初なつの気球に笑窪ありにけり 磯貝碧蹄館
hatsunatu no kikyû ni ekubo arinikeri
beginning of summer
a hot-air balloon
has a dimple
Hekiteikan Isogai
from “Haiku Dai-Saijiki” (“Comprehensive Haiku Saijiki”), Kadokawa Shoten, Tokyo, 2006
Fay’s Note: Hekiteikan Isogai (1923-2013)
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