Carpe Diem #210, Mijikayo (short night)

On the eve of June and throughout the coming month we will consider, in Kristjaan's words, "classical Japanese kigo (seasonwords), words with a reference to the season in which the haiku is written, of Summer."

Today's kigo is "short night" referring to the solstice, June 21, which marks the beginning of Summer, while providing the greatest duration of daylight of any day of the year, and so - of course - the shortest duration of night-time darkness.

See Kristjaan's post, linked at the bottom of this one, for relevant haiku by the classical masters.  Read on here for my humble attempts.

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~ 1 ~

ancient men

recorded the shortest night

in a ring of stone

~ 2 ~

for insomniacs

even the shortest of nights

can last forever

~ 3 ~

after the sun sets

sleep fast my darling

morning comes too soon

~ 4 ~

far away tonight

above the arctic circle

there will be no night

~ 5 ~

on the shortest night

for those who sleep together

little time for sleep

~ 6 ~

moose slowly turns

from sunset through moon to dawn

while goose soars above

~ 7 ~

short night of waiting

matters little to spider

her trap is woven

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Carpe Diem #210, Mijikayo (short night)