Today’s Haiku (December 24, 2021)

Posted on December 24, 2021 | Leave a comment

鮟鱇の見上げていたる鈎と雲　　西池冬扇

ankô no miagete itaru kagi to kumo

            anglerfish

            a hook and the sky

            it looks up

                                    Tosen Nishiike

from Haidan, (Haiku Stage) a monthly haiku magazine, May 2017 Issue, Honami Shoten, Tokyo

Fay’s Note:  “ankô” (anglerfish) is a winter kigo.

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