Around the Eighth Month on a night when the moon was bright, Former Emperor Kazan said we should compose a poem in an incorrect format:
秋の夜に山ほとゝぎす鳴かませば
| aki no yo ni yama Fototogisu nakamaseba |
On an autumn night Should a mountain cuckoo Burst into song |
I concluded:
垣根の月や花と見えまし
| kakine no tuki ya hana to miemasi |
The moon upon fence Might seem as blossom. |