アンバランスこそは最高酔芙蓉 山崎十生
anbaransu kosowa saikô suifuyô
unbalance is
the best thing
Confederate rose
Jusei Yamazaki
from “Haiku Shiki” (“Haiku Four Seasons,” a monthly haiku magazine) , September 2010 Issue, Tokyo Shiki Shuppan, Tokyo
Fay’s Note: According to my Japanese-English dictionary, “fuyô” (hibiscus mutabilis) , an autumn kigo, is ‘cotton rose’ or ‘Confederate rose.”