Thanks a lot to Nagata Mitunori for including my autumn short poem in Haiku Column’s Daily Best for October 3! The translation into Japanese is by talented poet Tadashi Otsuru. “Acquainted with the lamplight” is my approximate translation of the seasonal phrase 灯火親し(touka shitashimu) which refers to getting accustomed to reading by lamplight in long autumn evenings/nights.haikua ssp
