数ふるは智慧のはじめや烏瓜　　髙柳克弘

kazouru wa chie no hajime ya karasu-uri

counting is the start

of wisdom—

snake gourds

Katsuhiro Takayanagi

from Haiku Nenkan (Haiku Almanac), January 2012 SupplementIssue of Haiku, a monthly haiku magazine, Kadokawa Gakugei Shuppan, Tokyo

Fay’s Note: “karasu-uri” (Japanese snake gourd) is an autumn kigo