Today’s Haiku (October 31, 2010)

虫の秋眠れぬ夜はねずにあり　　石川桂郎　

mushi no aki nemurenu yoru wa nezuni ari

autumn with insect sounds

a night when I can’t sleep

I won’t go to bed

Keiro Ishikawa

from “Gendai no Haiku” (Modern Haiku), edited by Shobin Hirai, Kodansha, Tokyo, 1996

Fay’s note: Keiro Ishikawa (1909-1975)