Haiku
Two kinds of insects
The ones who sing at night
And the ones who don’t
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Two kinds of insects
The ones who sing at night
And the ones who don’t
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Today’s haiku is by the Japanese poet Kobayashi Issa (1763–1828). Several poets circulated this translation on Twitter, but I don’t know who the original translator is. If you’d like to learn more about what makes a haiku a haiku, please visit the Why “No 5-7-5”? page of the National Haiku Writing Month website.
—Ællen