海わたる魂ひとつ夜の秋　　桂　信子

umi wataru tamashii hitotsu yoru no aki

            one soul crossing

            the ocean

            autumn at night

                                                            Nobuko Katsura

from “Haiku Shiki” (“Haiku Four Seasons,” a monthly haiku magazine), December 2016 Issue, Tokyo Shiki Shuppan, Tokyo

Fay’s Note:   Nobuko Katsura (1914-2004)     ‘yoru no aki’ (‘autumn at night’) is a summer kigo.    It means a summer night with autumn-like coolness.