#Haiku Happenings #9: Fay Aoyagi’s Today’s Haiku features Tohta Kaneko!
Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi)
寝不足は気で補えと朴咲きぬ 金子兜太
nebusoku wa ki de oginae to hô sakinu
does it say
my guts should cover lack of sleep?
‘ho’ blossoms bloom
Tohta Kaneko
from “Haiku Dai-Saijiki” (“Comprehensive Haiku Saijiki”), Kadokawa Shoten, Tokyo, 2006
Fay’s Note: Tohta Kaneko (1919-2018) ‘hô no hana’ (white barked magnolia blossom) is a summer kigo.

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