Today’s Haiku (September 29, 2021)

数ふるは智慧のはじめや烏瓜　　髙柳克弘

kazouru wa chie no hajime ya karasu-uri

            counting is the start

            of wisdom—

            snake gourds

                                                            Katsuhiro Takayanagi

from Haiku Nenkan (Haiku Almanac), January 2012 SupplementIssue of Haiku, a monthly haiku magazine, Kadokawa Gakugei Shuppan, Tokyo

Fay’s Note:  “karasu-uri” (Japanese snake gourd) is an autumn kigo

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