秋風や書かねば言葉消えやすし　　野見山朱鳥

akikaze ya kakaneba kotoba kieyasushi

            autumn wind—

            words tend to disappear

            if we don’t write them

                                                                        Asuka Nomiyama

from “Haiku-kai” (“Haiku World,” a monthly haiku magazine),  July 2017 Issue,  , Bungaku No Mori, Tokyo

Fay’s Note:  Asuka Nomiyama (1917-1970)