Today’s Haiku (December 11, 2023)

自販機の明かりぽつんと山眠る　　　柴田多鶴子

jihanki no akari potsun to yama nemuru

            a lonely light

            of a vending machine

            the mountain sleeps

                                                            Tazuko Shibata

from Haiku Shiki (Haiku Four Seasons), February 2022 Issue, Tokyo Shiki Shuppan, Tokyo

Fay’s Note:  “yama nemuru” (a mountain sleeps) is a winter kigo.