Emotions
After the flood, the river
forgives the rain for falling,
and the land forgives
the river for rising. The sun
reflects on everything
transpired and calls it a day.
The next day nothing remains
except the recollection
a watermark has made.
~Son Rivers 2006
A PASSING MOMENT
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This is my rather loose translation of a hokku by Ōemaru, who lived into
the first five years of the 19th century. For a moment,Autumn seen on the
hillsAt ...
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