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Haiku by Sawako Nakano

before the sun gets high
another pail of water
for the hydrangea

between the thunder
birds glide
above the muddy stream

rain-washed yard
a frog holding
on the edge of a pot

funeral in the late summer
a black butterfly around
pink oleanders

feeble sound
from the bush
crickets in the dark

Sawako Nakano was born and raised in Osaka, Japan. She studied English literature in college; worked at a construction company, and a trading company; and lived in Ithaca, New York, for two years. She now lives in Osaka with her husband and three daughters. For ten years she has taught English to the children in her neighborhood. Five years ago she began writing haiku.

Email: sawako@dsk.zaq.ne.jp