Today’s Haiku (June 15, 2020)

みな月の日に透く竹の古葉かな　　　飯田蛇笏

minatsuki no hi ni suku take no furuha kana

            June sun…

            bamboo’s old leaves

            become transparent

                                                Dakotsu Iida

from “Haiku Dai-Saijiki” (“Comprehensive Haiku Saijiki”), Kadokawa Shoten, Tokyo, 2006

Fay’s Note: Dakotsu Iida (1885-1962)   ‘minatsuki’ (literal translation:  month without water) is an old name for June.

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