Such observations heighten my appreciation of haiku poems about the transition from summer to autumn. A piece by Suiha Watanabe (1882-1946) goes to the effect, “A whiff of autumn wind/ Ruffles ...

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Keene credited Shiki with reviving and modernizing classical haiku and tanka poetry, which were in decline ... of Japanese travel long distances to see the red autumn leaves; but poets hardly ...