the moon comes gently

luna vine molcom

pe locul gol de pe bancă…

altă toamnă

the moon comes gently

on the empty side of the bench…

another autumn

la lune vient doucement

sur la côte vide du banc…

autre automne

benchi no suteiru-gawa ni

tsuki wa sotto kuru

betsuno aki

ベンチの空いている側に

月はそっと来る

別の秋

First published in Cattails, October 2021, produced in association with Éditions des petits nuages, Canada

Published in The Haiku Foundation, Per Diem, March 2, 2022, thanks to Editor Tejinder Sethi who selected my work.