隧道の暗きに泣くや昼の虫 山口正枝
zuidô no kuraki ni naku ya hiru no mushi
crying in the darkness
of a tunnel—
afternoon insects
Masae Yamaguchi
from “Haiku Shiki” (“Haiku Four Seasons,” a monthly haiku magazine) , August 2011 Issue, Tokyo Shiki Shuppan, Tokyo