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
Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi) 
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