Poem-A-Day April 23: Two kinds of insects

Haiku

Two kinds of insects
The ones who sing at night
And the ones who don’t




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

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