Originally posted on Poems From Oostburg, Wisconsin: October beginsFall colors and treesorange pumpkinand blue vaseby the window new arrangementfor flowers from storescarnations last Karen’s Whimsy Karen’s Whimsy

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Originally posted on Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi): 数へたくなる鶏頭に出合ひけり　　　　森田　峠 kazoetakunaru keitô ni deai keri ??????????? meeting cockscombs ??????????? making me want ??????????? to count them ??????????????????????????????????????????????? Toge Morita from Haiku Shiki (Haiku Four Seasons), September 2009? Issue, Tokyo Shiki Shuppan, Tokyo Fay’s Note:? Toge Morita (1924-2013)

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Originally posted on Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi): 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…