祖母よりも父遠かりし誘蛾灯　　　加藤楸邨

sobo yori mo chichi tôkarishi yûgatô

            father was more distant

            than grandmother

            a light trap for moths

                                                            Shuson Kato

from “Haiku Dai-Saijiki” (“Comprehensive Haiku Saijiki”), Kadokawa Shoten, Tokyo, 2006

Fay’s Note:   Shuson Kato (1905-1993)  ‘yûgatô’ (a light trap for moths) is a summer kigo