a thing
like a dorsal fin
Nana Naruto
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