縄文人踏みし土なり曼珠沙華 小笠原弘子
jômon-jin fumishi tsuchi nari manjushage
the ground
the Jomon people stepped on…
spider lilies
Hiroko Ogasawara
from Haidan (Haiku Stage), a monthly haiku magazine, December 2015 Issue, Honami Shoten, Tokyo
Fay’s Note: The Jomon period was believed to start 12,000 or 13,000 years ago in Japan.